Industry 4.0 Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Industry 4.0
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in contract job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Industry 4.0 over the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Industry 4.0 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.56% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.97% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate - - -

All Generic Skills
Buckinghamshire

Industry 4.0 falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 152 119 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 28.46% 42.20% 28.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 83 116
10th Percentile £173 £284 £201
25th Percentile £379 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.44% +15.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £598 £630 £600
90th Percentile £640 £671 £652
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £475
% change year-on-year -2.91% +8.42% -8.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 18
10th Percentile - £51.50 £19.29
25th Percentile £15.62 £51.88 £22.61
Median hourly rate £16.71 £55.00 £24.22
Median % change year-on-year -69.63% +127.13% +42.44%
75th Percentile £17.79 £63.75 £30.00
90th Percentile - £67.50 £36.75
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £33.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year -18.52% -28.95% +9.20%

Industry 4.0
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Industry 4.0 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Industry 4.0 job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Industry 4.0
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 24 February 2026. 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
Bletchley - 3 - -
Industry 4.0
South East

Industry 4.0
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Fault Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Mechatronics
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Siemens