Robotic Process Automation Developer Contracts in London

Robotics Process Automation Developer (RPA Developer)
England > London

The median Robotics Process Automation Developer (RPA Developer) daily rate in London is £390, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 383 486
Rank change year-on-year +40 +103 +101
Contract jobs requiring a Robotic Process Automation Developer 10 8 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.080% 0.045% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.048% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 7
10th Percentile £370 £436 £347
25th Percentile £382 £481 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £500 £420
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +19.05% +20.00%
75th Percentile £395 £516 £481
90th Percentile - £574 £493
England median daily rate £390 £500 £435
% change year-on-year -22.00% +14.94% -8.42%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Robotic Process Automation Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Robotic Process Automation Developer in London

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Robotic Process Automation Developer in London.

Daily rate trend for Robotic Process Automation Developer in London

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Robotic Process Automation Developer within the London 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
Central London - 2 - - 3
Robotic Process Automation Developer
England

Robotic Process Automation Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Robotic Process Automation Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Robotic Process Automation Developer in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) UiPath
2 6 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (60.00%) C#
2 6 (60.00%) SQL
2 6 (60.00%) Oracle
2 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (60.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (50.00%) Data Reconciliation
4 4 (40.00%) Data Analysis
4 4 (40.00%) .NET
4 4 (40.00%) Business Case
5 3 (30.00%) Robotic Process Automation
5 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (30.00%) Finance
5 3 (30.00%) Banking
5 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
7 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
7 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
7 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
7 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
7 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
7 1 (10.00%) Local Government
7 1 (10.00%) Google
7 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
7 1 (10.00%) Spanish Language

Robotic Process Automation Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (30.00%) Banking
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Local Government
3 1 (10.00%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 6 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Data Reconciliation
3 4 (40.00%) Business Case
3 4 (40.00%) Data Analysis
4 3 (30.00%) Robotic Process Automation
5 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
6 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) C#
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) UiPath
2 6 (60.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) Blue Prism
3 1 (10.00%) Google