Robot Operating System Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Robot Operating System (ROS)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England 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 95 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Robot Operating System 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.19% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.17% - -
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 - -
England median daily rate £345 - -

All Operating Systems
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 257 181 284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 16.03% 16.38% 16.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 70 177
10th Percentile £163 £210 £154
25th Percentile £209 £227 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 £363 £425
Median % change year-on-year -0.69% -14.71% +9.68%
75th Percentile £488 £449 £550
90th Percentile £570 £544 £705
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 17 43
10th Percentile £13.59 £40.81 £13.29
25th Percentile £15.50 £53.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.58 £65.00 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year -65.27% +359.04% -34.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £32.75
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.75 £75.35
England median hourly rate £25.00 £53.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -52.83% +76.67% +20.00%

Robot Operating System
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Robot Operating System job vacancy trend in the East of England

Robot Operating System
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Robot Operating System in the East of England

Robot Operating System
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England 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
Cambridgeshire - 3 £345 - 5
Robot Operating System
England

Robot Operating System
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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