Industry 4.0 Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Industry 4.0
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 82 57 -
Rank change year-on-year -25 - -
Contract jobs citing Industry 4.0 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.090% 0.35% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.33% 1.19% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £650 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £600 £510 £463
% change year-on-year +17.65% +10.27% -7.50%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 304 168 202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 27.39% 29.12% 26.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 119 141
10th Percentile £190 £250 £168
25th Percentile £358 £357 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £544 £550
90th Percentile £656 £626 £600
England median daily rate £518 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -3.63% -2.36% -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 15 15
10th Percentile £13.51 - £11.75
25th Percentile £16.96 £13.81 £12.28
Median hourly rate £22.81 £18.51 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.23% +32.21% -35.39%
75th Percentile £30.25 £21.39 £18.32
90th Percentile £74.00 £27.61 £24.59
England median hourly rate £44.94 £33.91 £34.11
% change year-on-year +32.51% -0.57% +51.68%

Industry 4.0
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Industry 4.0 job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Industry 4.0
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands 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
Derbyshire -8 1 £600 - 2
Industry 4.0
England

Industry 4.0
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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