Industry 4.0 Jobs in the Midlands

Industry 4.0
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Industry 4.0 over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 244 308 311
Rank change year-on-year +64 +3 -
Permanent jobs citing Industry 4.0 1 23 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.015% 0.18% 0.068%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.045% 0.57% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 0 15 4
10th Percentile - £47,400 -
25th Percentile - £52,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £61,439 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year - +21.66% -
75th Percentile - £86,961 £66,250
90th Percentile - £91,250 -
England median annual salary £35,000 £63,220 £63,750
% change year-on-year -44.64% -0.83% +2.41%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,243 4,037 3,902
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.72% 31.51% 43.97%
Number of salaries quoted 993 2,660 1,454
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £53,688
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -6.87% +13.03%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Industry 4.0
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Industry 4.0 in the Midlands

Industry 4.0
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Industry 4.0 in the Midlands

Industry 4.0
Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
East Midlands +39 1 - - 5
Industry 4.0
England

Industry 4.0
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
1 1 (100.00%) MQTT
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Biopharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) HND
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) AVEVA
1 1 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens
1 1 (100.00%) VMware