SCADA Jobs in the UK excluding London

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SCADA over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 592 679 770
Rank change year-on-year +87 +91 -138
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 179 83 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.75% 0.33% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 148 33 46
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,650 £37,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,563 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,250 £72,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £51,000 £53,938 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.45% +2.74% +2.44%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

SCADA is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 23,957 25,147 30,899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.04% 41.01% 43.45%
Number of salaries quoted 15,202 11,462 15,942
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,725
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SCADA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in the UK excluding London

SCADA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SCADA in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SCADA in the UK excluding London

SCADA
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCADA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SCADA in the UK excluding London

SCADA
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
North of England +100 75 £47,500 -9.52% 59
Midlands +42 62 £57,500 -4.17% 54
West Midlands +28 45 £57,500 -4.17% 30
Yorkshire +117 39 £47,500 -9.52% 26
South East +40 31 £50,000 +5.26% 41
North West +26 25 £60,000 -22.58% 27
East Midlands - 17 £50,000 - 24
North East +3 11 £47,500 -4.52% 8
East of England +25 9 £50,000 - 22
Scotland -66 1 £72,500 +108.29% 31
Wales - 1 - - 4
SCADA
UK

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (4.47%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.35%) WinCC
Applications
1 9 (5.03%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.68%) AutoCAD
4 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (4.47%) Power Platform
2 6 (3.35%) Power Automate
2 6 (3.35%) PowerApps
3 3 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.56%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.50%) Modbus
2 9 (5.03%) TCP/IP
3 7 (3.91%) Ethernet
3 7 (3.91%) Firewall
3 7 (3.91%) Profibus
4 3 (1.68%) DMZ
4 3 (1.68%) VLAN
4 3 (1.68%) VPN
5 2 (1.12%) MPLS
5 2 (1.12%) SDH
6 1 (0.56%) 802.11
6 1 (0.56%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.56%) LAN
6 1 (0.56%) MQTT
6 1 (0.56%) WAN
6 1 (0.56%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.70%) MongoDB
1 12 (6.70%) MySQL
2 8 (4.47%) Power BI
3 5 (2.79%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.91%) LabVIEW
2 3 (1.68%) GitLab
3 1 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 27 (15.08%) Social Skills
2 24 (13.41%) Manufacturing
3 18 (10.06%) Legal
4 16 (8.94%) Marketing
5 8 (4.47%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.91%) Finance
7 6 (3.35%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (2.79%) Retail
9 4 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.68%) Electronics
10 3 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.68%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.12%) Automotive
11 2 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.56%) Cyber-Physical System
12 1 (0.56%) Games
Job Titles
1 45 (25.14%) Systems Engineer
2 36 (20.11%) SCADA Engineer
3 33 (18.44%) Software Engineer
4 17 (9.50%) Data Engineer
4 17 (9.50%) SCADA Software Engineer
5 16 (8.94%) Senior
6 15 (8.38%) Control Systems Engineer
6 15 (8.38%) Lead
7 11 (6.15%) Security Engineer
8 9 (5.03%) Analyst
8 9 (5.03%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 9 (5.03%) Project Manager
9 8 (4.47%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 7 (3.91%) PLC Engineer
11 5 (2.79%) Automation Engineer
11 5 (2.79%) Industrial Engineer
11 5 (2.79%) PLC Software Engineer
11 5 (2.79%) Senior Automation Engineer
11 5 (2.79%) Technical Analyst
12 4 (2.23%) Systems Integrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.23%) .NET
2 3 (1.68%) REST
2 3 (1.68%) SOAP
2 3 (1.68%) Web Services
3 1 (0.56%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.56%) Middleware
3 1 (0.56%) Node-RED
3 1 (0.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 63 (35.20%) Operational Technology
2 13 (7.26%) Data Centre
2 13 (7.26%) Industry 4.0
3 12 (6.70%) Mainframe
4 7 (3.91%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (3.35%) Augmented Reality
5 6 (3.35%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 6 (3.35%) PMI
5 6 (3.35%) Virtual Reality
6 5 (2.79%) CCTV
6 5 (2.79%) IoT
6 5 (2.79%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (2.79%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (2.23%) CAN bus
7 4 (2.23%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.23%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.68%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.68%) Smart Meter
9 1 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.56%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.61%) Windows
1 19 (10.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (22.91%) Software Engineering
2 33 (18.44%) Cybersecurity
3 26 (14.53%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (13.41%) Systems Engineering
5 19 (10.61%) User Experience
6 17 (9.50%) Data Acquisition
6 17 (9.50%) UX Design
7 16 (8.94%) Value Proposition
8 13 (7.26%) Computer Science
8 13 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (7.26%) Project Management
9 11 (6.15%) Artificial Intelligence
9 11 (6.15%) Continuous Integration
9 11 (6.15%) Mentoring
10 10 (5.59%) Gantt Chart
11 9 (5.03%) Budgeting
11 9 (5.03%) Security Operations
12 8 (4.47%) Business Intelligence
12 8 (4.47%) Incident Response
13 7 (3.91%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (16.76%) C#
2 22 (12.29%) SQL
3 13 (7.26%) Ladder Logic
4 12 (6.70%) C++
4 12 (6.70%) VB
5 10 (5.59%) Python
6 7 (3.91%) C
7 6 (3.35%) Java
8 4 (2.23%) VBA
9 3 (1.68%) Perl
9 3 (1.68%) PHP
10 1 (0.56%) Go
Qualifications
1 49 (27.37%) Degree
2 25 (13.97%) Security Cleared
3 23 (12.85%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.35%) HND
4 6 (3.35%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.79%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.68%) CISSP
7 2 (1.12%) CISA
7 2 (1.12%) CISM
8 1 (0.56%) CEH
8 1 (0.56%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.56%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.56%) CRISC
8 1 (0.56%) GCIA
8 1 (0.56%) GCIH
8 1 (0.56%) GIAC
8 1 (0.56%) GPEN
8 1 (0.56%) HNC
8 1 (0.56%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.59%) NIST
2 8 (4.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (4.47%) NCSC
3 6 (3.35%) QA
4 5 (2.79%) NIST 800
5 4 (2.23%) GDPR
5 4 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (1.12%) GRC
6 2 (1.12%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.56%) TickIT
System Software
1 16 (8.94%) Hyper-V
1 16 (8.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (3.91%) Functional Safety
2 4 (2.23%) Wonderware InTouch
3 1 (0.56%) QRadar
Vendors
1 16 (8.94%) VMware
2 11 (6.15%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.15%) Rockwell
2 11 (6.15%) Siemens
3 9 (5.03%) Wonderware
4 7 (3.91%) Allen-Bradley
5 5 (2.79%) AVEVA
5 5 (2.79%) BT
6 4 (2.23%) Oracle
7 1 (0.56%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.56%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.56%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.56%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.56%) Toshiba