SCADA Job Trends in the South West

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 180 205
Rank change year-on-year +8 +25 +87
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 8 10 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.16% 0.23% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.63% 0.62% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £51,000 - £47,000
25th Percentile £52,500 - £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £67,500
90th Percentile £95,450 - £78,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -1.64% +16.19%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,280 1,615 1,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 25.61% 37.80% 36.04%
Number of salaries quoted 827 786 1,197
10th Percentile £27,000 £10,258 £29,626
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,404 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £81,875 £83,104
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in the South West

SCADA
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SCADA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing SCADA

SCADA
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCADA in the South West over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SCADA in the South West

SCADA
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the South West region over the 6 months to 4 January 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
Bristol +14 4 £65,000 -
Wiltshire +9 2 - - 1
Devon +2 2 £57,500 - 1
SCADA
England

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) GIS
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (25.00%) Retail
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Process Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Control Systems Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Field Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Operations Technician
2 1 (12.50%) SCADA Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) IoT
2 2 (25.00%) Industry 4.0
2 2 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Agile
1 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (25.00%) Change Management
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (25.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (25.00%) Lean Manufacturing
1 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (25.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (25.00%) Project Management
1 2 (25.00%) Six Sigma
1 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) AI
2 1 (12.50%) Analytics
2 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning
2 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
1 2 (25.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Allen-Bradley
1 1 (12.50%) Rockwell
1 1 (12.50%) Siemens