Robot Operating System Contract Job Trends

Robot Operating System (ROS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Robot Operating System skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 579 - 607
Rank change year-on-year - - +198
Contract jobs citing Robot Operating System 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% - 0.002%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.063% - 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £83 - -
25th Percentile £125 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £202 - -
75th Percentile £281 - -
90th Percentile £326 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £202 - -

All Operating Systems
UK

Robot Operating System falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,781 5,033 6,851
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.18% 14.09% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,092 3,100 4,660
10th Percentile £175 £200 £181
25th Percentile £263 £325 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
75th Percentile £560 £588 £608
90th Percentile £662 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £440 £440
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 361 200 347
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.96 £14.86
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.00 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +56.25% +28.00%
75th Percentile £52.58 £67.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.84 £70.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -50.00% +81.82% +22.22%

Robot Operating System
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Robot Operating System relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Robot Operating System job vacancy trend in the UK

Robot Operating System
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Robot Operating System.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Robot Operating System

Robot Operating System
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Robot Operating System over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Robot Operating System in the UK

Robot Operating System
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Robot Operating System.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Robot Operating System

Robot Operating System
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Robot Operating System within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
England - 3 £202 - 17
UK excluding London - 2 £202 - 17
East of England - 1 £345 - 13
London - 1 - -
South West - 1 £58 -

Robot Operating System
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) CMake
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) GoogleTest
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Robotics Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (33.33%) OpenCV
1 1 (33.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Robotics
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
3 1 (33.33%) Arduino
3 1 (33.33%) CUDA
3 1 (33.33%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) CAD
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Vision
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (33.33%) Mechatronics
2 1 (33.33%) Motion Control
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) OOD
2 1 (33.33%) Sensor Fusion
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Google
1 1 (33.33%) NVIDIA