Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SCADA over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 675 838 1119
Rank change year-on-year +163 +281 -278
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 237 109 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.12% 0.084%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.66% 0.27% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 177 50 83
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,175 £38,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £54,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.42% +3.81% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,179 £77,188 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £90,100 £80,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,375 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.32% +6.75% +5.26%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,820 40,772 81,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.13% 43.08% 48.47%
Number of salaries quoted 23,199 22,412 34,284
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £46,350 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

SCADA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in the UK

SCADA
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SCADA in the UK

SCADA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCADA over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SCADA in the UK

SCADA
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +164 232 £51,000 -6.42% 214
UK excluding London +91 200 £50,000 -6.32% 217
North of England +90 79 £47,500 -9.52% 71
Midlands +26 68 £57,500 -4.17% 52
West Midlands +8 51 £57,500 -4.17% 29
Work from Home +60 41 £51,000 -21.54% 48
Yorkshire +92 38 £47,500 -9.52% 31
South East +13 37 £50,000 - 35
London +131 32 £75,000 -9.09% 19
North West +14 30 £60,000 -22.58% 33
East Midlands - 17 £50,000 - 23
East of England +12 14 £55,000 - 23
North East 0 11 £47,500 -4.52% 13
Scotland -67 1 £72,500 +95.27% 21
Wales - 1 - - 8

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (4.22%) WinCC
2 8 (3.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (3.80%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.11%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.27%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (3.38%) Power Platform
2 6 (2.53%) Power Automate
2 6 (2.53%) PowerApps
3 3 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.42%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.86%) Modbus
2 13 (5.49%) Ethernet
2 13 (5.49%) Profibus
2 13 (5.49%) TCP/IP
3 8 (3.38%) Firewall
4 3 (1.27%) DMZ
4 3 (1.27%) VLAN
4 3 (1.27%) VPN
5 2 (0.84%) 802.11
5 2 (0.84%) Bluetooth
5 2 (0.84%) MPLS
5 2 (0.84%) SDH
5 2 (0.84%) ZigBee
6 1 (0.42%) LAN
6 1 (0.42%) MQTT
6 1 (0.42%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.06%) MongoDB
1 12 (5.06%) MySQL
2 8 (3.38%) Power BI
3 5 (2.11%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.95%) LabVIEW
2 4 (1.69%) GitLab
3 3 (1.27%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.42%) JIRA
General
1 27 (11.39%) Social Skills
2 26 (10.97%) Manufacturing
3 18 (7.59%) Legal
4 16 (6.75%) Marketing
5 11 (4.64%) Pharmaceutical
6 10 (4.22%) Finance
7 9 (3.80%) Games
8 8 (3.38%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.11%) Retail
10 4 (1.69%) Electronics
11 3 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.27%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.84%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.84%) Automotive
12 2 (0.84%) Cyber-Physical System
12 2 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.42%) Agriculture
13 1 (0.42%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 66 (27.85%) Systems Engineer
2 46 (19.41%) SCADA Engineer
2 46 (19.41%) Software Engineer
3 31 (13.08%) Control Systems Engineer
4 25 (10.55%) SCADA Software Engineer
5 17 (7.17%) Data Engineer
6 15 (6.33%) Lead
6 15 (6.33%) Senior
7 14 (5.91%) Security Engineer
8 11 (4.64%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 10 (4.22%) Analyst
10 9 (3.80%) Project Manager
11 8 (3.38%) PLC Engineer
11 8 (3.38%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 7 (2.95%) Project Engineer
13 6 (2.53%) PLC Software Engineer
13 6 (2.53%) Security Manager
14 5 (2.11%) Automation Engineer
14 5 (2.11%) Industrial Engineer
14 5 (2.11%) Senior Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.38%) .NET
2 3 (1.27%) REST
2 3 (1.27%) SOAP
2 3 (1.27%) Web Services
3 2 (0.84%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.42%) Middleware
4 1 (0.42%) Node-RED
4 1 (0.42%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 80 (33.76%) Operational Technology
2 13 (5.49%) Data Centre
2 13 (5.49%) Industry 4.0
3 12 (5.06%) Mainframe
4 9 (3.80%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (3.80%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.95%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (2.95%) IoT
6 6 (2.53%) Augmented Reality
6 6 (2.53%) CAN bus
6 6 (2.53%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 6 (2.53%) PMI
6 6 (2.53%) Virtual Reality
7 5 (2.11%) CCTV
7 5 (2.11%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (2.11%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (1.69%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.69%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.27%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (1.27%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.55%) Windows
2 19 (8.02%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.27%) VxWorks
4 1 (0.42%) Linux
4 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (24.89%) Software Engineering
2 52 (21.94%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (13.50%) Systems Engineering
4 29 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (10.97%) Data Acquisition
6 19 (8.02%) User Experience
7 17 (7.17%) Security Operations
7 17 (7.17%) UX Design
8 16 (6.75%) Incident Response
8 16 (6.75%) Value Proposition
9 13 (5.49%) Computer Science
9 13 (5.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (5.49%) Project Management
10 11 (4.64%) Artificial Intelligence
10 11 (4.64%) Continuous Integration
10 11 (4.64%) Mentoring
11 10 (4.22%) Gantt Chart
11 10 (4.22%) Line Management
11 10 (4.22%) SIEM
12 9 (3.80%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 38 (16.03%) C#
2 26 (10.97%) SQL
3 17 (7.17%) C++
4 16 (6.75%) VB
5 13 (5.49%) Ladder Logic
6 11 (4.64%) Python
7 7 (2.95%) C
7 7 (2.95%) Java
8 4 (1.69%) VB.NET
8 4 (1.69%) VBA
9 3 (1.27%) Perl
9 3 (1.27%) PHP
10 1 (0.42%) Go
Qualifications
1 55 (23.21%) Degree
2 33 (13.92%) Security Cleared
3 23 (9.70%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.80%) HND
5 6 (2.53%) PMI Certification
6 5 (2.11%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.69%) CISSP
7 4 (1.69%) HNC
8 2 (0.84%) CEH
8 2 (0.84%) CISA
8 2 (0.84%) CISM
8 2 (0.84%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (0.84%) ECSA
8 2 (0.84%) GPEN
9 1 (0.42%) CASP
9 1 (0.42%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.42%) CRISC
9 1 (0.42%) GCIA
9 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (4.64%) NIST
3 8 (3.38%) NCSC
4 6 (2.53%) NIST 800
4 6 (2.53%) QA
5 4 (1.69%) GDPR
5 4 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.27%) IEC 61131
7 2 (0.84%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.42%) GRC
8 1 (0.42%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.42%) ISA99
8 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.42%) TickIT
System Software
1 19 (8.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (6.75%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.27%) VirtualBox
4 2 (0.84%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.42%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (3.80%) QRadar
2 8 (3.38%) Functional Safety
3 5 (2.11%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 20 (8.44%) Rockwell
2 19 (8.02%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.02%) VMware
3 15 (6.33%) Siemens
4 10 (4.22%) Wonderware
5 9 (3.80%) AVEVA
5 9 (3.80%) Darktrace
6 7 (2.95%) Allen-Bradley
7 5 (2.11%) BT
7 5 (2.11%) Oracle
8 2 (0.84%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.42%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.42%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.42%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.42%) Toshiba