Robotics Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Robotics
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in contract job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Robotics 11 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 2.85% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.97% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £335 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 - -
75th Percentile £355 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £345 - -

All Generic Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 138 81 120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 35.75% 25.08% 27.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 41 59
10th Percentile £186 £313 £224
25th Percentile £335 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £622 £588 £575
90th Percentile £713 £650 £620
East of England median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 10
10th Percentile £20.60 £21.88 £21.80
25th Percentile £23.00 £28.81 £29.94
Median hourly rate £35.00 £47.50 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -19.15% +78.03%
75th Percentile £48.75 £60.94 £77.50
90th Percentile £73.50 £70.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £66.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -35.61% +10.00% +14.29%

Robotics
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Robotics job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Robotics
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Robotics

Robotics
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Robotics in Cambridgeshire

Robotics
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Robotics

Robotics
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 Robotics within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 18 December 2025. 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 - 15
Robotics
East of England

Robotics
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 (9.09%) Google Ads
General
1 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Robotics Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (81.82%) Algorithms
2 1 (9.09%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Computer Vision
1 9 (81.82%) Machine Learning
2 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
2 2 (18.18%) Prototyping
2 2 (18.18%) Robotic Control
2 2 (18.18%) Software Engineering
3 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
3 1 (9.09%) Robotic Automation
3 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
3 1 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Python
2 2 (18.18%) C#
2 2 (18.18%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) QA