Robotics Contract Job Trends in London

Robotics
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Robotics over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 368 397
Rank change year-on-year -5 +29 +134
Contract jobs citing Robotics 8 9 12
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.056% 0.058% 0.061%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.17% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 8
10th Percentile £653 - £409
25th Percentile £713 £419 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +38.10% -12.50% +20.12%
75th Percentile £775 £658 £630
90th Percentile £835 £728 £636
England median daily rate £550 £505 £587
% change year-on-year +8.91% -14.04% +17.61%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,610 5,325 6,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 39.24% 34.13% 33.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,591 3,406 4,672
10th Percentile £334 £325 £325
25th Percentile £427 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £590
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.54% -1.67%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £725
90th Percentile £800 £850 £825
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.68% - -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 64 105
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.84
25th Percentile £19.95 £25.17 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.65% +17.50% -10.21%
75th Percentile £45.05 £56.69 £49.08
90th Percentile £67.00 £80.75 £64.81
England median hourly rate £27.21 £38.54 £43.92
% change year-on-year -29.39% -12.26% +25.49%

Robotics
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Robotics job vacancy trend in London

Robotics
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Robotics

Robotics
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Robotics in London over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Robotics in London

Robotics
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Robotics

Robotics
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 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Electronics
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Product Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Healthcare Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Implementation Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Robotics Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) ONNX
1 2 (25.00%) OpenVINO
1 2 (25.00%) PyTorch
1 2 (25.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) IoT
1 2 (25.00%) NHS
2 1 (12.50%) Arduino
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Life Science
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) AI
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) Deep Learning
2 2 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (25.00%) Neural Network
3 1 (12.50%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (12.50%) Data Privacy
3 1 (12.50%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Twin
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Generative AI
3 1 (12.50%) Mechatronics
3 1 (12.50%) Motion Control
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
3 1 (12.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C++
1 3 (37.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) C
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (12.50%) Firmware