Industry 4.0 Contracts with Work from Home Options

Industry 4.0
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Industry 4.0 over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 458 608
Rank change year-on-year +117 +150 -129
Contract jobs citing Industry 4.0 5 13 12
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.033% 0.051% 0.027%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% 0.16% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 9
10th Percentile - £437 £563
25th Percentile - £456 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -23.08% -8.77%
75th Percentile - - £675
90th Percentile - £510 £875
UK median daily rate £463 £500 £650
% change year-on-year -7.50% -23.08% +36.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
UK median hourly rate £24.65 £55.00 -
% change year-on-year -55.18% - -

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Industry 4.0 is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,350 8,052 13,982
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.55% 31.46% 31.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,958 5,665 9,969
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £430 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% +9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £644
90th Percentile £800 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 153 224
10th Percentile £15.44 £19.00 £12.37
25th Percentile £25.50 £26.25 £20.56
Median hourly rate £50.50 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +23.60% +28.84%
75th Percentile £65.02 £70.00 £57.81
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £66.18
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +34.13% -18.24% +4.05%

Industry 4.0
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Industry 4.0 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Industry 4.0 trend for jobs with a WFH option

Industry 4.0
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Industry 4.0.

Industry 4.0 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Industry 4.0
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) German Language
2 2 (40.00%) Legal
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) IoT
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Business Transformation
2 2 (40.00%) CAFM
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Data Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Enablement
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (40.00%) Energy Management
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) Informatics
2 2 (40.00%) Multithreading
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (40.00%) PLM
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Process Management
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) SAP