Robotics Contracts in England

Robotics
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Robotics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 471 484 612
Rank change year-on-year +13 +128 +83
Contract jobs citing Robotics 14 58 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.057% 0.16% 0.081%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.17% 0.51% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 23 20
10th Percentile £279 £428 £374
25th Percentile £441 £456 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £490
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +22.45% -10.91%
75th Percentile £578 £681 £559
90th Percentile £624 £688 £600
UK median daily rate £539 £600 £480
% change year-on-year -10.25% +25.00% -12.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £57.50 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -2.44%

All Generic Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Robotics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Robotics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Robotics in England

Robotics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Robotics in England.

Daily rate trend for Robotics in England

Robotics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Robotics in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Robotics in England

Robotics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Robotics in England.

Hourly rate trend for Robotics in England

Robotics
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 Robotics within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England +13 4 £538 +19.44% 282
Yorkshire - 4 £538 - 137
London +32 3 £475 -20.83% 188
East of England +32 3 - - 38
South West +47 2 £70 - 24
South East +14 2 £550 -18.52% 300
Robotics
UK

Robotics
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:

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Siemens NX
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) HTTPS
2 1 (7.14%) SSH
2 1 (7.14%) SSL
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Banking
3 2 (14.29%) Automotive
3 2 (14.29%) Aviation
3 2 (14.29%) Fire and Rescue
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 2 (14.29%) Police
3 2 (14.29%) Swedish Language
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (14.29%) Design Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) Linux Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) Network Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) PCB Design Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) PCB Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) Programmer
1 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
1 2 (14.29%) Security Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Automation Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Business Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
2 1 (7.14%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Product Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Senior
2 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 2 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (14.29%) Self-Driving Car
1 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Linux
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) Unix
2 3 (21.43%) Windows Server
3 2 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Agile
1 3 (21.43%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Logistics
1 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
1 3 (21.43%) Project Management
2 2 (14.29%) CAD
2 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
2 2 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (14.29%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (14.29%) Network Design
2 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
2 2 (14.29%) Robotic Process Automation
2 2 (14.29%) SIEM
2 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
2 2 (14.29%) Threat Detection
2 2 (14.29%) Use Case
2 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) ActionScript
1 1 (7.14%) ActionScript 2.0
1 1 (7.14%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
1 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) FortiGate
1 2 (14.29%) Grafana
2 1 (7.14%) Control-M
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Facebook
1 2 (14.29%) Ribbon
1 2 (14.29%) Siemens
1 2 (14.29%) Tenable
2 1 (7.14%) Blue Prism
2 1 (7.14%) IBM
2 1 (7.14%) IBM Sterling
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft