FactoryTalk Job Trends in England

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring FactoryTalk skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 632 - 742
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing FactoryTalk 7 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.016% - 0.006%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.20% - 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £44,800
25th Percentile - - £47,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £55,500
75th Percentile - - £65,125
90th Percentile - - £68,200
UK median annual salary £65,000 - £55,500

All Application Platform Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,534 6,095 6,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.23% 8.87% 11.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,545 3,738 5,036
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £92,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £130,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year - -1.79% +1.82%

FactoryTalk
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for FactoryTalk in England

FactoryTalk
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing FactoryTalk.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing FactoryTalk

FactoryTalk
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FactoryTalk within the England region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands - 5 - - 1
West Midlands - 5 - - 1
North of England - 2 £65,000 - 4
North West - 2 £65,000 - 4
South East - 2 - -
FactoryTalk
UK

FactoryTalk
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (100.00%) WinCC
2 2 (28.57%) ArchestrA
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Amazon EC2
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
1 4 (57.14%) Modbus
2 2 (28.57%) Ethernet
2 2 (28.57%) Profibus
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Lead
2 3 (42.86%) Control Systems Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Software Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Lead Software Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Lead Systems Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Technology Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) SCADA
2 6 (85.71%) Operational Technology
3 4 (57.14%) Driving Licence
4 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (28.57%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
5 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) Windows Server
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Data Security
3 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) ITSM
3 2 (28.57%) Network Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) Operations Management
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (28.57%) Presales
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Innovative Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Ladder Logic
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) QA
2 4 (57.14%) IEC 61508
3 3 (42.86%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Hyper-V
1 4 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) AssetCenter
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 7 (100.00%) Siemens
2 6 (85.71%) VMware
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco
3 2 (28.57%) Kepware
3 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow