Robotics Contracts in the UK excluding London

Robotics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 324 351 447
Rank change year-on-year +27 +96 +35
Contract jobs citing Robotics 12 48 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.094% 0.23% 0.062%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.28% 0.78% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 12
10th Percentile £240 £431 £375
25th Percentile £494 £456 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £563 £463
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% +21.62% -10.64%
75th Percentile £575 £688 £491
90th Percentile £579 - £548
UK median daily rate £539 £600 £480
% change year-on-year -10.25% +25.00% -12.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £57.50 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 -
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -2.44%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,241 6,126 7,826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.22% 29.49% 32.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,608 3,665 5,276
10th Percentile £210 £210 £213
25th Percentile £363 £378 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £598 £618
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 301 723 439
10th Percentile £16.67 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.00 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.08 £28.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% +28.41% +9.64%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.20 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Robotics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Robotics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Robotics in the UK excluding London

Robotics
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Robotics in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Robotics in the UK excluding London

Robotics
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Robotics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Robotics in the UK excluding London

Robotics
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Robotics in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Robotics in the UK excluding London

Robotics
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 Robotics 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
North of England +13 4 £538 +19.44% 301
Yorkshire - 4 £538 - 147
East of England +32 3 - - 38
South West +47 2 £70 - 23
South East +14 2 £550 -18.52% 322
Scotland - 1 £540 - 13
Robotics
UK

Robotics
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:

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Siemens NX
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (8.33%) HTTPS
2 1 (8.33%) SSH
2 1 (8.33%) SSL
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Banking
3 2 (16.67%) Automotive
3 2 (16.67%) Aviation
3 2 (16.67%) Fire and Rescue
3 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (16.67%) Police
3 2 (16.67%) Swedish Language
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Design Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) Network Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) PCB Design Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) PCB Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) Programmer
1 2 (16.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Consultant
2 1 (8.33%) Product Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Senior
2 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (16.67%) Self-Driving Car
1 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Linux
2 4 (33.33%) Windows
3 3 (25.00%) Unix
4 2 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (16.67%) CAD
2 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (16.67%) Logistics
2 2 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (16.67%) Network Design
2 2 (16.67%) Programme Management
2 2 (16.67%) Project Management
2 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (16.67%) SIEM
2 2 (16.67%) SOAR
2 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (16.67%) Threat Detection
2 2 (16.67%) Use Case
2 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) ActionScript
1 1 (8.33%) ActionScript 2.0
1 1 (8.33%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) FortiGate
1 2 (16.67%) Grafana
2 1 (8.33%) Control-M
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Facebook
1 2 (16.67%) Ribbon
1 2 (16.67%) Siemens
1 2 (16.67%) Tenable
2 1 (8.33%) Blue Prism
2 1 (8.33%) IBM
2 1 (8.33%) IBM Sterling
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft