SCADA Jobs in the West Midlands

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 210 234
Rank change year-on-year +75 +24 -
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 62 48 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.42% 0.65% 0.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.57% 1.91% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 27 29 4
10th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £51,789
25th Percentile £57,269 £52,500 £53,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - £77,500 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £51,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +7.84% -6.42% +3.81%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,356 2,510 2,993
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 30.96% 34.02% 46.80%
Number of salaries quoted 696 1,707 972
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £32,783
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing SCADA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in the West Midlands

SCADA
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SCADA in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for SCADA in the West Midlands

SCADA
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCADA in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SCADA in the West Midlands

SCADA
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Warwickshire +11 23 £67,500 +22.73% 24
Birmingham - 10 £58,163 - 6
Staffordshire +3 7 - - 12
Shropshire +17 5 £55,000 -26.67% 6
Solihull - 5 - -
Walsall - 5 - -
Wolverhampton - 5 - -
Coventry - 2 £69,875 - 7
SCADA
England

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (1.61%) FactoryTalk
1 1 (1.61%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.68%) Modbus
2 4 (6.45%) Ethernet
2 4 (6.45%) Profibus
3 1 (1.61%) 5G
3 1 (1.61%) Internet
3 1 (1.61%) LoRaWAN
3 1 (1.61%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 23 (37.10%) JIRA
2 18 (29.03%) Selenium
General
1 25 (40.32%) Electronics
1 25 (40.32%) Manufacturing
2 21 (33.87%) Social Skills
3 20 (32.26%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (32.26%) Law
4 3 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (4.84%) Legal
4 3 (4.84%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.61%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 39 (62.90%) Lead
2 20 (32.26%) Technical Leader
3 18 (29.03%) Automation Engineer
3 18 (29.03%) Validation Engineer
4 11 (17.74%) Systems Engineer
5 10 (16.13%) Control Systems Engineer
6 5 (8.06%) SCADA Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Software Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Test Engineer
8 1 (1.61%) Architect
8 1 (1.61%) IT Manager
8 1 (1.61%) IT Services Manager
8 1 (1.61%) Lead Systems Engineer
8 1 (1.61%) PLC Engineer
8 1 (1.61%) PLC Software Engineer
8 1 (1.61%) Principal Engineer
8 1 (1.61%) Project Manager
8 1 (1.61%) Service Manager
8 1 (1.61%) Systems Architect
8 1 (1.61%) Technical Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.06%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 21 (33.87%) IoT
2 20 (32.26%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (32.26%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 20 (32.26%) Operational Technology
3 3 (4.84%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.61%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.61%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (1.61%) NB-IoT
4 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.71%) Mechatronics
2 22 (35.48%) Validation
3 20 (32.26%) Data Collection
3 20 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (30.65%) Cybersecurity
4 19 (30.65%) Mentoring
5 18 (29.03%) Computer Science
5 18 (29.03%) Model Validation
5 18 (29.03%) Penetration Testing
5 18 (29.03%) Test Automation
6 7 (11.29%) Software Engineering
7 6 (9.68%) Agile
8 5 (8.06%) Defect Management
8 5 (8.06%) Network Monitoring
8 5 (8.06%) System Integration Testing
8 5 (8.06%) Test Management
8 5 (8.06%) User Stories
9 4 (6.45%) Risk Assessment
9 4 (6.45%) Scrum
10 3 (4.84%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.29%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 25 (40.32%) Degree
2 18 (29.03%) ISTQB
3 6 (9.68%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.84%) HNC
4 3 (4.84%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.23%) HND
5 2 (3.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.45%) IEC 61131
2 1 (1.61%) NCSC
2 1 (1.61%) QA
2 1 (1.61%) SLA
Systems Management
1 5 (8.06%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.61%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 30 (48.39%) Siemens
2 28 (45.16%) Rockwell
3 5 (8.06%) HP
3 5 (8.06%) MuleSoft
3 5 (8.06%) Oracle
4 4 (6.45%) Allen-Bradley
5 3 (4.84%) Facebook
5 3 (4.84%) YouTube
6 1 (1.61%) Microsoft