Industry 4.0 Contracts

Industry 4.0
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Industry 4.0 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 692 833
Rank change year-on-year +115 +141 -160
Contract jobs citing Industry 4.0 21 27 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.045% 0.018%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.14% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 10
10th Percentile - £429 £555
25th Percentile £425 £460 £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £650
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -23.08% +36.84%
75th Percentile £550 £572 £675
90th Percentile £618 £638 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £475 £850
% change year-on-year -2.63% -44.12% +88.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.33 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £24.65 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -55.18% - -
75th Percentile £26.98 £57.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.65 - -

All Generic Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,143 19,914 29,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.35% 33.30% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,422 13,704 20,462
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £653
90th Percentile £788 £800 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 903 647 727
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.11
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.88
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -16.67%

Industry 4.0
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Industry 4.0 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Industry 4.0 in the UK

Industry 4.0
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Industry 4.0 in the UK

Industry 4.0
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Industry 4.0 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Industry 4.0 in the UK

Industry 4.0
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Industry 4.0.

Hourly rate trend for Industry 4.0 in the UK

Industry 4.0
Top 9 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +123 19 £463 -7.50% 25
UK excluding London +66 16 £463 -2.63% 18
North of England +34 10 £463 +0.54% 4
North West +17 10 £463 +0.54% 2
Work from Home +123 5 - - 9
West Midlands +31 5 - - 7
Midlands +23 5 - - 8
London +97 2 - - 5
South East - 1 - - 4

Industry 4.0
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Firewall
1 1 (4.76%) Modbus
1 1 (4.76%) Network Security
1 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 12 (57.14%) Manufacturing
2 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
3 6 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (23.81%) German Language
5 3 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (9.52%) Finance
6 2 (9.52%) Legal
6 2 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Architect
2 5 (23.81%) Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) Business Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) Data Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Information Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) IT Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Security Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Senior
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Product Owner
5 1 (4.76%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 13 (61.90%) IoT
2 5 (23.81%) Robotics
2 5 (23.81%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
3 4 (19.05%) Taxonomies
4 3 (14.29%) Operational Technology
4 3 (14.29%) Security Posture
5 1 (4.76%) Industrial Internet of Things
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Use Case
2 8 (38.10%) Roadmaps
3 6 (28.57%) Agile
3 6 (28.57%) Analytics
3 6 (28.57%) Business Case
3 6 (28.57%) Data Architecture
4 5 (23.81%) Analytical Thinking
4 5 (23.81%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (23.81%) Business Analysis
4 5 (23.81%) Business Transformation
4 5 (23.81%) CAFM
4 5 (23.81%) Change Management
4 5 (23.81%) Computer Science
4 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (23.81%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 5 (23.81%) Data Governance
4 5 (23.81%) Data Integration
4 5 (23.81%) Energy Management
4 5 (23.81%) Informatics
4 5 (23.81%) Process Management
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) CISA
2 3 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (14.29%) CISM
3 2 (9.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (9.52%) CCSK
3 2 (9.52%) CCSP
3 2 (9.52%) CEH
3 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.76%) CCNA
4 1 (4.76%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) NIST
1 3 (14.29%) NIST 800
2 2 (9.52%) SLA
3 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.76%) ISA99
3 1 (4.76%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) SAP
2 1 (4.76%) CheckPoint
2 1 (4.76%) ForeScout
2 1 (4.76%) Palo Alto