Robotics Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Robotics
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Robotics over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Robotics 11 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.69% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £335 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 - -
75th Percentile £355 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £505 £587
% change year-on-year -0.99% -14.04% +17.96%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 520 380 575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 32.50% 33.39% 33.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 179 307
10th Percentile £190 £250 £200
25th Percentile £335 £337 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £696 £685
England median daily rate £514 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 47 87
10th Percentile £12.97 £26.60 £20.30
25th Percentile £16.07 £35.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £66.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.61% +10.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £67.38 £85.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £95.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -21.62% -15.60% +25.16%

Robotics
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Robotics job vacancy trend in the East of England

Robotics
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Robotics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Robotics

Robotics
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Robotics in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Robotics in the East of England

Robotics
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Robotics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Robotics

Robotics
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 Robotics within the East of England region over the 6 months to 19 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
Cambridgeshire - 11 £345 - 16
Robotics
England

Robotics
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 (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