Robotics Contract Job Trends in the North West

Robotics
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Robotics over the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 - 133
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Robotics 1 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.035% - 0.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.11% - 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
75th Percentile - - £494
90th Percentile - - £505
England median daily rate £550 £506 £587
% change year-on-year +8.64% -13.82% +17.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.29 - -
Median hourly rate £20.04 - -
75th Percentile £20.79 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £59.75 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year -14.64% - -

All Generic Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 934 610 767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 32.67% 29.87% 26.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 629 382 523
10th Percentile £200 £203 £297
25th Percentile £358 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £551 £580 £582
90th Percentile £625 £665 £650
England median daily rate £513 £549 £550
% change year-on-year -6.57% -0.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 46 79
10th Percentile £19.75 £20.60 £13.00
25th Percentile £36.32 £23.28 £15.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.12% +10.58% -25.71%
75th Percentile £70.00 £33.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £56.69 £57.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £34.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year +2.19% +14.17% +33.33%

Robotics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Robotics job vacancy trend in the North West

Robotics
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Robotics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Robotics

Robotics
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Robotics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Robotics

Robotics
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Robotics within the North West region over the 6 months to 9 March 2026. 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
Merseyside - 1 - - 1
Robotics
England

Robotics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Process Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree