SCADA Job Trends in Wales

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 79 -
Rank change year-on-year +14 - -
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 10 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.92% 0.43% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.38% 1.21% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £35,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,750 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% - -
75th Percentile £43,967 £64,406 -
90th Percentile £51,108 £65,588 -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +19.05%

All Generic Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 296 330 325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 27.28% 35.75% 38.24%
Number of salaries quoted 193 172 220
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,163 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £49,215
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.48% +9.37%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £61,449
90th Percentile £78,790 £70,900 £72,433
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

SCADA job vacancy trend in Wales

SCADA
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing SCADA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing SCADA

SCADA
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCADA in Wales over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for SCADA in Wales

SCADA
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the Wales region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
South Wales +3 4 - -
North Wales - 3 £40,000 -
West Wales +5 2 - -
SCADA
UK

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (20.00%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Google Workspace
1 4 (40.00%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Bluetooth
1 4 (40.00%) Firewall
1 4 (40.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (40.00%) Modbus
1 4 (40.00%) Network Security
1 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (40.00%) VLAN
1 4 (40.00%) Wireshark
1 4 (40.00%) ZigBee
2 2 (20.00%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Burp Suite
1 4 (40.00%) Metasploit
General
1 5 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (40.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (40.00%) Law
3 2 (20.00%) Electronics
4 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) CAN bus
1 4 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (40.00%) IoT
1 4 (40.00%) Operational Technology
2 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (20.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Android
1 4 (40.00%) Kali Linux
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
1 4 (40.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (40.00%) AI
2 4 (40.00%) Cognitive Science
2 4 (40.00%) Cryptography
2 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Data Science
2 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (40.00%) Ergonomics
2 4 (40.00%) Human Factors
2 4 (40.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 4 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 4 (40.00%) Prototyping
2 4 (40.00%) Psychology
2 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (40.00%) Security Architecture
2 4 (40.00%) Security Monitoring
2 4 (40.00%) Smart Manufacturing
2 4 (40.00%) Statistics
2 4 (40.00%) User Experience
2 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) C++
1 4 (40.00%) Java
1 4 (40.00%) Python
1 4 (40.00%) R
1 4 (40.00%) Rust
2 2 (20.00%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Degree
2 6 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) IEC 61131
2 1 (10.00%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Nessus
1 4 (40.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Cisco
1 4 (40.00%) Google
1 4 (40.00%) Qualtrics
1 4 (40.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (40.00%) Splunk
2 3 (30.00%) Siemens
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (10.00%) Allen-Bradley