Robotics Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Robotics
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in contract job vacancies in Cambridge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Robotics over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Robotics 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 1.00% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.94% - -
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 Generic Skills
Cambridge

Robotics falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 103 52 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 51.50% 31.52% 45.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 30 40
10th Percentile £304 £307 £213
25th Percentile £406 £436 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% +2.70%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £553
90th Percentile £748 £700 £576
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 6
10th Percentile £21.50 £27.20 £53.75
25th Percentile £23.00 £33.50 £58.44
Median hourly rate £35.00 £46.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.73% -38.00% +233.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £69.80 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £35.00 £47.50 £58.75
% change year-on-year -26.32% -19.15% +78.03%

Robotics
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Robotics job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Robotics
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Robotics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Robotics

Robotics
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Robotics in Cambridge over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Robotics in Cambridge

Robotics
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Robotics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Robotics

Robotics
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 1 (50.00%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Robot Operating System
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