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 in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 577 676
Rank change year-on-year +291 +99 +98
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 350 184 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.89% 0.26% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.70% 0.76% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 91 149 31
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £40,250
25th Percentile £48,000 £45,000 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £68,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £51,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +12.75% -6.42% +3.81%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,965 24,142 25,435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.10% 34.00% 42.28%
Number of salaries quoted 6,104 15,240 11,340
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

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 13 May 2025.

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 13 May 2025. 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
Midlands +98 93 £57,875 +0.65% 91
North of England +50 75 £65,000 +36.84% 93
West Midlands +62 62 £67,500 +17.39% 50
South East +121 55 £55,000 +10.00% 120
Scotland +166 43 £60,000 -17.24% 29
Yorkshire +68 35 £57,500 +21.05% 35
East of England +66 35 £55,000 +10.00% 35
South West - 32 £55,000 - 33
East Midlands +48 31 £52,000 +4.00% 37
North West +18 31 - - 40
Wales +47 9 £63,375 - 17
North East +43 9 £65,000 +36.84% 20
Northern Ireland - 8 - - 1
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 18 (5.14%) WinCC
2 5 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.57%) ThingWorx
4 1 (0.29%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 14 (4.00%) EPLAN
2 7 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.86%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (3.14%) Azure
2 7 (2.00%) AWS
2 7 (2.00%) OCI
3 5 (1.43%) SaaS
4 4 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.86%) Modbus
2 22 (6.29%) Ethernet
2 22 (6.29%) Profibus
3 14 (4.00%) RS-485
4 4 (1.14%) Network Security
5 2 (0.57%) Broadband
5 2 (0.57%) Firewall
5 2 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.57%) Mobile Broadband
6 1 (0.29%) CDMA
6 1 (0.29%) GPRS
6 1 (0.29%) IPsec
6 1 (0.29%) ISDN
6 1 (0.29%) LAN
6 1 (0.29%) LoRaWAN
6 1 (0.29%) SDH
6 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.29%) VoIP
6 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.14%) Relational Database
1 4 (1.14%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.57%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 25 (7.14%) JIRA
2 18 (5.14%) Selenium
3 4 (1.14%) Git
General
1 54 (15.43%) Social Skills
2 43 (12.29%) Manufacturing
3 34 (9.71%) Electronics
4 29 (8.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (7.43%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (6.86%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (5.71%) Law
8 18 (5.14%) Pharmaceutical
9 15 (4.29%) Retail
10 14 (4.00%) Finance
11 13 (3.71%) Public Sector
12 10 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (2.57%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.71%) Advertising
14 6 (1.71%) Legal
15 2 (0.57%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.57%) Marketing
16 1 (0.29%) Automotive
16 1 (0.29%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 167 (47.71%) Senior
2 164 (46.86%) Senior Electrical Engineer
3 52 (14.86%) Automation Engineer
4 40 (11.43%) Systems Engineer
5 39 (11.14%) Lead
6 24 (6.86%) Instrumentation Engineer
7 23 (6.57%) Control Systems Engineer
8 20 (5.71%) Technical Leader
9 18 (5.14%) Validation Engineer
10 14 (4.00%) Process Engineer
11 12 (3.43%) Field Engineer
11 12 (3.43%) Field Service Engineer
12 11 (3.14%) Architect
13 9 (2.57%) PLC Engineer
14 8 (2.29%) Technical Director
15 7 (2.00%) Infrastructure Architect
15 7 (2.00%) Software Engineer
16 6 (1.71%) Principal Engineer
16 6 (1.71%) SCADA Engineer
17 5 (1.43%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.43%) Middleware
2 1 (0.29%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.29%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.57%) Operational Technology
2 25 (7.14%) IoT
3 21 (6.00%) Renewable Energy
4 20 (5.71%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (5.71%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 18 (5.14%) Data Centre
6 11 (3.14%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.71%) Robotics
8 4 (1.14%) Life Science
9 3 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (0.86%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (0.86%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 2 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.57%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.57%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.29%) Photovoltaics
11 1 (0.29%) PKI
11 1 (0.29%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.00%) Linux
1 7 (2.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (47.14%) Mathematics
2 40 (11.43%) Computer Science
2 40 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (10.86%) Mentoring
4 34 (9.71%) Validation
5 28 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
6 26 (7.43%) Mechatronics
7 25 (7.14%) Data Collection
8 24 (6.86%) Acceptance Criteria
9 19 (5.43%) Penetration Testing
9 19 (5.43%) Test Automation
10 18 (5.14%) Model Validation
11 16 (4.57%) Project Delivery
12 15 (4.29%) Agile
12 15 (4.29%) Systems Engineering
13 14 (4.00%) CAD
14 13 (3.71%) Project Management
15 12 (3.43%) Business Strategy
15 12 (3.43%) Software Engineering
16 11 (3.14%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.29%) Ladder Logic
2 6 (1.71%) SQL
3 4 (1.14%) C#
3 4 (1.14%) Python
4 1 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 245 (70.00%) Degree
2 164 (46.86%) Numerate Degree
3 163 (46.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 34 (9.71%) HNC
5 25 (7.14%) Security Cleared
6 24 (6.86%) SC Cleared
7 18 (5.14%) ISTQB
8 15 (4.29%) HND
9 10 (2.86%) Master's Degree
10 7 (2.00%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.86%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.57%) CISSP
12 2 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.57%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.57%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.57%) PMP
13 1 (0.29%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.00%) IEC 61131
2 4 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.57%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.57%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.57%) NCSC
3 2 (0.57%) NIST
4 1 (0.29%) GRC
4 1 (0.29%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.29%) QA
4 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (4.00%) Wonderware InTouch
2 7 (2.00%) Terraform
3 5 (1.43%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 58 (16.57%) Siemens
2 40 (11.43%) Rockwell
3 24 (6.86%) Allen-Bradley
4 21 (6.00%) Wonderware
5 14 (4.00%) Google
6 12 (3.43%) Oracle
7 11 (3.14%) Facebook
7 11 (3.14%) Microsoft
7 11 (3.14%) YouTube
8 7 (2.00%) VMware
9 5 (1.43%) HP
9 5 (1.43%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.86%) AVEVA
10 3 (0.86%) SAP
11 1 (0.29%) Avaya
11 1 (0.29%) Extreme Networks
11 1 (0.29%) F5