Industry 4.0 Contract Job Trends in Kent

Industry 4.0
South East > Kent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in contract job vacancies in Kent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Industry 4.0 over the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 9 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	28	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing Industry 4.0	2	0	0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent	0.82%	-	-
As % of the Miscellaneous category	2.47%	-	-
Number of daily rates quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£613	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£625	-	-
75^th Percentile	£638	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
South East median daily rate	£625	-	-

All Generic Skills
Kent

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 citing generic IT skills in Kent.

	6 months to 9 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing generic IT skills	81	32	88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent	33.20%	27.12%	48.89%
Number of daily rates quoted	37	24	33
10^th Percentile	£155	£132	£189
25^th Percentile	£363	£149	£329
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£510	£323	£513
Median % change year-on-year	+58.14%	-37.07%	+40.41%
75^th Percentile	£563	£355	£580
90^th Percentile	£638	£538	£635
South East median daily rate	£525	£488	£500
% change year-on-year	+7.69%	-2.50%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	14	1	16
10^th Percentile	£14.03	-	£43.94
25^th Percentile	£15.98	£12.75	£65.47
Median hourly rate	£24.00	£13.50	£70.32
Median % change year-on-year	+77.78%	-80.80%	+31.43%
75^th Percentile	£48.79	£14.25	£75.16
90^th Percentile	£155.00	-	-
South East median hourly rate	£35.11	£23.00	£51.25
% change year-on-year	+52.65%	-55.12%	-2.38%

Industry 4.0 Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Industry 4.0 Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 9 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Dartford	-	2	£625	-
Industry 4.0 South East

Industry 4.0 Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 9 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Industry 4.0 also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Kent region citing Industry 4.0.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Architecture Roadmap	100.0%	2
1	AVEVA	100.0%	2
1	Data Architecture	100.0%	2
1	Data Governance	100.0%	2
1	Data Modelling	100.0%	2
1	Data Strategy	100.0%	2
1	Digital Twin	100.0%	2
1	ENOVIA	100.0%	2
1	PLM	100.0%	2
1	Roadmaps	100.0%	2
1	SAP	100.0%	2
1	SAP MII	100.0%	2
1	SAP PLM	100.0%	2
1	Smart Manufacturing	100.0%	2
1	Teamcenter	100.0%	2
1	Windchill	100.0%	2

Industry 4.0 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Applications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Windchill	100.0%	2