Robotics Contract Job Trends 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 21 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 143 153
Rank change year-on-year +32 +10 +16
Contract jobs citing Robotics 5 1 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.26% 0.038% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.79% 0.13% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 7
10th Percentile £64 - £377
25th Percentile £78 £600 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £109 £601 £475
Median % change year-on-year -81.85% +26.42% -7.78%
75th Percentile £146 £601 £480
90th Percentile £164 - £503
England median daily rate £360 £505 £550
% change year-on-year -28.71% -8.18% +10.00%

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 635 755 890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 32.60% 28.67% 27.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 429 643
10th Percentile £225 £225 £300
25th Percentile £363 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.74% -2.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £660
90th Percentile £706 £700 £738
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 103 51
10th Percentile £6.00 £17.97 £18.50
25th Percentile £15.51 £66.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £26.25 £70.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.50% -10.26% +41.82%
75th Percentile £43.61 £72.50 £83.40
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 -
England median hourly rate £32.72 £57.35 £45.41
% change year-on-year -42.94% +26.29% +74.65%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Robotics
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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 21 September 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 +11 3 £58 -90.34% 10
Devon - 1 £160 -
Gloucestershire - 1 - - 2
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 1 (20.00%) Siemens NX
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Git
2 1 (20.00%) CMake
2 1 (20.00%) GoogleTest
General
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Games
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Programmer
2 1 (20.00%) Robotics Programmer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) OpenCV
1 1 (20.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (20.00%) CUDA
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Hackathon
1 1 (20.00%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Robot Operating System
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) Game Development
3 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (20.00%) OO
3 1 (20.00%) OOD
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C#
1 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) C++
2 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Google
1 1 (20.00%) NVIDIA
1 1 (20.00%) Siemens