Robotics Contracts

Robotics
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Robotics over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 676 755
Rank change year-on-year +144 +79 -123
Contract jobs citing Robotics 59 42 99
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.071% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.45% 0.21% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 21 63
10th Percentile £429 £363 £401
25th Percentile £456 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £480 £550
Median % change year-on-year +17.19% -12.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £678 £550 £738
90th Percentile £688 £600 £865
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £463 £518
% change year-on-year +13.51% -10.64% +21.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 8
10th Percentile - - £26.03
25th Percentile £57.50 - £39.38
Median hourly rate £60.00 £50.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -2.44% +20.59%
75th Percentile £68.75 - £55.69
90th Percentile £72.50 - £61.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 - £51.25
% change year-on-year - - +20.59%

All Generic Skills
UK

Robotics is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,085 19,696 29,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.32% 33.30% 33.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,418 13,533 20,480
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £678 £656
90th Percentile £798 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 902 642 725
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.14 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.04% -18.24% +4.05%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.44 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £22.00 £20.07
% change year-on-year +28.41% +9.64% -16.40%

Robotics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Robotics in the UK

Robotics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Robotics in the UK

Robotics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Robotics over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Robotics in the UK

Robotics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Robotics in the UK

Robotics
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Robotics over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Robotics in the UK

Robotics
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Robotics within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +128 59 £563 +14.80% 245
UK excluding London +100 49 £525 +13.51% 212
South East +55 35 £663 +15.22% 61
North of England +33 10 £450 +5.88% 47
North West - 10 £450 - 22
London +84 9 £600 +14.29% 36
Work from Home +127 7 £475 -1.04% 58
Midlands +29 2 £463 -11.90% 32
East Midlands - 2 £463 - 8
South West +16 1 - - 38
East of England - 1 - - 38

Robotics
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 (1.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.69%) Simulink
1 1 (1.69%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.86%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (10.17%) Azure
3 2 (3.39%) AWS
3 2 (3.39%) GCP
3 2 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.39%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (30.51%) Ethernet
2 2 (3.39%) LoRaWAN
2 2 (3.39%) MQTT
2 2 (3.39%) ZigBee
3 1 (1.69%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) Power BI
2 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.69%) Tableau
2 1 (1.69%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 18 (30.51%) Rational DOORS
General
1 20 (33.90%) Electronics
2 13 (22.03%) Manufacturing
3 6 (10.17%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (6.78%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.39%) Legal
6 1 (1.69%) Banking
6 1 (1.69%) Finance
6 1 (1.69%) Local Government
6 1 (1.69%) Police
6 1 (1.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (33.90%) Consultant
2 14 (23.73%) Developer
3 5 (8.47%) Analyst
3 5 (8.47%) Business Analyst
3 5 (8.47%) Project Manager
4 4 (6.78%) Architect
4 4 (6.78%) Senior
5 2 (3.39%) Chief Technology Officer
5 2 (3.39%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (3.39%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (3.39%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (3.39%) Software Engineer
5 2 (3.39%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.69%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (1.69%) Junior Software Engineer
6 1 (1.69%) Mechanical Engineer
6 1 (1.69%) Process Engineer
6 1 (1.69%) Project Office Support
6 1 (1.69%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
6 1 (1.69%) UAT Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.69%) .NET
1 1 (1.69%) Django
1 1 (1.69%) PyTorch
1 1 (1.69%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 18 (30.51%) Analogue Electronics
2 9 (15.25%) IoT
3 5 (8.47%) Industry 4.0
4 4 (6.78%) Operational Technology
5 3 (5.08%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (5.08%) Management Information System
6 2 (3.39%) Cloud Native
6 2 (3.39%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (1.69%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.69%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.69%) EPoS
7 1 (1.69%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (42.37%) Artificial Intelligence
2 24 (40.68%) Prototyping
3 18 (30.51%) Requirements Management
4 15 (25.42%) Agile
4 15 (25.42%) Design for Manufacturing
4 15 (25.42%) Systems Engineering
5 12 (20.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (20.34%) DevOps
6 8 (13.56%) Roadmaps
7 6 (10.17%) Business Case
8 5 (8.47%) Business Analysis
8 5 (8.47%) Change Management
8 5 (8.47%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
8 5 (8.47%) PRINCE2
8 5 (8.47%) Project Management
8 5 (8.47%) Use Case
8 5 (8.47%) User Experience
9 4 (6.78%) Logistics
9 4 (6.78%) Risk Assessment
9 4 (6.78%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.78%) Python
2 1 (1.69%) C++
2 1 (1.69%) Java
2 1 (1.69%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.69%) MATLAB
2 1 (1.69%) SQL
2 1 (1.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (11.86%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.47%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.08%) Degree
3 3 (5.08%) PMI Certification
3 3 (5.08%) PMP
4 2 (3.39%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.69%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (3.39%) BiZZdesign
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft
1 2 (3.39%) Sparx
2 1 (1.69%) Blue Prism
2 1 (1.69%) Hitachi
2 1 (1.69%) OpenAI
2 1 (1.69%) SAP
2 1 (1.69%) UiPath