Robotics
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 630 614 832
Rank change year-on-year -16 +218 -177
Permanent jobs citing Robotics 290 422 401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.41% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.83% 0.95% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 175 256 141
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,179 £61,750
Median % change year-on-year -14.30% +3.93% +23.50%
75th Percentile £72,433 £87,500 £76,732
90th Percentile £86,250 £90,000 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £50,845
% change year-on-year -5.98% +15.06% +12.99%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,939 44,198 74,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.47% 42.68% 47.35%
Number of salaries quoted 22,999 23,881 34,286
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,875
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Robotics.

Salary trend for Robotics in the UK

Robotics
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Robotics in the UK

Robotics
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -1 276 £55,000 -15.38% 244
UK excluding London -11 229 £55,000 -5.98% 210
Work from Home -73 63 £56,000 -19.36% 58
London -7 58 £90,000 +12.09% 37
East of England +62 55 £60,000 +9.09% 37
South West +2 55 £51,500 -6.36% 37
South East -6 51 £47,500 -4.95% 59
North of England -12 30 £45,000 -34.91% 47
Midlands +34 25 £47,500 +18.75% 32
North West +9 13 £45,000 -35.20% 22
East Midlands -2 13 £47,500 +18.75% 8
West Midlands +23 12 £47,500 +15.15% 24
Yorkshire +39 11 £82,500 +28.85% 24
Scotland -66 8 £70,576 +28.32% 10
North East - 6 £35,000 - 4
Wales +11 4 £35,000 -12.50% 2
Northern Ireland +20 1 £56,000 +49.33%

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 5 (1.72%) Appian
2 4 (1.38%) Apache
3 3 (1.03%) Confluence
4 1 (0.34%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (4.83%) Simulink
2 7 (2.41%) AutoCAD
2 7 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.38%) Stateflow
4 3 (1.03%) Autodesk Inventor
4 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.69%) MadCap Flare
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.34%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 29 (10.00%) AWS
2 16 (5.52%) Azure
3 14 (4.83%) Power Platform
4 10 (3.45%) GCP
5 8 (2.76%) Power Automate
6 7 (2.41%) SaaS
7 5 (1.72%) GitHub
8 4 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.03%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.03%) Pulumi
9 3 (1.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 3 (1.03%) Slack
9 3 (1.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.69%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.69%) Oracle CX
11 1 (0.34%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.79%) 5G
2 8 (2.76%) SD-WAN
2 8 (2.76%) WAN
3 7 (2.41%) Ethernet
3 7 (2.41%) RS-232
4 6 (2.07%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.38%) MQTT
5 4 (1.38%) RS-485
5 4 (1.38%) Wireless
5 4 (1.38%) Wireshark
6 3 (1.03%) Firewall
6 3 (1.03%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.03%) LTE
6 3 (1.03%) SSL
7 2 (0.69%) DNS
8 1 (0.34%) 802.11
8 1 (0.34%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.34%) Internet
8 1 (0.34%) Network Security
8 1 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.17%) Big Data
2 7 (2.41%) Power BI
3 4 (1.38%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.03%) Redis
5 2 (0.69%) Amazon QuickSight
5 2 (0.69%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.69%) MySQL
5 2 (0.69%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.69%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (8.97%) Git
2 16 (5.52%) Visual Studio
3 11 (3.79%) Subversion
4 10 (3.45%) JIRA
4 10 (3.45%) LabVIEW
5 9 (3.10%) Rational DOORS
6 6 (2.07%) Jenkins
7 4 (1.38%) Rational Rhapsody
8 3 (1.03%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.03%) GitLab
General
1 84 (28.97%) Social Skills
2 65 (22.41%) Electronics
3 37 (12.76%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (10.69%) Manufacturing
5 28 (9.66%) Finance
6 27 (9.31%) Marketing
6 27 (9.31%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (8.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (8.28%) Telecoms
8 23 (7.93%) Aerospace
9 22 (7.59%) Legal
10 20 (6.90%) Banking
11 18 (6.21%) Automotive
12 15 (5.17%) Influencing Skills
13 14 (4.83%) Aviation
14 13 (4.48%) Law
14 13 (4.48%) Retail
15 12 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (3.10%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (2.76%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 56 (19.31%) Software Engineer
2 40 (13.79%) Senior
3 33 (11.38%) Lead
4 32 (11.03%) Architect
5 29 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
6 27 (9.31%) Project Manager
7 22 (7.59%) Developer
8 21 (7.24%) Solutions Architect
9 19 (6.55%) Technical Leader
10 18 (6.21%) Engineering Manager
11 17 (5.86%) Deployment Manager
12 15 (5.17%) Deployment Project Manager
13 14 (4.83%) Consultant
13 14 (4.83%) Programmer
14 11 (3.79%) Applications Engineer
15 10 (3.45%) Analyst
15 10 (3.45%) Graduate
15 10 (3.45%) SailPoint Architect
15 10 (3.45%) Senior Manager
16 9 (3.10%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.24%) .NET
2 18 (6.21%) .NET Framework
3 15 (5.17%) Qt
4 13 (4.48%) React
5 12 (4.14%) Kafka
5 12 (4.14%) Spring Boot
6 10 (3.45%) CSS
6 10 (3.45%) HTML
6 10 (3.45%) SailPoint
7 7 (2.41%) Spring
8 6 (2.07%) Middleware
8 6 (2.07%) scikit-learn
9 5 (1.72%) AngularJS
9 5 (1.72%) PyQt
9 5 (1.72%) PyTorch
9 5 (1.72%) Web Services
10 4 (1.38%) ActiveMQ
10 4 (1.38%) ASP.NET
10 4 (1.38%) JSON
10 4 (1.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.31%) IoT
2 19 (6.55%) Onboarding
3 18 (6.21%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (5.52%) Blockchain
5 14 (4.83%) Algorithms
5 14 (4.83%) Embedded Systems
6 13 (4.48%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (3.45%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.76%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.76%) Marketing Technology
8 8 (2.76%) Smartphone
9 7 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (2.07%) Analogue Electronics
11 5 (1.72%) Augmented Reality
11 5 (1.72%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 4 (1.38%) Device Driver
12 4 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.38%) PMI
13 3 (1.03%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 35 (12.07%) Linux
2 22 (7.59%) Windows
3 11 (3.79%) Ubuntu
3 11 (3.79%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.03%) Amazon Linux
4 3 (1.03%) Android
4 3 (1.03%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.03%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.69%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.69%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.34%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (28.97%) Software Engineering
2 80 (27.59%) Agile
3 77 (26.55%) Problem-Solving
4 71 (24.48%) Artificial Intelligence
5 51 (17.59%) Project Management
6 40 (13.79%) Analytics
7 32 (11.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (10.69%) Customer Requirements
8 31 (10.69%) Machine Learning
8 31 (10.69%) Technical Leadership
9 29 (10.00%) Validation
10 27 (9.31%) Computer Science
11 26 (8.97%) Mentoring
12 25 (8.62%) Customer Experience
13 23 (7.93%) DevOps
14 22 (7.59%) Systems Engineering
15 21 (7.24%) Time Management
16 20 (6.90%) Process Improvement
16 20 (6.90%) Software Architecture
17 19 (6.55%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (19.66%) Python
2 53 (18.28%) C++
3 46 (15.86%) C
4 28 (9.66%) Java
5 24 (8.28%) SQL
6 23 (7.93%) JavaScript
7 19 (6.55%) MATLAB
8 12 (4.14%) C#
9 8 (2.76%) Bash
10 7 (2.41%) Embedded C
11 6 (2.07%) Go
12 5 (1.72%) Objective-C
12 5 (1.72%) PHP
13 4 (1.38%) Rust
14 3 (1.03%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.69%) Ada
15 2 (0.69%) BeanShell
15 2 (0.69%) Dart
15 2 (0.69%) R
15 2 (0.69%) Swift
Qualifications
1 126 (43.45%) Degree
2 30 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 14 (4.83%) Master's Degree
4 10 (3.45%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.07%) PhD
6 5 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.38%) HNC
7 4 (1.38%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.69%) CISM
9 2 (0.69%) CISSP
10 1 (0.34%) CCIE
10 1 (0.34%) CCNP
10 1 (0.34%) CCSP
10 1 (0.34%) CISA
10 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.34%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.14%) PMO
2 10 (3.45%) QA
3 6 (2.07%) Def Stans
3 6 (2.07%) IEC 61508
4 5 (1.72%) SEPA
5 3 (1.03%) GDPR
6 2 (0.69%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.34%) GxP
7 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 26 (8.97%) Docker
2 4 (1.38%) Firmware
3 1 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (5.52%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.72%) SELinux
3 3 (1.03%) Grafana
3 3 (1.03%) Terraform
4 2 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.34%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 30 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.10%) ServiceNow
3 8 (2.76%) BeyondTrust
3 8 (2.76%) CyberArk
4 5 (1.72%) Duck Creek
4 5 (1.72%) Guidewire
4 5 (1.72%) Pega
4 5 (1.72%) SAP
5 4 (1.38%) EMC
5 4 (1.38%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.38%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.03%) Conga
6 3 (1.03%) Facebook
6 3 (1.03%) Google
6 3 (1.03%) Oracle
6 3 (1.03%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (0.69%) NVIDIA
8 1 (0.34%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.34%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.34%) Rockwell