Siemens SIMATIC WinCC
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring WinCC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 778 664 813
Rank change year-on-year -114 +149 +8
Permanent jobs citing WinCC 9 18 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.009% 0.036% 0.020%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.20% 0.41% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 11
10th Percentile - £41,000 -
25th Percentile - £42,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £50,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% -21.34%
75th Percentile - £61,250 £53,750
90th Percentile - £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £50,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year - +6.38% -10.48%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

WinCC falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring application platform skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,514 4,444 7,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.30% 8.96% 9.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,227 2,964 5,271
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,075 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,688 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% +2.26% -4.63%
75th Percentile £70,250 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £107,500 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.38%

WinCC
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WinCC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

WinCC job vacancy trend in the UK

WinCC
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing WinCC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing WinCC

WinCC
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WinCC within the UK over the 6 months to 7 August 2026. 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 -86 7 - - 8
England -97 7 - - 8
London -30 2 - -
North of England -52 2 - - 3
East of England - 2 - - 1
Scotland - 2 - -
North West - 2 - - 3
West Midlands -37 1 - - 2
Midlands -40 1 - - 2

WinCC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) FactoryTalk
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Modbus
1 5 (55.56%) Profibus
2 2 (22.22%) VLAN
General
1 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
1 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Software Engineer
2 5 (55.56%) Control Systems Engineer
2 5 (55.56%) Senior
3 3 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Automation Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Lead
4 2 (22.22%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Principal Software Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Principal Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) SCADA
2 3 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (22.22%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Software Engineering
2 5 (55.56%) Project Delivery
3 4 (44.44%) Validation
4 3 (33.33%) Code Quality
5 2 (22.22%) Agile
5 2 (22.22%) SDLC
5 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
5 2 (22.22%) V-Model
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) IEC 61131
2 2 (22.22%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Siemens
2 3 (33.33%) Rockwell
3 2 (22.22%) AVEVA