SCADA Jobs in the South East

Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term SCADA in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited SCADA over the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 364 358
Rank change year-on-year +87 -6 +97
Permanent jobs citing SCADA 34 38 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.35% 0.20% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.85% 0.62% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 16 30 14
10th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £40,725
25th Percentile £48,125 £45,000 £45,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £69,375 £55,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £71,500 £88,750
England median annual salary £56,625 £51,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +11.03% -6.42% +3.81%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,002 6,139 5,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 41.37% 32.74% 42.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,977 3,876 2,976
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -10.71% +1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,750 £73,875
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £87,500
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 South East

Job postings citing SCADA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SCADA in the South East

SCADA
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for SCADA in the South East

SCADA
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SCADA in the South East over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Salary histogram for SCADA in the South East

SCADA
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SCADA within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
Hampshire +85 16 £60,000 +20.00% 37
Thames Valley +47 7 £51,000 +2.00% 78
West Sussex +32 5 £77,500 +72.22% 7
Berkshire +26 5 £51,000 +2.00% 62
Surrey +47 4 £27,500 -55.10% 14
Kent - 2 £37,500 - 5
Oxfordshire - 2 £62,500 - 8
SCADA
England

SCADA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (5.88%) ThingWorx
2 1 (2.94%) WinCC
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (23.53%) Azure
2 7 (20.59%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (23.53%) Ethernet
2 7 (20.59%) Modbus
3 6 (17.65%) MQTT
4 1 (2.94%) Network Security
4 1 (2.94%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (20.59%) Relational Database
1 7 (20.59%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.94%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (20.59%) Git
2 2 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 20 (58.82%) Manufacturing
2 7 (20.59%) Pharmaceutical
3 6 (17.65%) Social Skills
4 5 (14.71%) Electronics
5 3 (8.82%) Advertising
5 3 (8.82%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Finance
6 2 (5.88%) Marketing
6 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.94%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (44.12%) Automation Engineer
2 7 (20.59%) Principal Engineer
3 6 (17.65%) Senior
4 5 (14.71%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Lead
5 3 (8.82%) Programme Manager
5 3 (8.82%) Senior Automation Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Administrator
6 2 (5.88%) Design Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Project Administrator
6 2 (5.88%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Design Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Compliance Manager
7 1 (2.94%) Graduate
7 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
7 1 (2.94%) Network Manager
7 1 (2.94%) SCADA Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.82%) .NET
1 3 (8.82%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (52.94%) Operational Technology
2 10 (29.41%) IoT
3 8 (23.53%) Data Centre
4 7 (20.59%) Life Science
4 7 (20.59%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (17.65%) Biopharmaceutical
5 6 (17.65%) Industry 4.0
6 5 (14.71%) Driving Licence
7 4 (11.76%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 3 (8.82%) Robotics
9 2 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
9 2 (5.88%) Product Ownership
9 2 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (2.94%) Fibre Optics
10 1 (2.94%) FMCG
10 1 (2.94%) Photovoltaics
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Mentoring
2 13 (38.24%) Project Delivery
3 10 (29.41%) Computer Science
4 7 (20.59%) Biotechnology
4 7 (20.59%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (20.59%) DevOps
4 7 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (20.59%) Risk Assessment
4 7 (20.59%) Roadmaps
4 7 (20.59%) Technical Leadership
4 7 (20.59%) Technology Roadmap
5 6 (17.65%) Asset Management
5 6 (17.65%) Network Design
5 6 (17.65%) Project Management
5 6 (17.65%) Prototyping
5 6 (17.65%) System Testing
6 5 (14.71%) Programme Management
7 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (11.76%) PRINCE2
7 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (32.35%) C#
1 11 (32.35%) Python
2 8 (23.53%) SQL
3 3 (8.82%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (61.76%) Degree
2 8 (23.53%) Chartered Engineer
3 6 (17.65%) HNC
3 6 (17.65%) HND
4 4 (11.76%) PMP
5 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (8.82%) PMI Certification
6 2 (5.88%) DBS Check
6 2 (5.88%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.94%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) Accessibility
1 2 (5.88%) Data Quality
1 2 (5.88%) ISO 14001
1 2 (5.88%) ISO 9001
1 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (20.59%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (17.65%) VMware ESXi
2 6 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (17.65%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 15 (44.12%) Siemens
2 14 (41.18%) Rockwell
3 7 (20.59%) AVEVA
4 6 (17.65%) VMware
5 2 (5.88%) Microsoft
5 2 (5.88%) SAP
6 1 (2.94%) Allen-Bradley
6 1 (2.94%) NEC
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