Industry 4.0 Contracts in England

Industry 4.0
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Industry 4.0 over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 520 593
Rank change year-on-year +22 +73 +183
Contract jobs citing Industry 4.0 5 13 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.018% 0.039% 0.033%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.051% 0.13% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - - £428
25th Percentile - £425 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £463 £506
Median % change year-on-year +10.27% -8.64% -11.96%
75th Percentile - £550 £564
90th Percentile - £618 £589
UK median daily rate £510 £463 £506
% change year-on-year +10.27% -8.64% -22.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £55.00

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,732 10,352 14,876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.04% 30.88% 32.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,141 6,744 10,422
10th Percentile £306 £303 £308
25th Percentile £408 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 489 563 388
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.55 £15.89
25th Percentile £18.87 £17.81 £20.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £45.00 £40.59
Median % change year-on-year -31.11% +10.86% +56.12%
75th Percentile £60.00 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £29.42 £42.50 £36.13
% change year-on-year -30.79% +17.65% +36.32%

Industry 4.0
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Industry 4.0 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Industry 4.0 in England

Industry 4.0
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Industry 4.0 in England.

Daily rate trend for Industry 4.0 in England

Industry 4.0
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Industry 4.0 in England.

Hourly rate trend for Industry 4.0 in England

Industry 4.0
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
London +13 4 £510 - 14
Industry 4.0
UK

Industry 4.0
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Modbus
1 1 (20.00%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Publishing
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Digital Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Functional Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) SCADA Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) SCADA
2 2 (40.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (20.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Monetization
2 1 (20.00%) Order Management
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Product Management
2 1 (20.00%) Software Licensing
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Allen-Bradley
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) SAP
1 1 (20.00%) Siemens