Industry 4.0 Contract Job Trends 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 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 183 111 126
Rank change year-on-year -72 +15 +23
Contract jobs citing Industry 4.0 2 7 5
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.046% 0.35% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 1.13% 0.61%
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%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.33
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £24.65
75th Percentile - - £26.98
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 - £24.65
% 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 1,241 619 814
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 28.76% 31.37% 30.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 756 413 528
10th Percentile £261 £200 £213
25th Percentile £400 £368 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £600
90th Percentile £700 £650 £750
England median daily rate £518 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -3.63% -2.36% -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 32 60
10th Percentile £13.82 £13.81 £10.42
25th Percentile £17.20 £16.53 £13.68
Median hourly rate £25.50 £18.94 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.67% -0.34% -30.91%
75th Percentile £47.50 £32.30 £28.88
90th Percentile £71.95 £49.40 £58.75
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 Midlands

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

Industry 4.0 job vacancy trend 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 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
East Midlands -25 1 £600 - 2
West Midlands -59 1 - - 1
Industry 4.0
England

Industry 4.0
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP EHS
1 1 (50.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Robotics
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Edge Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Lean Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) SAP