Industry 4.0 Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Industry 4.0
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in contract job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Industry 4.0 over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Industry 4.0 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.26% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.72% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
East of England median daily rate - - -

All Generic Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 138 81 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 35.20% 24.85% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 40 61
10th Percentile £185 £309 £225
25th Percentile £335 £428 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +13.14%
75th Percentile £623 £588 £575
90th Percentile £718 £650 £613
East of England median daily rate £475 £485 £500
% change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% +7.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 10
10th Percentile £20.60 £21.88 £21.80
25th Percentile £23.00 £28.81 £29.94
Median hourly rate £35.00 £47.50 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -19.15% +125.01%
75th Percentile £48.75 £60.94 £77.50
90th Percentile £73.50 £70.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £65.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -35.11% +9.17% +9.09%

Industry 4.0
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Industry 4.0 job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Industry 4.0
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Peterborough - 1 - -
Industry 4.0
East of England

Industry 4.0
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Collection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens