FactoryTalk Contracts

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring FactoryTalk skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FactoryTalk over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 558 570 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Contract jobs citing FactoryTalk 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.005% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.14% 0.049% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 - -

All Application Platform Skills
UK

FactoryTalk falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,588 4,106 5,328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.94% 10.64% 10.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,312 2,785 3,644
10th Percentile £275 £279 £258
25th Percentile £385 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £644
90th Percentile £706 £825 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £470 £475
% change year-on-year -4.26% -1.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 95 162
10th Percentile £17.45 £16.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £25.00 £21.63 £21.00
Median hourly rate £41.26 £33.07 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.75% -38.76% +145.45%
75th Percentile £65.25 £69.38 £69.06
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.78 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.09 £48.56 £45.00
% change year-on-year -11.26% +7.91% +128.31%

FactoryTalk
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing FactoryTalk as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for FactoryTalk in the UK

FactoryTalk
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FactoryTalk.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FactoryTalk

FactoryTalk
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FactoryTalk.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FactoryTalk

FactoryTalk
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FactoryTalk within the UK over the 6 months to 29 August 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
UK excluding London - 5 £413 - 6
England - 5 £413 - 6
East of England - 3 - -
North of England - 2 £413 - 4
North West - 2 £413 - 4

FactoryTalk
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 5 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Automation Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) SCADA
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) SDLC
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 5 (100.00%) Siemens
2 2 (40.00%) AVEVA