Robotic Automation Contract Job Trends in England

Robotic Automation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Robotic Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 545 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Robotic Automation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.004% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £265 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 - -
75th Percentile £295 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £280 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Robotic 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 28,004 25,033 32,231
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.55% 88.72% 88.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,835 15,427 21,866
10th Percentile £303 £312 £306
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,779 821 1,411
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.41
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +25.00%
75th Percentile £56.83 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.99 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.95
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.05% +25.57%

Robotic Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Robotic Automation job vacancy trend in England

Robotic Automation
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Robotic Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Robotic Automation

Robotic Automation
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 Robotic Automation within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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
East of England - 1 £280 - 1
Robotic Automation
UK

Robotic Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Robotic Control
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree