Robotic Process Automation Contracts in London

Robotics Process Automation (RPA)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Robotic Process Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Robotic Process Automation over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 325 395 447
Rank change year-on-year +70 +52 +131
Contract jobs citing Robotic Process Automation 25 2 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.20% 0.011% 0.096%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.013% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 1 19
10th Percentile - - £339
25th Percentile £385 £413 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £585 £438 £600
90th Percentile £600 - £805
England median daily rate £425 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Robotic Process 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,579 15,607 22,776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.34% 88.25% 90.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,762 11,133 16,499
10th Percentile £338 £340 £375
25th Percentile £425 £448 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 209 312 260
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £32.89 £29.25 £39.92
Median % change year-on-year +12.44% -26.72% +9.63%
75th Percentile £50.50 £48.75 £64.63
90th Percentile £63.75 £67.90 £82.50
England median hourly rate £26.45 £38.12 £35.02
% change year-on-year -30.61% +8.87% +36.35%

Robotic Process Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Robotic Process Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Robotic Process Automation in London

Robotic Process Automation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Robotic Process Automation in London

Robotic Process Automation
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Robotic Process Automation in London over the 6 months to 22 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Robotic Process Automation in London

Robotic Process Automation
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 22 June 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 - 5 £433 - 9
East London - 3 £585 - 3
Robotic Process Automation
England

Robotic Process Automation
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.00%) AWS
3 2 (8.00%) Azure
3 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (8.00%) Mimecast
3 2 (8.00%) OneDrive
3 2 (8.00%) Power Automate
3 2 (8.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) DHCP
1 2 (8.00%) DNS
1 2 (8.00%) Firewall
1 2 (8.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (8.00%) VLAN
1 2 (8.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (48.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (16.00%) Power BI
4 2 (8.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) JIRA
General
1 12 (48.00%) Finance
2 8 (32.00%) Banking
3 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (12.00%) Publishing
6 2 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (8.00%) Front Office
6 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.00%) Law
7 1 (4.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Developer
2 12 (48.00%) Automation Developer
3 8 (32.00%) Applications Developer
4 7 (28.00%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
5 5 (20.00%) Analyst
6 3 (12.00%) Business Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) Applications Support
7 2 (8.00%) Applications Support Analyst
7 2 (8.00%) Automation Engineer
7 2 (8.00%) Consultant
7 2 (8.00%) Lead
7 2 (8.00%) Lead Consultant
7 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
7 2 (8.00%) Support Analyst
8 1 (4.00%) Automation Analyst
8 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
8 1 (4.00%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (48.00%) .NET
2 3 (12.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (8.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Data Analysis
2 9 (36.00%) Business Case
2 9 (36.00%) Data Reconciliation
2 9 (36.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (32.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 8 (32.00%) Test Automation
4 7 (28.00%) DevOps
5 6 (24.00%) Agile
6 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (8.00%) Business Continuity
8 2 (8.00%) Containerisation
8 2 (8.00%) Desktop Virtualisation
8 2 (8.00%) IT Strategy
8 2 (8.00%) ITIL
8 2 (8.00%) Knowledge Transfer
8 2 (8.00%) Order Management
8 2 (8.00%) Task Automation
8 2 (8.00%) Threat Management
8 2 (8.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 14 (56.00%) SQL
2 12 (48.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (8.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (60.00%) UiPath
2 10 (40.00%) Oracle
3 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (12.00%) Citrix
5 2 (8.00%) eFront
5 2 (8.00%) Salesforce
6 1 (4.00%) Blue Prism