Industry 4.0 Contract Job Trends in Wolverhampton

Industry 4.0
West Midlands > Wolverhampton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in contract job vacancies in Wolverhampton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Industry 4.0 over the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Industry 4.0 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wolverhampton 4.17% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 20.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 - £24.65

All Generic Skills
Wolverhampton

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 Wolverhampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5 14 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wolverhampton 20.83% 51.85% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £235 £201 -
25th Percentile £348 £243 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £325 £150
Median % change year-on-year +74.62% +116.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £818 £341 -
90th Percentile £950 £344 -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £33.00 - £17.16
25th Percentile £37.50 - £17.22
Median hourly rate £47.50 - £17.38
75th Percentile £59.99 - £17.47
90th Percentile £65.99 - £17.49
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.08 £23.89 £23.00
% change year-on-year +4.96% +3.87% +19.90%

Industry 4.0
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wolverhampton 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP EHS
1 1 (100.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SAP