Industry 4.0 Contracts in the UK excluding London

Industry 4.0
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Industry 4.0 over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 319 378 440
Rank change year-on-year +59 +62 +76
Contract jobs citing Industry 4.0 15 16 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.077% 0.063%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.35% 0.26% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 8
10th Percentile - - £441
25th Percentile £461 £425 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.05% -2.63% -44.12%
75th Percentile £483 £550 £500
90th Percentile - £618 -
UK median daily rate £491 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +6.16% -7.50% -23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £24.65 -
UK median hourly rate - £24.65 £55.00
% change year-on-year - -55.18% -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,236 6,091 7,790
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.16% 29.43% 32.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,601 3,645 5,256
10th Percentile £208 £210 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £618
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 724 436
10th Percentile £16.87 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £19.99 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £30.78 £28.38 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.48% +28.98% +10.00%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.78 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.16 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.27% +34.13% -18.24%

Industry 4.0
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Industry 4.0 in the UK excluding London

Industry 4.0
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Industry 4.0 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Industry 4.0 in the UK excluding London

Industry 4.0
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Midlands +21 8 - - 12
North of England +7 6 - - 4
North West +6 6 - - 4
West Midlands +13 5 - - 6
East Midlands - 3 - - 6
Scotland - 1 £472 - 1
Industry 4.0
UK

Industry 4.0
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Firewall
1 3 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 11 (73.33%) Automotive
1 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 10 (66.67%) Manufacturing
3 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (20.00%) Legal
5 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Information Assurance Manager
1 3 (20.00%) Information Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Management Information System
2 6 (40.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 5 (33.33%) IoT
4 1 (6.67%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (6.67%) Operational Technology
4 1 (6.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Linux
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Agile
1 11 (73.33%) Computer Science
2 7 (46.67%) Data Modelling
3 6 (40.00%) Agile Project Management
3 6 (40.00%) Analytics
3 6 (40.00%) API Integration
3 6 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 6 (40.00%) ERP
3 6 (40.00%) Lean Manufacturing
3 6 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 6 (40.00%) Operations Management
3 6 (40.00%) PLM
3 6 (40.00%) Presales
3 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (40.00%) Product Roadmap
3 6 (40.00%) Project Management
3 6 (40.00%) Quality Management
3 6 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 6 (40.00%) Supply Chain Management
3 6 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 14 (93.33%) Degree
2 11 (73.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (40.00%) Master's Degree
4 5 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (20.00%) CISA
5 3 (20.00%) CISM
5 3 (20.00%) CISSP
5 3 (20.00%) GIAC
6 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (20.00%) NIST
1 3 (20.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (6.67%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 6 (40.00%) MOM
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) SAP
2 6 (40.00%) Rockwell
2 6 (40.00%) Siemens