Robotic Process Automation Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Robotics Process Automation (RPA)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Robotic Process Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 118 134
Rank change year-on-year -40 +16 +66
Contract jobs citing Robotic Process Automation 2 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.064% 0.17% 0.076%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.074% 0.20% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £312
25th Percentile £413 £380 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £385 £425
Median % change year-on-year +10.39% -9.41% -5.56%
75th Percentile £438 £390 £498
90th Percentile - - £538
England median daily rate £525 £516 £450
% change year-on-year +1.69% +14.72% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50.00 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £31.49 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,694 2,005 2,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.57% 85.87% 84.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,699 1,258 1,523
10th Percentile £250 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £375 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -1.52%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £595
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £506 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 72 97
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £13.15
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £17.07
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.05 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.13% +0.22% +36.66%
75th Percentile £25.15 £33.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £31.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.63%

Robotic Process Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Robotic Process Automation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Robotic Process Automation job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Robotic Process Automation
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Robotic Process Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Robotic Process Automation

Robotic Process Automation
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
West Midlands -39 1 £425 +10.39% 1
East Midlands - 1 - -
Robotic Process Automation
England

Robotic Process Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Project Leader
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Google Apps Script
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google