Robotics Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Robotics Engineer
England > London

The median Robotics Engineer daily rate in London is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 433 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Robotics Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.020% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £275 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £741 - -
90th Percentile £746 - -
England median daily rate £513 £275 -
% change year-on-year +86.36% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 18,676 12,645 15,472
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 92.96% 94.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,225 8,575 10,996
10th Percentile £363 £326 £341
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £651 £675 £688
90th Percentile £764 £785 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 200 217
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.89 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.75 £22.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £30.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -6.25% -14.48%
75th Percentile £59.36 £50.50 £52.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.88 £71.50
England median hourly rate £45.00 £26.30 £43.00
% change year-on-year +71.10% -38.84% -

Robotics Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Robotics Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Robotics Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Robotics Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Robotics Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Robotics Engineer job vacancies in London

Robotics Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Robotics Engineer in London over the 6 months to 31 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Robotics Engineer in London

Robotics Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 31 July 2026, Robotics Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Robotics Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) Pega
1 2 (50.00%) Robotic Process Automation
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Automotive SPICE
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded C++
2 1 (25.00%) Functional Safety
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (25.00%) Motion Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Sensor Fusion
2 1 (25.00%) Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) V-Model

Robotics Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (25.00%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Robotics
2 2 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (50.00%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (25.00%) Lidar
3 1 (25.00%) Self-Driving Car
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Robotic Process Automation
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (25.00%) Motion Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Sensor Fusion
2 1 (25.00%) Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded C++
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Automotive SPICE
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Pega