Industry 4.0 Jobs

Industry 4.0
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Industry 4.0 over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 695 870 913
Rank change year-on-year +175 +43 +232
Permanent jobs citing Industry 4.0 7 37 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.036% 0.057%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.034% 0.10% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2 28 38
10th Percentile - £39,800 £28,825
25th Percentile £34,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £61,439 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -43.03% -5.48% +9.24%
75th Percentile £36,000 £91,250 £91,250
90th Percentile - £95,000 £135,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £61,439 £50,000
% change year-on-year -43.03% +22.88% -33.33%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,763 35,685 41,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.18% 34.42% 43.59%
Number of salaries quoted 9,606 23,135 22,550
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,085 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Industry 4.0
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Industry 4.0 in the UK

Industry 4.0
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Industry 4.0 in the UK

Industry 4.0
Top 8 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 31 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
UK excluding London +158 7 £35,000 -43.03% 37
England +145 7 £35,000 -44.64% 57
North of England +37 4 £35,000 - 5
North West +3 3 £35,000 -39.13% 2
South East +76 2 - - 9
Midlands +43 1 - - 17
East Midlands +36 1 - - 7
Yorkshire - 1 - - 3

Industry 4.0
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) AutoCAD
1 1 (14.29%) SOLIDWORKS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Modbus
1 4 (57.14%) MQTT
2 3 (42.86%) Ethernet
General
1 7 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (57.14%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (14.29%) Electronics
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Automation Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Industrial Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Mechanical Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) CSS
3 1 (14.29%) Node-RED
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) IoT
2 4 (57.14%) Biopharmaceutical
2 4 (57.14%) Operational Technology
2 4 (57.14%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (57.14%) SCADA
3 3 (42.86%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Asset Management
1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (57.14%) Mentoring
1 4 (57.14%) Network Design
1 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
1 4 (57.14%) Prototyping
1 4 (57.14%) Risk Assessment
1 4 (57.14%) System Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Business Development
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (28.57%) Lean Manufacturing
3 2 (28.57%) Six Sigma
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) Edge Computing
4 1 (14.29%) Gantt Chart
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
4 1 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C#
1 4 (57.14%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) Chartered Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) HNC
2 4 (57.14%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) AVEVA
1 4 (57.14%) Rockwell
1 4 (57.14%) Siemens
2 3 (42.86%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) SAP