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 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 648 726 768
Rank change year-on-year +78 +42 +272
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Industry 4.0 19 40 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.040% 0.053% 0.027%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.096% 0.17% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 10
10th Percentile £34,000 £34,800 £46,300
25th Percentile £39,250 £49,875 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.46% -13.33%
75th Percentile £65,938 £91,250 £92,750
90th Percentile £66,250 - £103,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 19,758 24,173 26,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 41.16% 32.26% 41.92%
Number of salaries quoted 9,369 13,886 17,111
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,925 £42,500 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £107,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £63,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -8.73% +0.80%

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
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Industry 4.0 in England over the 6 months to 27 August 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 27 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +46 10 £61,250 +45.83% 4
Midlands +50 5 - - 7
East Midlands - 5 - - 3
North of England +39 4 £35,000 +2.94% 3
North West +20 4 £35,000 +2.94% 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (68.42%) Modbus
1 13 (68.42%) MQTT
2 11 (57.89%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) Power BI
General
1 19 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 13 (68.42%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Automation Engineer
1 11 (57.89%) Senior
1 11 (57.89%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 11 (57.89%) Systems Engineer
2 6 (31.58%) Lead
3 5 (26.32%) Senior Automation Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Manufacturing Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Industrial Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (42.11%) .NET
2 6 (31.58%) CSS
3 2 (10.53%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 17 (89.47%) SCADA
2 13 (68.42%) Biopharmaceutical
2 13 (68.42%) IoT
2 13 (68.42%) Operational Technology
2 13 (68.42%) Renewable Energy
3 11 (57.89%) Data Centre
4 4 (21.05%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Asset Management
1 13 (68.42%) Cybersecurity
1 13 (68.42%) Mentoring
1 13 (68.42%) Network Design
1 13 (68.42%) Project Delivery
1 13 (68.42%) Prototyping
1 13 (68.42%) Risk Assessment
1 13 (68.42%) System Testing
2 8 (42.11%) Business Development
3 6 (31.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (21.05%) Analytics
4 4 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (21.05%) Data Analytics
4 4 (21.05%) Predictive Maintenance
4 4 (21.05%) Smart Manufacturing
5 2 (10.53%) Cost Reduction
5 2 (10.53%) Edge Computing
5 2 (10.53%) Gantt Chart
5 2 (10.53%) Lean Manufacturing
5 2 (10.53%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 12 (63.16%) Python
2 8 (42.11%) C#
3 6 (31.58%) JavaScript
4 4 (21.05%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (68.42%) Chartered Engineer
1 13 (68.42%) Degree
1 13 (68.42%) HNC
1 13 (68.42%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) QA
System Software
1 11 (57.89%) VMware ESXi
1 11 (57.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (68.42%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 17 (89.47%) Siemens
2 13 (68.42%) AVEVA
2 13 (68.42%) Rockwell
3 11 (57.89%) VMware
4 4 (21.05%) Allen-Bradley