Industry 4.0 Contracts in the Midlands

Industry 4.0
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in contract job vacancies in the 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 128 162
Rank change year-on-year +25 +34 -
Contract jobs citing Industry 4.0 8 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.42% 0.18% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.38% 0.58% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £467
25th Percentile - - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £500
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate - £463 £500
% change year-on-year - -7.50% -23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £24.65 -
England median hourly rate - £24.65 £55.00
% change year-on-year - -55.18% -

All Generic Skills
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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 580 857 1,116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.30% 31.08% 32.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 557 737
10th Percentile £200 £220 £237
25th Percentile £375 £350 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
75th Percentile £594 £611 £600
90th Percentile £662 £750 £700
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 62 41
10th Percentile - £10.47 £16.70
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.93 £18.13
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.03% -13.33% +36.36%
75th Percentile £30.34 £28.88 £53.75
90th Percentile £33.91 £58.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Industry 4.0
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Industry 4.0 in the Midlands

Industry 4.0
Contract Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
West Midlands +14 5 - - 6
East Midlands - 3 - - 7
Industry 4.0
England

Industry 4.0
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Firewall
1 3 (37.50%) Network Security
General
1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (62.50%) Automotive
1 5 (62.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Legal
2 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Information Assurance Manager
1 3 (37.50%) Information Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (62.50%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Thinking
1 5 (62.50%) Business Transformation
1 5 (62.50%) CAFM
1 5 (62.50%) Computer Science
1 5 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (62.50%) Data Architecture
1 5 (62.50%) Energy Management
1 5 (62.50%) Facilities Management
1 5 (62.50%) Informatics
1 5 (62.50%) Process Management
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Information Assurance
2 3 (37.50%) Information Security
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
2 5 (62.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (37.50%) CISA
3 3 (37.50%) CISM
3 3 (37.50%) CISSP
3 3 (37.50%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (37.50%) NIST
1 3 (37.50%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) SAP