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 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 622 767 1115
Rank change year-on-year +145 +348 -228
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 224 120 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.15% 0.091%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% 0.36% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 153 63 94
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,250 £97,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +8.70%

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 30,081 33,205 84,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.28% 41.15% 48.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 20,787 36,075
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,416 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,013 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 July 2024.

Salary histogram for SCADA in the UK

SCADA
Top 16 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 July 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
England +136 218 £55,000 - 151
UK excluding London +83 192 £55,000 - 141
North of England +47 62 £50,000 -4.76% 44
Midlands +12 58 £57,500 +1.43% 36
West Midlands +21 46 £57,500 -4.17% 18
South East +34 45 £50,000 -28.57% 28
Yorkshire +76 30 £47,500 -11.21% 17
London +86 29 £72,500 +26.09% 19
Work from Home +41 29 £51,000 -6.42% 35
North West +6 25 £60,000 - 24
East of England +17 22 £62,500 - 11
East Midlands -19 12 £46,250 -7.50% 18
North East -5 7 £47,500 -4.52% 5
Scotland -45 3 £66,054 -14.77% 10
South West -8 1 - - 11
Wales - 1 - - 3

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 10 (4.46%) WinCC
2 8 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.68%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.23%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.79%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.45%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (3.57%) Power Platform
2 6 (2.68%) Power Automate
2 6 (2.68%) PowerApps
3 1 (0.45%) Azure
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.70%) Modbus
2 14 (6.25%) Ethernet
3 11 (4.91%) Profibus
3 11 (4.91%) TCP/IP
4 10 (4.46%) Firewall
5 3 (1.34%) DMZ
5 3 (1.34%) LAN
5 3 (1.34%) Network Security
5 3 (1.34%) VLAN
5 3 (1.34%) VPN
5 3 (1.34%) WAN
6 2 (0.89%) 802.11
6 2 (0.89%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.89%) MPLS
6 2 (0.89%) SDH
6 2 (0.89%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.45%) ADSL
7 1 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.45%) MQTT
7 1 (0.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.91%) MongoDB
1 11 (4.91%) MySQL
2 8 (3.57%) Power BI
3 5 (2.23%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.13%) LabVIEW
2 3 (1.34%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.89%) GitLab
4 1 (0.45%) JIRA
General
1 26 (11.61%) Manufacturing
2 25 (11.16%) Social Skills
3 15 (6.70%) Pharmaceutical
4 11 (4.91%) Legal
5 10 (4.46%) Marketing
6 9 (4.02%) Finance
6 9 (4.02%) Games
7 6 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.23%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.23%) Retail
9 4 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.34%) Advertising
10 3 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.34%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.89%) Agriculture
11 2 (0.89%) Automotive
11 2 (0.89%) Cyber-Physical System
11 2 (0.89%) Electronics
12 1 (0.45%) Aviation
12 1 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 61 (27.23%) Systems Engineer
2 42 (18.75%) SCADA Engineer
3 33 (14.73%) Software Engineer
4 22 (9.82%) Control Systems Engineer
5 21 (9.38%) SCADA Software Engineer
6 15 (6.70%) Senior
7 14 (6.25%) Security Engineer
8 13 (5.80%) Lead
9 12 (5.36%) Data Engineer
10 10 (4.46%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 7 (3.13%) Analyst
11 7 (3.13%) Project Manager
11 7 (3.13%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 6 (2.68%) Automation Engineer
12 6 (2.68%) Consultant
12 6 (2.68%) Project Engineer
12 6 (2.68%) Security Consultant
12 6 (2.68%) Security Manager
13 5 (2.23%) PLC Engineer
13 5 (2.23%) Senior Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.02%) .NET
2 3 (1.34%) REST
2 3 (1.34%) SOAP
2 3 (1.34%) Web Services
3 2 (0.89%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.45%) Middleware
4 1 (0.45%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 75 (33.48%) Operational Technology
2 17 (7.59%) Data Centre
3 11 (4.91%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (4.91%) Mainframe
4 8 (3.57%) Industry 4.0
5 7 (3.13%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (3.13%) IoT
6 6 (2.68%) Augmented Reality
6 6 (2.68%) Fibre Optics
6 6 (2.68%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 6 (2.68%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.68%) PMI
6 6 (2.68%) Virtual Reality
7 5 (2.23%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.23%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (1.79%) CAN bus
8 4 (1.79%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.79%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.34%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.70%) Windows
2 11 (4.91%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.34%) VxWorks
4 2 (0.89%) VMS
5 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (20.54%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (16.96%) Software Engineering
3 21 (9.38%) Data Acquisition
4 18 (8.04%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (7.59%) Systems Engineering
6 13 (5.80%) Security Operations
7 12 (5.36%) Incident Response
7 12 (5.36%) User Experience
8 11 (4.91%) Continuous Integration
8 11 (4.91%) Line Management
9 10 (4.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (4.46%) Project Management
9 10 (4.46%) SIEM
9 10 (4.46%) UX Design
9 10 (4.46%) Value Proposition
10 9 (4.02%) Data Loss Prevention
10 9 (4.02%) Identity Access Management
10 9 (4.02%) SOAR
10 9 (4.02%) Software Testing
10 9 (4.02%) Strategic Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (13.39%) C#
2 20 (8.93%) SQL
3 17 (7.59%) C++
4 10 (4.46%) Python
5 9 (4.02%) Ladder Logic
6 8 (3.57%) VB
7 7 (3.13%) Java
8 6 (2.68%) VBA
9 4 (1.79%) C
9 4 (1.79%) VB.NET
10 3 (1.34%) Perl
10 3 (1.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 29 (12.95%) Degree
1 29 (12.95%) Security Cleared
2 24 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.68%) PMI Certification
4 3 (1.34%) CEH
4 3 (1.34%) CISSP
4 3 (1.34%) HND
5 2 (0.89%) CISA
5 2 (0.89%) CISM
5 2 (0.89%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (0.89%) ECSA
5 2 (0.89%) GPEN
5 2 (0.89%) HNC
5 2 (0.89%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.45%) CASP
6 1 (0.45%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (0.45%) CRISC
6 1 (0.45%) GIAC
6 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.45%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.36%) NIST
2 11 (4.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.13%) NIST 800
4 5 (2.23%) QA
5 4 (1.79%) GDPR
5 4 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.34%) NCSC
7 2 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.45%) GRC
8 1 (0.45%) ISA99
8 1 (0.45%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.45%) TickIT
System Software
1 13 (5.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (4.46%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.34%) VirtualBox
4 2 (0.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (4.02%) QRadar
2 4 (1.79%) Wonderware InTouch
3 3 (1.34%) Functional Safety
4 2 (0.89%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.45%) Nessus
Vendors
1 19 (8.48%) Rockwell
2 17 (7.59%) Microsoft
3 15 (6.70%) Siemens
4 13 (5.80%) VMware
5 11 (4.91%) AVEVA
6 9 (4.02%) Darktrace
6 9 (4.02%) Wonderware
7 7 (3.13%) Allen-Bradley
8 4 (1.79%) Oracle
9 1 (0.45%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.45%) IFS
9 1 (0.45%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.45%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.45%) Toshiba