Robot Operating System Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Robot Operating System (ROS)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Robot Operating System skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Robot Operating System 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 0.48% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £265 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 - -
75th Percentile £295 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £313 - -

All Operating Systems
Cambridge

Robot Operating System falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 29 23 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 14.01% 14.29% 18.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 9 18
10th Percentile £163 £301 £127
25th Percentile £188 £344 £132
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £425 £350
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% +21.43% +40.00%
75th Percentile £438 £456 £547
90th Percentile £614 £655 £619
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £348 £425 £485
% change year-on-year -18.24% -12.37% +24.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 10
10th Percentile £32.00 - £17.50
25th Percentile £33.13 - £53.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £70.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +212.22%
75th Percentile £45.43 - £77.50
90th Percentile £51.68 - £79.25
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £22.08 £50.00 £14.16
% change year-on-year -55.85% +253.11% -16.71%

Robot Operating System
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Robot Operating System relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Robot Operating System job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Robot Operating System
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Robotic Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Robotic Control
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree