Industry 4.0 Contracts in the North West

Industry 4.0
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Industry 4.0 over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 151 181
Rank change year-on-year +24 +30 -
Contract jobs citing Industry 4.0 10 9 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.36% 0.28% 0.025%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.36% 0.83% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile - £422 -
25th Percentile £425 £436 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £460 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £475 £588
90th Percentile £618 £484 -
England median daily rate £463 £500 £650
% change year-on-year -7.50% -23.08% +44.44%

All Generic Skills
North West

Industry 4.0 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 the North West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 735 1,080 1,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 26.60% 33.80% 34.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 489 722 1,070
10th Percentile £295 £296 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +23.14%
75th Percentile £584 £625 £588
90th Percentile £672 £675 £672
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 47 63
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.85 £11.36
25th Percentile £15.00 £20.74 £12.27
Median hourly rate £25.25 £27.98 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +51.24% +3.35%
75th Percentile £42.19 £65.00 £39.14
90th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 £48.19
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +2.08%

Industry 4.0
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Industry 4.0 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Industry 4.0 in the North West

Industry 4.0
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Industry 4.0 in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Industry 4.0 in the North West

Industry 4.0
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Industry 4.0 in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Industry 4.0 in the North West

Industry 4.0
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Industry 4.0 within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Cheshire +11 8 £450 +5.88%
Manchester +12 2 £550 +14.58% 2
Industry 4.0
England

Industry 4.0
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Metadata
General
1 9 (90.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Architect
1 5 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Data Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Information Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) IoT
1 5 (50.00%) Robotics
2 4 (40.00%) Taxonomies
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Use Case
2 6 (60.00%) Business Case
2 6 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 5 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (50.00%) Business Analysis
3 5 (50.00%) Change Management
3 5 (50.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
3 5 (50.00%) Data Governance
3 5 (50.00%) Data Integration
4 4 (40.00%) Analytics
4 4 (40.00%) Data Analysis
4 4 (40.00%) Data Strategy
4 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 4 (40.00%) Machine Learning
4 4 (40.00%) Ontologies
4 4 (40.00%) Predictive Analysis
4 4 (40.00%) Predictive Analytics
4 4 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
4 4 (40.00%) Statistical Analysis
4 4 (40.00%) Value Proposition
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) SAP