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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 708 841 919
Rank change year-on-year +133 +78 +231
Permanent jobs citing Industry 4.0 4 37 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.037% 0.053%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.020% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2 28 36
10th Percentile - £39,800 £28,375
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% +17.02%
75th Percentile £36,000 £91,250 £93,438
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% -15.97%

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 19,972 35,117 43,987
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.26% 35.46% 43.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,799 23,005 23,580
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,250
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 £108,491
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 6 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 14 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 +156 4 £35,000 -43.03% 48
England +113 4 £35,000 -44.64% 67
North of England +50 3 £35,000 - 5
North West +6 2 £35,000 -39.13% 4
South East +98 1 - - 19
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1

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 (25.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (25.00%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Industrial Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Mechanical Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Project Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
1 2 (50.00%) Lean Manufacturing
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CSQE
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP