Hybrid/Remote SCADA Job Trends

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 400 436
Rank change year-on-year +38 +36 +265
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 13 34 28
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.085% 0.20% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.25% 0.50% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 16
10th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £49,375
25th Percentile £57,500 £49,375 £54,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £61,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +1.21% +2.92%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,875 £71,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,150 £79,375
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +19.05%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,294 6,756 7,632
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.61% 39.03% 38.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,419 3,851 5,950
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,806 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,642
90th Percentile £107,500 £113,750 £103,775
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SCADA and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SCADA job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SCADA
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SCADA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SCADA

SCADA
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SCADA over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

SCADA salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

SCADA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (7.69%) Confluence
1 1 (7.69%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Modbus
2 3 (23.08%) Profibus
3 2 (15.38%) Ethernet
3 2 (15.38%) Network Security
3 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (7.69%) Firewall
4 1 (7.69%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 4 (30.77%) Manufacturing
1 4 (30.77%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
3 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (15.38%) Military
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Control Systems Engineer
1 5 (38.46%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Operational Security Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Operations Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Security Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Security Operations Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Electrical Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Implementation Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Project Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Operational Technology
2 2 (15.38%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (15.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (15.38%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (15.38%) Robotics
2 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.69%) IoT
3 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
1 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (23.08%) Validation
2 2 (15.38%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (15.38%) Data Acquisition
2 2 (15.38%) High Availability
2 2 (15.38%) ISMS
2 2 (15.38%) SDLC
2 2 (15.38%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (15.38%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (15.38%) Threat Analysis
2 2 (15.38%) Verification and Validation
2 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (7.69%) Offensive Security
3 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.69%) Red Team
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) HNC
3 3 (23.08%) Degree
3 3 (23.08%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) NIST
2 1 (7.69%) IEC 61131
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) NIST 800
2 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Siemens
2 3 (23.08%) Rockwell
3 2 (15.38%) Allen-Bradley
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft