FactoryTalk Job Trends

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring FactoryTalk skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 - 704
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing FactoryTalk 6 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.010% - 0.008%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.17% - 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £47,150
25th Percentile - - £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £62,500
75th Percentile - - £69,125
90th Percentile - - £69,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 - -

All Application Platform Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,478 5,028 5,890
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.87% 9.15% 11.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,345 2,984 4,394
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,750 £37,143
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £74,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,500 £47,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year -12.63% +3.26% -3.16%

FactoryTalk
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing FactoryTalk relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

FactoryTalk job vacancy trend in the UK

FactoryTalk
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FactoryTalk.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing FactoryTalk

FactoryTalk
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FactoryTalk within the UK over the 6 months to 2 January 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
England - 6 £65,000 - 10
UK excluding London - 6 £65,000 - 10
West Midlands - 4 - - 4
Midlands - 4 - - 4
North West - 2 £65,000 - 2
South East - 2 - - 1
North of England - 2 £65,000 - 4

FactoryTalk
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) WinCC
2 2 (33.33%) ArchestrA
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Amazon EC2
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
1 4 (66.67%) Modbus
2 2 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 2 (33.33%) Profibus
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Lead
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Control Systems Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Lead Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Lead Systems Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Technology Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 6 (100.00%) SCADA
2 4 (66.67%) Driving Licence
3 2 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
4 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Data Security
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) ITSM
2 2 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Operations Management
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (33.33%) Presales
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Innovative Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Ladder Logic
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) IEC 61508
1 4 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (33.33%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Hyper-V
1 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) AssetCenter
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 6 (100.00%) Siemens
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) Kepware
2 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow