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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 632 717 710
Rank change year-on-year +85 -7 +293
Permanent jobs citing Industry 4.0 18 32 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.042% 0.047% 0.022%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.100% 0.14% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 8
10th Percentile - - £44,900
25th Percentile £55,000 £34,000 £52,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £38,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +61.18% -37.96% -18.33%
75th Percentile £66,250 £59,625 £75,625
90th Percentile - £91,350 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £46,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +30.43% -29.23% -13.33%

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 18,040 22,074 22,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 41.81% 32.13% 41.14%
Number of salaries quoted 9,145 11,748 16,089
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £43,742 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £64,811
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.42% +3.70%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,950 £112,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -

Industry 4.0
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Industry 4.0 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Industry 4.0 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
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 17 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
South East +43 10 £61,250 +45.83%
Midlands +53 6 - - 8
East Midlands - 6 - - 4
North of England +36 2 - - 4
North West +13 2 - - 1
Industry 4.0
UK

Industry 4.0
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (72.22%) Modbus
1 13 (72.22%) MQTT
2 11 (61.11%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) Power BI
General
1 17 (94.44%) Manufacturing
2 13 (72.22%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Senior
2 11 (61.11%) Automation Engineer
2 11 (61.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 11 (61.11%) Systems Engineer
3 6 (33.33%) Lead
4 5 (27.78%) Senior Automation Engineer
5 4 (22.22%) Manufacturing Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Field Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Field Service Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Field Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Field Service Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (33.33%) .NET
1 6 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (11.11%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 17 (94.44%) SCADA
2 13 (72.22%) Biopharmaceutical
2 13 (72.22%) IoT
2 13 (72.22%) Operational Technology
2 13 (72.22%) Renewable Energy
3 11 (61.11%) Data Centre
4 4 (22.22%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Asset Management
1 13 (72.22%) Cybersecurity
1 13 (72.22%) Mentoring
1 13 (72.22%) Network Design
1 13 (72.22%) Project Delivery
1 13 (72.22%) Prototyping
1 13 (72.22%) Risk Assessment
1 13 (72.22%) System Testing
2 8 (44.44%) Business Development
3 4 (22.22%) Analytics
3 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (22.22%) Data Analytics
3 4 (22.22%) Predictive Maintenance
3 4 (22.22%) Smart Manufacturing
4 2 (11.11%) Edge Computing
4 2 (11.11%) Gantt Chart
Programming Languages
1 10 (55.56%) Python
2 6 (33.33%) C#
2 6 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 4 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) Chartered Engineer
1 13 (72.22%) Degree
1 13 (72.22%) HNC
1 13 (72.22%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
2 1 (5.56%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 11 (61.11%) VMware ESXi
1 11 (61.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (72.22%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 17 (94.44%) Siemens
2 13 (72.22%) AVEVA
2 13 (72.22%) Rockwell
3 11 (61.11%) VMware
4 5 (27.78%) Allen-Bradley