SCADA Job Trends in South Wales

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 45 86
Rank change year-on-year -30 +41 -
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 6 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.53% 0.54% 0.081%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.29% 1.14% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - £61,338 -
25th Percentile £71,250 £61,469 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £63,375 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.40% - -
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,719 -
90th Percentile - £66,113 -
Wales median annual salary £72,500 £62,500 -
% change year-on-year +16.00% - -

All Generic Skills
South Wales

SCADA falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 262 175 383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 22.98% 47.68% 30.91%
Number of salaries quoted 131 103 234
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £26,872
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,170 £35,015
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £46,604
Median % change year-on-year - +18.02% +2.44%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,425 £62,236
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,500 £70,000
Wales median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £44,886
% change year-on-year -9.09% +22.53% -0.25%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SCADA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

SCADA job vacancy trend in South Wales

SCADA
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing SCADA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing SCADA

SCADA
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 6 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Newport -25 4 £72,500 +16.00%
Gwent - 2 - - 2
SCADA
Wales

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) LAN
1 4 (66.67%) WAN
General
1 6 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Senior
2 4 (66.67%) IT Manager
2 4 (66.67%) Senior IT Manager
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Manager
3 2 (33.33%) Control Systems Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Data Centre
1 4 (66.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (66.67%) IT Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) Logistics
2 4 (66.67%) Matrix Organization
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 4 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 4 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (33.33%) System Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (33.33%) Allen-Bradley
2 2 (33.33%) Siemens