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 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Robot Operating System 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 1.11% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £279 - -
25th Percentile £299 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 - -
75th Percentile £374 - -
90th Percentile £390 - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £345 - -

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 31 26 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 17.22% 16.77% 17.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 16 19
10th Percentile £163 £328 £129
25th Percentile £252 £344 £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £428 £240
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +78.13% -4.00%
75th Percentile £518 £492 £526
90th Percentile £613 £688 £558
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £381 £430 £278
% change year-on-year -11.34% +54.95% -14.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 9
10th Percentile £32.00 - £50.54
25th Percentile £33.13 - £58.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +46.34%
75th Percentile £45.43 - £77.50
90th Percentile £51.68 - £81.00
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
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Robot Operating System in Cambridge over the 6 months to 28 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Robot Operating System 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Google Ads
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Robotics
2 1 (50.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Robotic Control
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Robotic Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree