SCADA Job Trends in Wakefield

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in Wakefield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wakefield 0.66% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.76% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% +2.94% -2.86%

All Generic Skills
Wakefield

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 Wakefield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21 51 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wakefield 13.82% 65.38% 57.53%
Number of salaries quoted 10 35 22
10th Percentile £33,400 - £36,250
25th Percentile £42,233 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -23.64% -0.72%
75th Percentile £70,313 - £59,750
90th Percentile £72,375 - £85,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% +5.77% -14.47%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in Wakefield

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mechatronics
1 1 (100.00%) Order Management
1 1 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) City & Guilds
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) NVQ Level 3
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) NEC