Robotics Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Robotics
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Robotics over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Robotics 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.60% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
East of England median daily rate £345 - -

All Generic Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 217 161 201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 25.96% 47.77% 24.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 73 73
10th Percentile £191 £450 £266
25th Percentile £350 £500 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £453
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +21.55% -9.50%
75th Percentile £575 £656 £650
90th Percentile £681 £675 £697
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 47 62
10th Percentile £16.35 £16.95 £31.50
25th Percentile £17.05 £41.40 £60.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% +3.17%
75th Percentile £80.00 £85.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £84.00 £86.00 £85.00
East of England median hourly rate £23.80 £66.00 £59.50
% change year-on-year -63.95% +10.92% +3.48%

Robotics
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Robotics job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Robotics
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Robotics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Robotics

Robotics
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Robotics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Robotics

Robotics
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Robotics within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Welwyn Garden City - 3 - -
Stevenage - 1 £550 - 5
Robotics
East of England

Robotics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Boomi
1 1 (20.00%) Miro
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (20.00%) Law
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Product Manager
2 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Manager
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Product Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) REST
1 1 (20.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) IoT
1 1 (20.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) AI
1 4 (80.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 4 (80.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) Generative AI
2 3 (60.00%) Logistics
2 3 (60.00%) Workflow
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) API Design
4 1 (20.00%) Backlog Management
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Observability
4 1 (20.00%) Product Management
4 1 (20.00%) Service Design
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (20.00%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Informatica
1 1 (20.00%) MuleSoft