Robotic Process Automation Developer Contracts

Robotics Process Automation Developer (RPA Developer)
UK

The median Robotics Process Automation Developer (RPA Developer) daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 686 818
Rank change year-on-year +109 +132 -151
Contract jobs requiring a Robotic Process Automation Developer 13 17 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.029% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.030% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 21
10th Percentile £368 £339 £313
25th Percentile £450 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £420 £475
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -11.58% +18.75%
75th Percentile £553 £488 £538
90th Percentile £596 £515 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £450 £523
% change year-on-year -11.11% -13.88% +21.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.00
Median hourly rate - - £23.50
75th Percentile - - £29.06
90th Percentile - - £33.68
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £23.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,241 56,070 84,738
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,194 39,189 59,507
10th Percentile £277 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,567 2,091
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.16 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%
75th Percentile £61.26 £65.75 £48.76
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.55 £42.37 £19.52
% change year-on-year -6.64% +117.03% +2.74%

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Robotic Process Automation Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Robotic Process Automation Developer in the UK

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Robotic Process Automation Developer.

Daily rate trend for Robotic Process Automation Developer in the UK

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Robotic Process Automation Developer over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Robotic Process Automation Developer in the UK

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Robotic Process Automation Developer.

Hourly rate trend for Robotic Process Automation Developer in the UK

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Robotic Process Automation Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 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 +122 11 £500 +14.94% 3
Work from Home +121 7 £500 +29.87% 2
London +94 7 £500 +19.05%
UK excluding London +50 4 £400 -11.11% 3
Midlands +28 1 £290 -47.27% 1
North of England +26 1 £375 - 1
West Midlands +24 1 £290 -47.27% 1
East of England - 1 £600 -
North West - 1 £375 - 1
South East - 1 £425 -

Robotic Process Automation Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Robotic Process Automation Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Robotic Process Automation Developer in the job title.

1 11 (84.62%) Blue Prism
1 11 (84.62%) UiPath
2 8 (61.54%) PowerApps
3 6 (46.15%) Power Platform
3 6 (46.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (38.46%) Power BI
4 5 (38.46%) Task Automation
4 5 (38.46%) User Experience
4 5 (38.46%) Power Automate
4 5 (38.46%) Data Modelling
4 5 (38.46%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
5 4 (30.77%) Local Government
6 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
6 3 (23.08%) Python
6 3 (23.08%) C#
6 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
6 3 (23.08%) VB.NET
6 3 (23.08%) .NET
6 3 (23.08%) Agile
6 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
7 2 (15.38%) Kanban
7 2 (15.38%) XML
7 2 (15.38%) Scrum
7 2 (15.38%) Java
7 2 (15.38%) SQL
7 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
7 2 (15.38%) Automation Anywhere
7 2 (15.38%) Robotic Process Automation
7 2 (15.38%) Azure

Robotic Process Automation Developer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Chatbot
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) PowerApps
2 6 (46.15%) Power Platform
3 5 (38.46%) Power Automate
4 2 (15.38%) AWS
4 2 (15.38%) Azure
5 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) Power BI
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (30.77%) Local Government
2 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) .NET
2 2 (15.38%) XML
3 1 (7.69%) CSS
3 1 (7.69%) HTML
3 1 (7.69%) JSON
3 1 (7.69%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (38.46%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (38.46%) Data Modelling
2 5 (38.46%) Task Automation
2 5 (38.46%) User Experience
3 3 (23.08%) Agile
4 2 (15.38%) Kanban
4 2 (15.38%) Robotic Process Automation
4 2 (15.38%) Scrum
5 1 (7.69%) Conversational UI
5 1 (7.69%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (7.69%) Data Transformation
5 1 (7.69%) DevOps
5 1 (7.69%) Impact Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) Machine Learning
5 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.69%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (7.69%) Service Design
5 1 (7.69%) System Integration Testing
5 1 (7.69%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) C#
1 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
1 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
1 3 (23.08%) Python
1 3 (23.08%) VB.NET
2 2 (15.38%) Java
2 2 (15.38%) SQL
3 1 (7.69%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Blue Prism
1 11 (84.62%) UiPath
2 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 2 (15.38%) Automation Anywhere