Industry 4.0 Job Trends in England

Industry 4.0
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Industry 4.0 over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 730 628 729
Rank change year-on-year -102 +101 +2
Permanent jobs citing Industry 4.0 15 18 32
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.015% 0.041% 0.046%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.058% 0.099% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 5
10th Percentile £40,000 - -
25th Percentile £41,647 £55,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,250 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +45.83% -31.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,000 - £91,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -23.08%

All Generic Skills
England

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 permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 25,674 18,200 22,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.64% 41.95% 32.05%
Number of salaries quoted 16,839 9,227 12,040
10th Percentile £31,016 £28,742 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,925 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -4.00%

Industry 4.0
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Industry 4.0 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Industry 4.0 job vacancy trend in England

Industry 4.0
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Industry 4.0.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Industry 4.0 in England over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Industry 4.0 in England

Industry 4.0
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Industry 4.0 within the England region over the 6 months to 13 September 2026. 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
North of England -48 9 £46,587 - 22
South East -45 5 £65,000 +6.12% 11
Yorkshire - 4 £40,000 - 2
North East - 3 £55,000 - 8
North West -14 2 £46,587 - 12
Midlands -61 1 £85,000 - 8
West Midlands - 1 £85,000 - 6
Industry 4.0
UK

Industry 4.0
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (13.33%) CATIA
1 2 (13.33%) Siemens NX
1 2 (13.33%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
1 2 (13.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) LAN
1 2 (13.33%) WAN
2 1 (6.67%) Internet
2 1 (6.67%) LoRaWAN
2 1 (6.67%) Modbus
2 1 (6.67%) MQTT
General
1 12 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Finance
4 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
5 1 (6.67%) Electronics
5 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Lead
2 2 (13.33%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) IoT
1 4 (26.67%) SCADA
2 3 (20.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 3 (20.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (13.33%) Driving Licence
3 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (13.33%) PKI
3 2 (13.33%) Replication
3 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (6.67%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Analytics
1 8 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (46.67%) CAD
2 7 (46.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (40.00%) PLM
4 5 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 5 (33.33%) ERP
4 5 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 4 (26.67%) AI
5 4 (26.67%) Data Analytics
5 4 (26.67%) Lean Manufacturing
5 4 (26.67%) Process Improvement
5 4 (26.67%) Six Sigma
6 3 (20.00%) Digital Twin
6 3 (20.00%) Predictive Analytics
6 3 (20.00%) Predictive Maintenance
6 3 (20.00%) Smart Manufacturing
6 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 2 (13.33%) Business Case
7 2 (13.33%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) Azure Certification
2 2 (13.33%) CTC Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) HNC
2 2 (13.33%) Master's Degree
2 2 (13.33%) MCSA
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (6.67%) ISO 9001
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.67%) NCSC
1 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) SCCM
1 2 (13.33%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) CA Agile Central
1 2 (13.33%) Dell
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (13.33%) Siemens
1 2 (13.33%) Symantec
1 2 (13.33%) Veeam
1 2 (13.33%) VMware
2 1 (6.67%) Thales