Robotics Contracts in the South West

Robotics
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Robotics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 156 159
Rank change year-on-year +47 +3 +15
Contract jobs citing Robotics 2 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.12% 0.031% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.41% 0.095% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £375
25th Percentile - - £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £70 - £445
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.12%
75th Percentile - - £476
90th Percentile - - £480
England median daily rate £538 £600 £490
% change year-on-year -10.42% +22.45% -10.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -2.44%

All Generic Skills
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 489 1,056 1,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 29.14% 33.01% 28.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 647 702
10th Percentile £263 £300 £263
25th Percentile £400 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% -0.91% +10.11%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £656
90th Percentile £676 £694 £725
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 166 138
10th Percentile £18.51 £13.69 -
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.65 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +359.18% -80.30%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £83.34
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Robotics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Robotics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Robotics in the South West

Robotics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Robotics in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Robotics in the South West

Robotics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Robotics in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Robotics in the South West

Robotics
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bristol +20 2 £70 - 9
Robotics
England

Robotics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Siemens NX
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Siemens