Industry 4.0 Jobs in the North West

Industry 4.0
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Industry 4.0 over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 308 279
Rank change year-on-year +24 -29 +48
Permanent jobs citing Industry 4.0 4 2 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.053% 0.018% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.057% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34,000 £56,250 £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £57,500 £40,750
Median % change year-on-year -39.13% +41.10% -45.67%
75th Percentile £36,000 £58,750 £50,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £35,000 £63,220 £63,750
% change year-on-year -44.64% -0.83% -1.92%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,508 3,521 3,152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 33.12% 30.98% 43.24%
Number of salaries quoted 884 2,349 1,488
10th Percentile £28,150 £26,750 £33,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £36,250 £42,759
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,603 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £84,056
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Industry 4.0 in the North West

Industry 4.0
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Industry 4.0 in the North West

Industry 4.0
Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Cheshire +6 2 - -
Manchester - 2 £35,000 - 3
Industry 4.0
England

Industry 4.0
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (50.00%) Modbus
1 2 (50.00%) MQTT
General
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Industrial Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Biopharmaceutical
1 2 (50.00%) IoT
1 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (50.00%) Renewable Energy
1 2 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (50.00%) Business Development
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Edge Computing
1 2 (50.00%) Gantt Chart
1 2 (50.00%) Lean Manufacturing
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) Network Design
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (50.00%) Six Sigma
1 2 (50.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) HNC
1 2 (50.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) AVEVA
1 2 (50.00%) Rockwell
1 2 (50.00%) Siemens