Robotic Process Automation Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Robotics Process Automation (RPA)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Robotic Process Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 - 133
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Robotic Process Automation 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.055% - 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.060% - 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £656
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £663
75th Percentile £538 - £669
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £525 - £663

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Robotic Process Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,658 1,907 2,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.50% 92.21% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,169 1,165 1,592
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £421 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% - -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £761 £789 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 10
10th Percentile £20.02 £15.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £28.00 £42.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.12% +61.90% -38.95%
75th Percentile £41.94 £102.25 £44.56
90th Percentile £54.95 £127.30 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.31 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -24.84% +30.84% -35.93%

Robotic Process Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Robotic Process Automation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Robotic Process Automation job vacancy trend in the City of London

Robotic Process Automation
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Robotic Process Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Robotic Process Automation

Robotic Process Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Prism
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) UiPath