Industry 4.0 Contracts

Industry 4.0
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Industry 4.0 in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Industry 4.0 over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 566 676 837
Rank change year-on-year +110 +161 -116
Contract jobs citing Industry 4.0 18 21 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.038% 0.013%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.11% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 6
10th Percentile - £437 £563
25th Percentile £425 £476 £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £650
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -23.08% +36.84%
75th Percentile £550 £513 £825
90th Percentile £618 £558 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £500 £850
% change year-on-year -7.50% -41.18% +88.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.33 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £24.65 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -55.18% - -
75th Percentile £26.98 £57.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.65 - -

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 contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,045 18,435 29,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.87% 33.19% 33.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,307 12,697 20,403
10th Percentile £275 £310 £315
25th Percentile £413 £446 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 939 605 684
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.29
25th Percentile £15.39 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%
75th Percentile £61.40 £58.75 £50.77
90th Percentile £71.88 £75.00 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.25 £22.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +60.23% +2.33% -4.44%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Industry 4.0 in the UK

Industry 4.0
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Industry 4.0 over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Industry 4.0 in the UK

Industry 4.0
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Industry 4.0 in the UK

Industry 4.0
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Industry 4.0 within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +82 16 £463 -7.50% 26
UK excluding London +31 14 £463 -7.50% 18
North of England +20 10 £463 +8.82% 4
North West +18 10 £463 +8.82% 2
West Midlands +17 3 - - 8
Midlands +15 3 - - 11
Work from Home +106 2 - - 6
London +77 2 - - 3
South East - 1 - - 2

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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (27.78%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Firewall
1 1 (5.56%) Modbus
1 1 (5.56%) Network Security
1 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Metadata
General
1 11 (61.11%) Manufacturing
2 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (16.67%) German Language
5 2 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Architect
2 5 (27.78%) Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Business Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Data Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Information Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) IT Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Security Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Senior
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 11 (61.11%) IoT
2 5 (27.78%) Robotics
3 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 4 (22.22%) Taxonomies
4 3 (16.67%) Operational Technology
4 3 (16.67%) Security Posture
4 3 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (5.56%) Industrial Internet of Things
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Use Case
2 8 (44.44%) Roadmaps
3 6 (33.33%) Analytics
3 6 (33.33%) Business Case
4 5 (27.78%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (27.78%) Business Analysis
4 5 (27.78%) Change Management
4 5 (27.78%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 5 (27.78%) Data Governance
4 5 (27.78%) Data Integration
5 4 (22.22%) Data Analysis
5 4 (22.22%) Data Architecture
5 4 (22.22%) Data Strategy
5 4 (22.22%) Machine Learning
5 4 (22.22%) Ontologies
5 4 (22.22%) Predictive Analysis
5 4 (22.22%) Predictive Analytics
5 4 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (22.22%) Statistical Analysis
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) CISA
1 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (16.67%) CISM
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (11.11%) CCSK
2 2 (11.11%) CCSP
2 2 (11.11%) CEH
3 1 (5.56%) CCNA
3 1 (5.56%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) NIST
1 3 (16.67%) NIST 800
2 2 (11.11%) SLA
3 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.56%) ISA99
3 1 (5.56%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) SAP
2 1 (5.56%) CheckPoint
2 1 (5.56%) ForeScout
2 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto