Robotic Process Automation Developer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Robotics Process Automation Developer (RPA Developer)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Robotics Process Automation Developer (RPA Developer) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £395, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 325 395 454
Rank change year-on-year +70 +59 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Robotic Process Automation Developer 11 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.086% 0.019% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.021% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 2
10th Percentile £372 £308 £345
25th Percentile £384 £343 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.25% -11.11% -13.46%
75th Percentile £452 £478 £525
90th Percentile £473 £551 £555
UK median daily rate £390 £500 £420
% change year-on-year -22.00% +19.05% -11.58%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Robotic Process Automation Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Robotic Process Automation Developer in the UK excluding London

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Robotic Process Automation Developer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Robotic Process Automation Developer in the UK excluding London

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Robotic Process Automation Developer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Robotic Process Automation Developer in the UK excluding London

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Robotic Process Automation Developer within the UK excluding London 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
Midlands +27 6 £395 +36.21% 3
West Midlands +19 6 £395 +36.21% 3
North of England +21 3 - - 1
South East +47 2 £440 +3.53% 4
North West +18 2 - - 1
North East - 1 - -
Robotic Process Automation Developer
UK

Robotic Process Automation Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Robotic Process Automation Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Robotic Process Automation Developer in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) Blue Prism
2 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Robotic Process Automation
3 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (36.36%) Power Automate
3 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
4 3 (27.27%) SQL
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
4 3 (27.27%) UiPath
4 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
5 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
5 2 (18.18%) Power BI
5 2 (18.18%) API Integration
5 2 (18.18%) Data Cleansing
5 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
5 2 (18.18%) Change Management
5 2 (18.18%) Finance
5 2 (18.18%) VB
5 2 (18.18%) VBA
5 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (9.09%) Workflow
6 1 (9.09%) Degree
6 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (9.09%) QA
6 1 (9.09%) Data Protection

Robotic Process Automation Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Power Automate
2 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (36.36%) Robotic Process Automation
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) API Integration
3 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (18.18%) Change Management
3 2 (18.18%) Data Cleansing
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
4 1 (9.09%) Software Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (9.09%) Waterfall
4 1 (9.09%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) VB
2 2 (18.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
2 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Blue Prism
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) UiPath