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 3 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 114 147
Rank change year-on-year -15 +33 +35
Contract jobs citing Robotics 5 7 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.23% 0.29% 0.035%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.67% 1.02% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 1
10th Percentile £271 - -
25th Percentile £275 £503 £174
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £505 £183
Median % change year-on-year -38.02% +176.71% -
75th Percentile £358 £508 £191
90th Percentile £359 - -
England median daily rate £550 £505 £587
% change year-on-year +8.91% -14.04% +17.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
England median hourly rate £49.50 £60.00 -
% change year-on-year -17.50% - -

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 747 686 837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 34.16% 28.60% 29.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 363 555
10th Percentile £307 £294 £257
25th Percentile £380 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £687 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 25 38
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.92 £16.18
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.19 £18.28
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £42.38
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -26.84% +94.56%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £71.45 £90.80 £74.13
England median hourly rate £30.00 £57.35 £46.18
% change year-on-year -47.69% +24.19% +79.62%

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 3 October 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
Cheshire - 5 £313 - 2
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Management
1 5 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
1 5 (100.00%) Project Governance