Robot Operating System Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Robot Operating System (ROS)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Robot Operating System skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Robot Operating System 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.84% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.52% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £279 - -
25th Percentile £300 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 - -
75th Percentile £378 - -
90th Percentile £391 - -
East of England median daily rate £345 - -

All Operating Systems
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 46 34 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 12.85% 10.69% 16.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 21 24
10th Percentile £163 - £131
25th Percentile £239 £344 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £430 £473
Median % change year-on-year -15.70% -8.99% +34.04%
75th Percentile £448 £470 £575
90th Percentile £538 £625 £684
East of England median daily rate £360 £363 £425
% change year-on-year -0.69% -14.71% +9.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 38
10th Percentile - - £13.29
25th Percentile £20.50 £47.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.08 £50.00 £14.08
Median % change year-on-year -55.85% +255.11% -17.18%
75th Percentile £34.38 £52.50 £14.60
90th Percentile £43.34 - £77.50
East of England median hourly rate £22.58 £65.00 £14.16
% change year-on-year -65.27% +359.04% -34.14%

Robot Operating System
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Robot Operating System job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Robot Operating System
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Robot Operating System in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 18 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Robot Operating System in Cambridgeshire

Robot Operating System
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Robot Operating System within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 18 January 2026. 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
Cambridge - 2 £340 - 5
Robot Operating System
East of England

Robot Operating System
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (33.33%) Google Ads
General
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Robotics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Robotics
2 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
1 2 (66.67%) Robotic Control
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Vision
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Robotic Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA