Industry 4.0 Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Industry 4.0
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in contract job vacancies in Derbyshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Industry 4.0 over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 19 -
Rank change year-on-year -8 - -
Contract jobs citing Industry 4.0 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 0.55% 2.00% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.89% 9.09% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £650 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £600 - -

All Generic Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 53 22 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 29.12% 22.00% 29.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 17 42
10th Percentile £333 £146 £145
25th Percentile £413 £450 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £550 £245
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +124.49% -50.38%
75th Percentile £681 £725 £447
90th Percentile £705 £825 £586
East Midlands median daily rate £438 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -2.78% +5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £8.75
Median hourly rate £17.87 - £12.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -79.17%
75th Percentile £24.29 - £16.25
90th Percentile £25.63 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.81 £18.51 £14.00
% change year-on-year +23.23% +32.21% -35.39%

Industry 4.0
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Industry 4.0 job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Industry 4.0
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
Derby -4 1 £600 - 1
Industry 4.0
East Midlands

Industry 4.0
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Edge Computing