Industry 4.0 Contract Job Trends in Congleton

Industry 4.0
Cheshire > Congleton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in contract job vacancies in Congleton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Industry 4.0 over the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Industry 4.0 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Congleton 75.00% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 75.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Cheshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.49 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £18.49 - -

All Generic Skills
Congleton

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 Congleton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Congleton 100.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £475 £430 £490
% change year-on-year +10.47% -12.24% -10.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £18.49 - -
75th Percentile £20.75 - -
90th Percentile £22.10 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £26.00 £16.00 £23.14
% change year-on-year +62.50% -30.84% +5.16%

Industry 4.0
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Congleton 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Robotics
2 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Lean Manufacturing
1 3 (100.00%) Predictive Maintenance
1 3 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Generative AI
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Proactive Maintenance
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) HNC
1 3 (100.00%) HND
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens