Industry 4.0 Contracts in the North of England

Industry 4.0
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in contract job vacancies in the North of 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 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 160 175 211
Rank change year-on-year +15 +36 +22
Contract jobs citing Industry 4.0 6 10 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.18% 0.21% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.60% 0.77% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - - £422
25th Percentile - £425 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £463 £460
Median % change year-on-year - +0.54% -20.00%
75th Percentile - £550 £475
90th Percentile - £618 £484
England median daily rate - £463 £500
% change year-on-year - -7.50% -23.08%

All Generic Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,008 1,302 1,799
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 30.59% 27.31% 30.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 801 1,220
10th Percentile £220 £263 £285
25th Percentile £367 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £582 £584 £623
90th Percentile £665 £653 £688
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 154 88
10th Percentile £21.00 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £24.25 £13.00 £10.63
Median hourly rate £30.88 £15.14 £18.62
Median % change year-on-year +104.00% -18.70% +0.11%
75th Percentile £44.08 £26.62 £45.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £47.98 £66.00
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Industry 4.0 in the North of England

Industry 4.0
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Industry 4.0 in the North of England

Industry 4.0
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England 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
North West +13 6 - - 4
Industry 4.0
England

Industry 4.0
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Business Applications
1 6 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 6 (100.00%) Automotive
1 6 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Agile Project Management
1 6 (100.00%) Analytics
1 6 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 6 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 6 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 6 (100.00%) ERP
1 6 (100.00%) Lean Manufacturing
1 6 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 6 (100.00%) Operations Management
1 6 (100.00%) PLM
1 6 (100.00%) Presales
1 6 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 6 (100.00%) Project Management
1 6 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 6 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 6 (100.00%) Supply Chain Management
1 6 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 6 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
1 6 (100.00%) Master's Degree
2 5 (83.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) MOM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 6 (100.00%) SAP
1 6 (100.00%) Siemens