Robot Operating System Contracts in England

Robot Operating System (ROS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Robot Operating System skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Robot Operating System over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 506 - 641
Rank change year-on-year - - +158
Contract jobs citing Robot Operating System 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.004% - 0.004%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.027% - 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £58 - -
75th Percentile £61 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £58 - -

All Operating Systems
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,765 5,147 7,665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.80% 13.98% 15.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,514 3,381 5,359
10th Percentile £200 £193 £193
25th Percentile £313 £313 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.58% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £465 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 397 364
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.75 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.62 £16.25 £18.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £24.86 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% -41.52% +88.89%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £24.86 £42.50
% change year-on-year -7.46% -41.52% +88.89%

Robot Operating System
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Robot Operating System as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Robot Operating System in England

Robot Operating System
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Robot Operating System in England.

Daily rate trend for Robot Operating System in England

Robot Operating System
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Robot Operating System in England.

Hourly rate trend for Robot Operating System in England

Robot Operating System
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 12 July 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
South West - 1 £58 - 1
Robot Operating System
UK

Robot Operating System
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) CMake
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GoogleTest
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (100.00%) OpenCV
1 1 (100.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CUDA
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Raspberry Pi
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) Sensor Fusion
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) NVIDIA