FactoryTalk Job Trends in the South West

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring FactoryTalk skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing FactoryTalk 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.023% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.48% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £52,750 - -
25th Percentile £55,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £65,000 - -
90th Percentile £67,250 - -
England median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Application Platform Skills
South West

FactoryTalk falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring application platform skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 414 350 646
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.74% 10.04% 8.03%
Number of salaries quoted 230 235 473
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £58,688 £61,250 £62,200
90th Percentile £73,250 £71,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,101 £54,285 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.71% -1.30% -4.35%

FactoryTalk
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing FactoryTalk in the South West over the 6 months to 3 August 2026.

Salary histogram for FactoryTalk in the South West

FactoryTalk
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FactoryTalk within the South West region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Devon - 1 £67,500 -
Gloucestershire - 1 £52,500 -
FactoryTalk
England

FactoryTalk
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) SCADA
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Motion Control
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) HNC
1 1 (50.00%) HND
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Siemens
2 1 (50.00%) AVEVA
2 1 (50.00%) Rockwell