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 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 360 393
Rank change year-on-year -21 +33 +131
Contract jobs citing Robotics 8 9 12
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.056% 0.059% 0.063%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.17% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 8
10th Percentile £628 - £409
25th Percentile £650 £419 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +38.10% -12.50% +20.30%
75th Percentile £775 £658 £630
90th Percentile £835 £728 £636
England median daily rate £525 £505 £587
% change year-on-year +3.96% -14.04% +17.96%

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 5,545 5,198 6,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.91% 34.29% 33.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,549 3,320 4,569
10th Percentile £335 £325 £325
25th Percentile £430 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £675 £713 £725
90th Percentile £800 £850 £825
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 66 107
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.87
25th Percentile £19.56 £23.98 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.10% +15.00% -8.14%
75th Percentile £46.15 £55.94 £49.48
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £65.76
England median hourly rate £28.00 £37.25 £43.84
% change year-on-year -24.83% -15.02% +25.24%

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 15 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
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 Robotics within the London region over the 6 months to 15 December 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 - 1 £700 - 6
Robotics
England

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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
General
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Electronics
1 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (12.50%) .NET Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Healthcare Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Implementation Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Robotics Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Software Integration Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) gRPC
1 1 (12.50%) ONNX
1 1 (12.50%) OpenVINO
1 1 (12.50%) PyTorch
1 1 (12.50%) REST
1 1 (12.50%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) IoT
1 2 (25.00%) Life Science
1 2 (25.00%) NHS
2 1 (12.50%) Arduino
2 1 (12.50%) Device Driver
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Robot Operating System
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) AI
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
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%) Deep Learning
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Twin
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Generative AI
3 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning
3 1 (12.50%) Motion Control
3 1 (12.50%) Neural Network
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 Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
3 1 (12.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C++
1 2 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) C
2 1 (12.50%) C#
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (12.50%) Firmware