Industry 4.0 Jobs 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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 679 816 814
Rank change year-on-year +137 -2 +249
Permanent jobs citing Industry 4.0 18 31 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.034% 0.035% 0.060%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.091% 0.10% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4 22 30
10th Percentile - £30,400 £39,675
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £56,250 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% -35.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65,313 £91,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £65,875 £95,000 £135,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% -15.38% -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 19,759 29,814 31,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.64% 33.21% 42.28%
Number of salaries quoted 9,483 19,640 19,493
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £35,448
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £64,470
% change year-on-year +4.55% -14.69% +3.15%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Industry 4.0 in England.

Salary trend for Industry 4.0 in England

Industry 4.0
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Industry 4.0 in England over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

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 16 July 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 +79 8 £61,250 -31.94% 8
Midlands +61 5 - - 6
North of England +53 5 £35,000 - 8
East Midlands +45 5 - - 2
North West +12 4 £35,000 +2.94% 5
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
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:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) AutoCAD
1 1 (5.56%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (72.22%) Modbus
1 13 (72.22%) MQTT
2 11 (61.11%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Power BI
General
1 18 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 13 (72.22%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (5.56%) Electronics
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Marketing
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Automation Engineer
2 9 (50.00%) Senior
2 9 (50.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 9 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
3 6 (33.33%) Lead
4 5 (27.78%) Senior Automation Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Industrial Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Mechanical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (44.44%) .NET
2 6 (33.33%) CSS
3 2 (11.11%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 15 (83.33%) SCADA
2 14 (77.78%) IoT
3 13 (72.22%) Biopharmaceutical
3 13 (72.22%) Operational Technology
3 13 (72.22%) Renewable Energy
4 11 (61.11%) Data Centre
5 2 (11.11%) 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%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (11.11%) Analytics
5 2 (11.11%) Cost Reduction
5 2 (11.11%) Data Analytics
5 2 (11.11%) Edge Computing
5 2 (11.11%) Gantt Chart
5 2 (11.11%) Lean Manufacturing
5 2 (11.11%) Predictive Maintenance
5 2 (11.11%) Six Sigma
5 2 (11.11%) Smart Manufacturing
Programming Languages
1 10 (55.56%) Python
2 8 (44.44%) C#
3 6 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (77.78%) Degree
2 13 (72.22%) Chartered Engineer
2 13 (72.22%) HNC
2 13 (72.22%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 11 (61.11%) VMware ESXi
1 11 (61.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (72.22%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 15 (83.33%) Siemens
2 13 (72.22%) AVEVA
2 13 (72.22%) Rockwell
3 11 (61.11%) VMware
4 2 (11.11%) Allen-Bradley
5 1 (5.56%) SAP