Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 688 877
Rank change year-on-year +324 +189 +169
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 372 209 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.72% 0.21% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.10% 0.60% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 94 169 45
10th Percentile £47,000 £41,250 £39,800
25th Percentile £48,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -7.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £73,000 £76,250 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 17,692 34,920 45,972
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.28% 35.57% 43.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9,832 22,987 24,196
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £43,099 £38,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SCADA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in the UK

SCADA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SCADA.

Salary trend for SCADA in the UK

SCADA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCADA over the 6 months to 26 April 2025.

Salary histogram for SCADA in the UK

SCADA
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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
UK excluding London +323 337 £57,500 +15.00% 341
England +247 300 £60,000 +17.65% 396
Midlands +100 88 £63,163 +12.79% 84
North of England +78 75 £65,000 +36.84% 84
West Midlands +85 58 £67,500 +17.39% 52
South East +131 49 £55,000 +10.00% 74
Work from Home +166 45 £65,000 +27.45% 108
Scotland +175 43 £60,000 -17.24% 33
Yorkshire +68 35 £57,500 +21.05% 32
North West +39 32 - - 39
South West - 32 £55,000 - 23
East of England +85 31 £55,000 +10.00% 38
East Midlands +70 30 £52,000 +4.00% 31
London +104 20 £70,900 -3.86% 81
Wales - 11 £48,750 - 6
North East +49 8 £65,000 +36.84% 15
Northern Ireland - 8 - - 5

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 23 (6.18%) WinCC
2 5 (1.34%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.54%) ThingWorx
4 1 (0.27%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 14 (3.76%) EPLAN
2 7 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.08%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 16 (4.30%) AWS
2 8 (2.15%) Azure
2 8 (2.15%) Serverless
3 7 (1.88%) OCI
4 5 (1.34%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (7.53%) Modbus
2 21 (5.65%) Ethernet
3 20 (5.38%) Profibus
4 14 (3.76%) RS-485
5 8 (2.15%) HTTP
6 5 (1.34%) Network Security
7 4 (1.08%) Firewall
8 3 (0.81%) Broadband
8 3 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.81%) Mobile Broadband
9 2 (0.54%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.54%) Wireless
10 1 (0.27%) CDMA
10 1 (0.27%) DNS
10 1 (0.27%) GPRS
10 1 (0.27%) IPsec
10 1 (0.27%) ISDN
10 1 (0.27%) PPP
10 1 (0.27%) VPN
10 1 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.15%) Amazon QuickSight
2 2 (0.54%) MS Access
3 1 (0.27%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.27%) JasperReports
3 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 25 (6.72%) JIRA
2 18 (4.84%) Selenium
General
1 54 (14.52%) Social Skills
2 42 (11.29%) Manufacturing
3 41 (11.02%) Electronics
4 31 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (7.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 24 (6.45%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (5.38%) Law
8 18 (4.84%) Pharmaceutical
9 15 (4.03%) Retail
10 14 (3.76%) Public Sector
11 12 (3.23%) Finance
12 9 (2.42%) Legal
12 9 (2.42%) Telecoms
13 8 (2.15%) Advertising
13 8 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.54%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.54%) Marketing
15 1 (0.27%) Automotive
15 1 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 175 (47.04%) Senior
2 171 (45.97%) Senior Electrical Engineer
3 52 (13.98%) Automation Engineer
4 50 (13.44%) Systems Engineer
5 41 (11.02%) Lead
6 25 (6.72%) Control Systems Engineer
7 24 (6.45%) Instrumentation Engineer
8 20 (5.38%) Technical Leader
9 18 (4.84%) Validation Engineer
10 14 (3.76%) Process Engineer
11 12 (3.23%) Architect
12 10 (2.69%) Field Engineer
12 10 (2.69%) Field Service Engineer
13 9 (2.42%) PLC Engineer
13 9 (2.42%) Technical Director
14 8 (2.15%) Reliability Engineer
14 8 (2.15%) Robotics Engineer
15 7 (1.88%) Infrastructure Architect
15 7 (1.88%) SCADA Engineer
15 7 (1.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.15%) JSON
2 6 (1.61%) Middleware
3 1 (0.27%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 41 (11.02%) Operational Technology
2 26 (6.99%) Renewable Energy
3 25 (6.72%) IoT
4 20 (5.38%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (5.38%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 18 (4.84%) Data Centre
6 12 (3.23%) Driving Licence
6 12 (3.23%) Robotics
7 10 (2.69%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.61%) Fibre Optics
9 5 (1.34%) Photovoltaics
10 4 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.81%) Industrial Internet of Things
11 3 (0.81%) Solar Energy
12 2 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.54%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.54%) Security Posture
13 1 (0.27%) CCTV
13 1 (0.27%) PKI
13 1 (0.27%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.23%) Linux
2 9 (2.42%) Windows
3 4 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (48.39%) Mathematics
2 44 (11.83%) Computer Science
3 42 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (9.68%) Mentoring
5 32 (8.60%) Cybersecurity
6 31 (8.33%) Validation
7 29 (7.80%) Mechatronics
8 25 (6.72%) Data Collection
9 24 (6.45%) Acceptance Criteria
10 19 (5.11%) Penetration Testing
10 19 (5.11%) Test Automation
11 18 (4.84%) Model Validation
11 18 (4.84%) Systems Engineering
12 16 (4.30%) Agile
12 16 (4.30%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (4.03%) Business Strategy
13 15 (4.03%) Preventative Maintenance
13 15 (4.03%) Project Delivery
13 15 (4.03%) Software Testing
14 14 (3.76%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 14 (3.76%) SQL
2 8 (2.15%) C
2 8 (2.15%) Python
2 8 (2.15%) R
3 4 (1.08%) Ladder Logic
4 3 (0.81%) C#
4 3 (0.81%) C++
4 3 (0.81%) VB
5 1 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 251 (67.47%) Degree
2 179 (48.12%) Numerate Degree
3 170 (45.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 32 (8.60%) HNC
5 27 (7.26%) Security Cleared
6 26 (6.99%) SC Cleared
7 18 (4.84%) ISTQB
8 13 (3.49%) HND
9 10 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.88%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (1.61%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.81%) Chartered Engineer
13 2 (0.54%) CISSP
13 2 (0.54%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.54%) PMP
14 1 (0.27%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.42%) SLA
2 7 (1.88%) IEC 61131
3 5 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.54%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.54%) NCSC
4 2 (0.54%) NIST
5 1 (0.27%) GRC
5 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.27%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (3.76%) Wonderware InTouch
2 7 (1.88%) Terraform
3 5 (1.34%) HP ALM
4 4 (1.08%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 57 (15.32%) Siemens
2 35 (9.41%) Rockwell
3 21 (5.65%) Allen-Bradley
3 21 (5.65%) Wonderware
4 16 (4.30%) Oracle
5 14 (3.76%) Google
6 12 (3.23%) Facebook
6 12 (3.23%) YouTube
7 11 (2.96%) Microsoft
8 8 (2.15%) VMware
9 5 (1.34%) AVEVA
9 5 (1.34%) HP
9 5 (1.34%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.08%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.81%) SAP
12 1 (0.27%) Avaya
12 1 (0.27%) Extreme Networks
12 1 (0.27%) F5