Industry 4.0 Jobs in the South East

Industry 4.0
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Industry 4.0 over the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 338 329
Rank change year-on-year +23 -9 -
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Industry 4.0 10 13 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.092% 0.090% 0.019%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.23% 0.28% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £42,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +45.83% - -
75th Percentile £66,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% -13.33%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,441 4,710 3,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 40.73% 32.60% 38.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,168 2,611 2,481
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,050
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.17% -0.16%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -11.54% +4.00%

Industry 4.0
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Industry 4.0 in the South East

Industry 4.0
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Industry 4.0.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 24 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
Hampshire +56 6 - -
Oxfordshire +38 4 £61,250 +45.83%
Thames Valley +18 4 £61,250 +45.83% 2
Industry 4.0
England

Industry 4.0
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (40.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Ethernet
1 6 (60.00%) Modbus
1 6 (60.00%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Power BI
General
1 10 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 6 (60.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Senior
1 7 (70.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 7 (70.00%) Systems Engineer
2 6 (60.00%) Automation Engineer
3 4 (40.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
4 3 (30.00%) Lead
4 3 (30.00%) Senior Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) .NET
1 3 (30.00%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) SCADA
2 6 (60.00%) Biopharmaceutical
2 6 (60.00%) Data Centre
2 6 (60.00%) IoT
2 6 (60.00%) Operational Technology
2 6 (60.00%) Renewable Energy
3 4 (40.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Asset Management
1 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (60.00%) Mentoring
1 6 (60.00%) Network Design
1 6 (60.00%) Project Delivery
1 6 (60.00%) Prototyping
1 6 (60.00%) Risk Assessment
1 6 (60.00%) System Testing
2 4 (40.00%) Analytics
2 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (40.00%) Data Analytics
2 4 (40.00%) Predictive Maintenance
2 4 (40.00%) Smart Manufacturing
3 3 (30.00%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) Python
2 4 (40.00%) SQL
3 3 (30.00%) C#
3 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
1 6 (60.00%) HNC
1 6 (60.00%) HND
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) VMware ESXi
1 6 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Siemens
2 6 (60.00%) AVEVA
2 6 (60.00%) Rockwell
2 6 (60.00%) VMware
3 4 (40.00%) Allen-Bradley