Robotic Process Automation Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Robotics Process Automation (RPA)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Robotic Process Automation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Robotic Process Automation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.31% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
North East median daily rate £375 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 294 204 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 90.74% 92.31% 85.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 101 104
10th Percentile £170 £305 £222
25th Percentile £360 £358 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £476
Median % change year-on-year - -5.46% -13.45%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £582
90th Percentile £588 £650 £720
North East median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 8
10th Percentile £14.13 £13.75 £16.03
25th Percentile £16.88 £15.11 £16.81
Median hourly rate £27.63 £16.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.66% -15.79% -15.56%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.75 £23.19
90th Percentile £54.38 £45.00 £32.53
North East median hourly rate £28.91 £18.75 £19.75
% change year-on-year +54.19% -5.06% -12.22%

Robotic Process Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Robotic Process Automation job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Robotic Process Automation
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Robotic Process Automation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Robotic Process Automation

Robotic Process Automation
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 4 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £375 - 2
Robotic Process Automation
North East

Robotic Process Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) UiPath