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 6 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 692 921
Rank change year-on-year +377 +229 +77
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 526 145 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 0.18% 0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.59% 0.50% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 64 119 50
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,600 £39,263
25th Percentile £47,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.55% -2.86% +2.44%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £85,000
90th Percentile - £75,500 £91,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% - -

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 20,271 29,149 48,128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.89% 35.63% 43.28%
Number of salaries quoted 9,144 20,603 25,513
10th Percentile £33,750 £28,750 £35,267
25th Percentile £46,250 £39,087 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,206 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.28% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £98,750 £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 6 March 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 6 March 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 +360 482 £57,500 +15.00% 231
England +311 410 £64,750 +26.96% 243
North of England +88 104 £59,000 +16.83% 55
South East +137 98 £70,000 +40.00% 44
Midlands +81 95 £61,250 -0.31% 66
Scotland +139 74 £60,000 -17.24% 14
South West +120 53 £55,000 +12.82% 18
Yorkshire +81 53 £59,000 +15.69% 20
North West +50 50 £53,928 -11.95% 28
East Midlands +74 49 £52,000 +4.00% 31
West Midlands +42 46 £67,500 +3.85% 34
East of England +59 35 £55,000 - 32
Work from Home +111 34 £57,500 +12.75% 89
London +64 21 £65,000 -13.33% 24
Wales - 20 £48,750 - 2
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 5
North East +22 1 £65,000 +36.84% 9

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 22 (4.18%) WinCC
2 1 (0.19%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 14 (2.66%) EPLAN
2 4 (0.76%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.95%) SAP PM
1 5 (0.95%) SAP QM
1 5 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (3.23%) AWS
2 10 (1.90%) Serverless
3 2 (0.38%) Azure
4 1 (0.19%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.75%) Modbus
2 20 (3.80%) Ethernet
3 19 (3.61%) Profibus
4 14 (2.66%) RS-485
5 10 (1.90%) HTTP
6 5 (0.95%) Network Security
7 4 (0.76%) Firewall
7 4 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.57%) Broadband
8 3 (0.57%) Mobile Broadband
9 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.90%) Amazon QuickSight
2 2 (0.38%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 17 (3.23%) JIRA
2 15 (2.85%) Selenium
3 2 (0.38%) Git
General
1 51 (9.70%) Manufacturing
2 42 (7.98%) Social Skills
3 38 (7.22%) Electronics
4 32 (6.08%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (4.56%) Documentation Skills
6 22 (4.18%) Law
7 19 (3.61%) Pharmaceutical
8 17 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.85%) Retail
10 8 (1.52%) Finance
10 8 (1.52%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.95%) Advertising
12 4 (0.76%) Legal
13 1 (0.19%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.19%) Automotive
13 1 (0.19%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.19%) Marketing
13 1 (0.19%) Military
13 1 (0.19%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.19%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 360 (68.44%) Senior
2 357 (67.87%) Senior Electrical Engineer
3 51 (9.70%) Systems Engineer
4 38 (7.22%) Automation Engineer
5 36 (6.84%) Lead
6 24 (4.56%) Instrumentation Engineer
7 20 (3.80%) Control Systems Engineer
7 20 (3.80%) Technical Leader
8 15 (2.85%) Validation Engineer
9 14 (2.66%) Process Engineer
10 12 (2.28%) Consultant
10 12 (2.28%) Security Consultant
11 10 (1.90%) Reliability Engineer
11 10 (1.90%) Robotics Engineer
12 7 (1.33%) Software Engineer
13 5 (0.95%) Architect
13 5 (0.95%) Designer
13 5 (0.95%) IT Engineer
13 5 (0.95%) Programmer
13 5 (0.95%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.90%) JSON
2 1 (0.19%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 52 (9.89%) Operational Technology
2 29 (5.51%) IoT
3 20 (3.80%) Legacy Systems
3 20 (3.80%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 15 (2.85%) Robotics
5 14 (2.66%) Security Posture
6 11 (2.09%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.52%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.33%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (0.76%) Fibre Optics
9 4 (0.76%) Photovoltaics
10 3 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.38%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.38%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.38%) Solar Energy
12 1 (0.19%) Cyber Security Posture
12 1 (0.19%) Data Centre
12 1 (0.19%) Grid Computing
12 1 (0.19%) Industrial Internet of Things
12 1 (0.19%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.33%) Linux
2 6 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.57%) Windows
4 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.19%) VMS
4 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (69.96%) Mathematics
2 48 (9.13%) Computer Science
3 41 (7.79%) Cybersecurity
4 40 (7.60%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (5.70%) Mechatronics
6 26 (4.94%) Validation
7 24 (4.56%) Acceptance Criteria
8 23 (4.37%) Data Collection
9 22 (4.18%) Business Case
9 22 (4.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (4.18%) Mentoring
10 16 (3.04%) Penetration Testing
10 16 (3.04%) Preventative Maintenance
11 15 (2.85%) CAD
11 15 (2.85%) Manufacturing Engineering
11 15 (2.85%) Model Validation
11 15 (2.85%) Test Automation
12 14 (2.66%) Roadmaps
13 13 (2.47%) Root Cause Analysis
14 12 (2.28%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 23 (4.37%) SQL
2 13 (2.47%) Python
3 10 (1.90%) C
3 10 (1.90%) R
4 7 (1.33%) C#
4 7 (1.33%) C++
4 7 (1.33%) VB
5 4 (0.76%) Java
6 2 (0.38%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (0.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 421 (80.04%) Degree
2 367 (69.77%) Numerate Degree
3 170 (32.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 35 (6.65%) Security Cleared
5 33 (6.27%) SC Cleared
6 25 (4.75%) HNC
7 15 (2.85%) ISTQB
8 13 (2.47%) CISSP
8 13 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.28%) CEH
9 12 (2.28%) GCFE
9 12 (2.28%) GCIA
9 12 (2.28%) GCIH
10 8 (1.52%) HND
11 4 (0.76%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (0.57%) PMP
13 1 (0.19%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.19%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.09%) SLA
2 5 (0.95%) IEC 61131
2 5 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.19%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.19%) GRC
3 1 (0.19%) NCSC
3 1 (0.19%) NIST
3 1 (0.19%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (3.61%) Wonderware InTouch
2 6 (1.14%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.19%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.19%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 59 (11.22%) Siemens
2 29 (5.51%) Rockwell
3 23 (4.37%) Wonderware
4 18 (3.42%) Allen-Bradley
5 14 (2.66%) Google
6 8 (1.52%) AVEVA
6 8 (1.52%) Microsoft
7 7 (1.33%) Oracle
7 7 (1.33%) SAP
8 6 (1.14%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.38%) VMware
10 1 (0.19%) HP
10 1 (0.19%) IFS
10 1 (0.19%) MuleSoft