Industry 4.0 Contract Job Trends in Dunstable

Industry 4.0
Bedfordshire > Dunstable

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in contract job vacancies in Dunstable. 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 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Industry 4.0 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dunstable 33.33% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate - - -

All Generic Skills
Dunstable

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 Dunstable.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3 2 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dunstable 100.00% 100.00% 46.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile £491 £260 -
25th Percentile £496 £275 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £300 £300
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% - -38.46%
75th Percentile £518 £325 £338
90th Percentile £519 £340 £360
Bedfordshire median daily rate £531 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -11.46% +14.29% +5.00%

Industry 4.0
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dunstable 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Fault Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Mechatronics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens