Industry 4.0 Job Trends in Kent

Industry 4.0
South East > Kent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in permanent job vacancies in Kent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Industry 4.0 over the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 9 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	86	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Industry 4.0	1	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent	0.059%	-	-
As % of the Miscellaneous category	0.21%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	-
South East median annual salary	£62,500	£61,250	£42,000
% change year-on-year	+2.04%	+45.83%	-

All Generic Skills
Kent

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 citing generic IT skills in Kent.

	6 months to 9 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	485	260	319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent	28.43%	35.47%	34.19%
Number of salaries quoted	312	169	92
10^th Percentile	£29,158	£28,750	£26,250
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£33,750	£36,063
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,000	£42,500	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+5.88%	-19.05%	-
75^th Percentile	£57,509	£52,500	£67,500
90^th Percentile	£70,000	£66,250	£78,375
South East median annual salary	£55,000	£44,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+25.00%	-20.00%	-

Industry 4.0 Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Industry 4.0 Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 9 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Dartford	-	1	-	-
Industry 4.0 South East

Industry 4.0 Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 9 November 2026, job vacancies citing Industry 4.0 also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Kent region citing Industry 4.0.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Architecture Roadmap	100.0%	1
1	AVEVA	100.0%	1
1	Data Architecture	100.0%	1
1	Data Governance	100.0%	1
1	Data Modelling	100.0%	1
1	Data Strategy	100.0%	1
1	Digital Twin	100.0%	1
1	ENOVIA	100.0%	1
1	PLM	100.0%	1
1	Roadmaps	100.0%	1
1	SAP	100.0%	1
1	SAP MII	100.0%	1
1	SAP PLM	100.0%	1
1	Smart Manufacturing	100.0%	1
1	Teamcenter	100.0%	1
1	Windchill	100.0%	1

Industry 4.0 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Applications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Windchill	100.0%	1