SCADA Contracts in England

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SCADA over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 490 579 713
Rank change year-on-year +89 +134 -93
Contract jobs citing SCADA 41 61 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.13% 0.080%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.37% 0.38% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 35 45
10th Percentile £425 £418 £378
25th Percentile £428 £490 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £694 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £695 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £517
% change year-on-year +4.55% +6.38% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Median hourly rate £26.66 £41.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -34.98% - -
UK median hourly rate £26.66 £44.57 -
% change year-on-year -40.18% - -

All Generic Skills
England

SCADA is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,144 16,209 23,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.60% 33.64% 33.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,307 11,283 17,040
10th Percentile £266 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £573 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £697 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 814 571 628
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.16
Median hourly rate £34.21 £22.49 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +52.15% -16.66% +3.77%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.60
UK median hourly rate £31.38 £22.26 £27.50
% change year-on-year +40.98% -19.07% +4.90%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SCADA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in England

SCADA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCADA in England.

Daily rate trend for SCADA in England

SCADA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCADA in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SCADA in England

SCADA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCADA in England.

Hourly rate trend for SCADA in England

SCADA
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +31 11 £575 +12.20% 35
London +86 9 £550 - 26
North of England +36 8 £638 - 74
West Midlands +18 7 £450 -10.00% 28
Midlands +18 7 £450 -10.00% 53
South West +10 5 £700 - 20
North East - 5 £638 - 8
North West +21 3 - - 32
SCADA
UK

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (4.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.44%) AWS
1 1 (2.44%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.63%) LTE
2 5 (12.20%) WAN
3 4 (9.76%) Firewall
4 3 (7.32%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (7.32%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (7.32%) Network Security
4 3 (7.32%) Reverse Proxy
4 3 (7.32%) TETRA
5 2 (4.88%) LAN
6 1 (2.44%) ADSL
6 1 (2.44%) DSL
6 1 (2.44%) GSM
6 1 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) GIS
General
1 12 (29.27%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (17.07%) Social Skills
3 6 (14.63%) Telecoms
4 3 (7.32%) Automotive
4 3 (7.32%) Legal
5 2 (4.88%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.88%) Finance
5 2 (4.88%) Law
5 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.44%) Billing
6 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (17.07%) Analyst
1 7 (17.07%) SCADA Engineer
2 6 (14.63%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (12.20%) Consultant
3 5 (12.20%) Security Consultant
4 4 (9.76%) Architect
4 4 (9.76%) Graduate
5 3 (7.32%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) Security Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Coordinator
6 2 (4.88%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (4.88%) Graduate Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Project Coordinator
6 2 (4.88%) Security Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Senior
6 2 (4.88%) Support Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Telecoms Engineer
7 1 (2.44%) Author
7 1 (2.44%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.20%) Middleware
2 3 (7.32%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (51.22%) Operational Technology
2 8 (19.51%) Data Centre
3 5 (12.20%) CCTV
4 3 (7.32%) Security Posture
4 3 (7.32%) Virtual Team
5 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.44%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (17.07%) Decision-Making
4 5 (12.20%) Analytical Thinking
4 5 (12.20%) Computer Science
4 5 (12.20%) Data Centre Operations
4 5 (12.20%) ITIL
4 5 (12.20%) Proactive Monitoring
4 5 (12.20%) Release Management
4 5 (12.20%) Service Management
5 3 (7.32%) Cloud Security
5 3 (7.32%) Network Design
5 3 (7.32%) Network Virtualisation
5 3 (7.32%) Project Management
5 3 (7.32%) Risk Management
5 3 (7.32%) SIEM
5 3 (7.32%) Value Proposition
5 3 (7.32%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (4.88%) Code Quality
6 2 (4.88%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.44%) C#
1 1 (2.44%) Python
1 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (31.71%) Degree
2 6 (14.63%) CCNA
2 6 (14.63%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (14.63%) CISSP
3 3 (7.32%) CCNP
3 3 (7.32%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (7.32%) OSCP
4 2 (4.88%) DBS Check
4 2 (4.88%) HND
4 2 (4.88%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.44%) CISA
5 1 (2.44%) CISM
5 1 (2.44%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (19.51%) NIST
2 4 (9.76%) GDPR
2 4 (9.76%) ISA99
2 4 (9.76%) NCSC
3 2 (4.88%) GRC
3 2 (4.88%) NIST 800
3 2 (4.88%) QA
4 1 (2.44%) GPG13
4 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (7.32%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 5 (12.20%) BMC
2 3 (7.32%) CheckPoint
2 3 (7.32%) Cisco
2 3 (7.32%) Palo Alto
2 3 (7.32%) VMware
3 2 (4.88%) LogRhythm
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.88%) SAP
4 1 (2.44%) IBM
4 1 (2.44%) iManage
4 1 (2.44%) NEC
4 1 (2.44%) Rockwell
4 1 (2.44%) Siemens