SCADA Jobs in the UK excluding London

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SCADA over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 572 658 778
Rank change year-on-year +86 +120 -127
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 201 75 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.82% 0.32% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 154 33 54
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,650 £37,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,375 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% +6.75% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,188 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,225
UK median annual salary £51,000 £54,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.42% +3.81% -8.70%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 24,652 23,597 32,735
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.35% 41.74% 44.20%
Number of salaries quoted 15,379 10,912 15,963
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SCADA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in the UK excluding London

SCADA
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SCADA in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SCADA in the UK excluding London

SCADA
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCADA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SCADA in the UK excluding London

SCADA
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +90 79 £47,500 -9.52% 75
Midlands +28 68 £57,500 -4.17% 52
West Midlands +12 51 £57,500 -4.17% 29
Yorkshire +90 38 £47,500 -9.52% 31
South East +8 37 £50,000 - 36
North West +6 30 £60,000 -22.58% 37
East Midlands - 17 £50,000 - 23
East of England +9 15 £55,000 - 23
North East -1 11 £47,500 -4.52% 13
Scotland -69 1 £72,500 +95.27% 22
Wales - 1 - - 7
SCADA
UK

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (4.48%) WinCC
2 8 (3.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (4.48%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.49%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.49%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (3.98%) Power Platform
2 6 (2.99%) Power Automate
2 6 (2.99%) PowerApps
3 3 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 18 (8.96%) Modbus
2 13 (6.47%) Ethernet
2 13 (6.47%) TCP/IP
3 10 (4.98%) Profibus
4 7 (3.48%) Firewall
5 3 (1.49%) DMZ
5 3 (1.49%) VLAN
5 3 (1.49%) VPN
6 2 (1.00%) MPLS
6 2 (1.00%) SDH
7 1 (0.50%) 802.11
7 1 (0.50%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.50%) LAN
7 1 (0.50%) MQTT
7 1 (0.50%) WAN
7 1 (0.50%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.97%) MongoDB
1 12 (5.97%) MySQL
2 8 (3.98%) Power BI
3 5 (2.49%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.48%) LabVIEW
2 4 (1.99%) GitLab
3 3 (1.49%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.50%) JIRA
General
1 27 (13.43%) Social Skills
2 24 (11.94%) Manufacturing
3 18 (8.96%) Legal
4 16 (7.96%) Marketing
5 9 (4.48%) Pharmaceutical
6 8 (3.98%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (3.48%) Finance
8 5 (2.49%) Retail
9 4 (1.99%) Electronics
9 4 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.49%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.00%) Automotive
11 2 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.50%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.50%) Cyber-Physical System
12 1 (0.50%) Games
Job Titles
1 56 (27.86%) Systems Engineer
2 39 (19.40%) SCADA Engineer
3 38 (18.91%) Software Engineer
4 21 (10.45%) Control Systems Engineer
5 20 (9.95%) SCADA Software Engineer
6 17 (8.46%) Data Engineer
7 15 (7.46%) Lead
7 15 (7.46%) Senior
8 12 (5.97%) Security Engineer
9 10 (4.98%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 9 (4.48%) Analyst
10 9 (4.48%) Project Manager
11 8 (3.98%) PLC Engineer
11 8 (3.98%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 7 (3.48%) Project Engineer
13 6 (2.99%) PLC Software Engineer
14 5 (2.49%) Automation Engineer
14 5 (2.49%) Industrial Engineer
14 5 (2.49%) Senior Automation Engineer
14 5 (2.49%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.98%) .NET
2 3 (1.49%) REST
2 3 (1.49%) SOAP
2 3 (1.49%) Web Services
3 1 (0.50%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.50%) Middleware
3 1 (0.50%) Node-RED
3 1 (0.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 66 (32.84%) Operational Technology
2 13 (6.47%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.47%) Industry 4.0
3 12 (5.97%) Mainframe
4 7 (3.48%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (2.99%) Augmented Reality
5 6 (2.99%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 6 (2.99%) PMI
5 6 (2.99%) Virtual Reality
6 5 (2.49%) CAN bus
6 5 (2.49%) CCTV
6 5 (2.49%) IoT
6 5 (2.49%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (2.49%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (1.99%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.99%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.99%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.49%) Arduino
8 3 (1.49%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.49%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.95%) Windows
2 19 (9.45%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.49%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (24.38%) Software Engineering
2 34 (16.92%) Cybersecurity
3 26 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (12.44%) Systems Engineering
5 19 (9.45%) User Experience
6 17 (8.46%) Data Acquisition
6 17 (8.46%) UX Design
7 16 (7.96%) Value Proposition
8 13 (6.47%) Computer Science
8 13 (6.47%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (6.47%) Project Management
9 11 (5.47%) Artificial Intelligence
9 11 (5.47%) Continuous Integration
9 11 (5.47%) Mentoring
10 10 (4.98%) Gantt Chart
11 9 (4.48%) Budgeting
11 9 (4.48%) Security Operations
12 8 (3.98%) Business Intelligence
12 8 (3.98%) Incident Response
12 8 (3.98%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 34 (16.92%) C#
2 22 (10.95%) SQL
3 16 (7.96%) C++
4 13 (6.47%) Ladder Logic
5 12 (5.97%) VB
6 10 (4.98%) Python
7 7 (3.48%) C
7 7 (3.48%) Java
8 4 (1.99%) VB.NET
8 4 (1.99%) VBA
9 3 (1.49%) Perl
9 3 (1.49%) PHP
10 1 (0.50%) Go
Qualifications
1 49 (24.38%) Degree
2 26 (12.94%) Security Cleared
3 23 (11.44%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.99%) HND
4 6 (2.99%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.49%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.49%) CISSP
7 2 (1.00%) CISA
7 2 (1.00%) CISM
8 1 (0.50%) CASP
8 1 (0.50%) CEH
8 1 (0.50%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.50%) CRISC
8 1 (0.50%) ECSA
8 1 (0.50%) GCIA
8 1 (0.50%) GCIH
8 1 (0.50%) GIAC
8 1 (0.50%) GPEN
8 1 (0.50%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.98%) NIST
2 9 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.48%) NCSC
4 6 (2.99%) NIST 800
4 6 (2.99%) QA
5 4 (1.99%) GDPR
5 4 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (1.00%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.50%) GRC
7 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.50%) TickIT
System Software
1 19 (9.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (7.96%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.49%) VirtualBox
4 2 (1.00%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (3.48%) Functional Safety
2 4 (1.99%) Wonderware InTouch
3 1 (0.50%) QRadar
Vendors
1 19 (9.45%) Rockwell
1 19 (9.45%) VMware
2 14 (6.97%) Siemens
3 11 (5.47%) Microsoft
4 9 (4.48%) Wonderware
5 8 (3.98%) AVEVA
6 7 (3.48%) Allen-Bradley
7 5 (2.49%) BT
8 4 (1.99%) Oracle
9 1 (0.50%) Darktrace
9 1 (0.50%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.50%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.50%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.50%) Toshiba