Robotic Process Automation Architect Contract Job Trends

Robotics Process Automation Architect (RPA Architect)
UK

The median Robotics Process Automation Architect (RPA Architect) daily rate in the UK is £563, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 September 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 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 551 581 662
Rank change year-on-year +30 +81 +184
Contract jobs requiring a Robotic Process Automation Architect 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.003% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.003% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £489 - -
25th Percentile £509 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - £525
75th Percentile £609 - £538
90th Percentile £626 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £525

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 29,872 35,916 47,573
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 93.03% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,867 22,646 32,740
10th Percentile £281 £300 £302
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £622 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,559 1,837 1,480
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.16 £14.61
25th Percentile £17.04 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%
75th Percentile £53.81 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.33 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.95 £39.55
% change year-on-year -42.78% +11.13% +83.95%

Robotic Process Automation Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Robotic Process Automation Architect in the UK

Robotic Process Automation Architect
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Robotic Process Automation Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Robotic Process Automation Architect job vacancies in the UK

Robotic Process Automation Architect
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Robotic Process Automation Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
London - 3 £563 -
England - 3 £563 -
Work from Home - 1 £500 -

Robotic Process Automation Architect Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 September 2025, Robotic Process Automation Architect 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 featuring Robotic Process Automation Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) UiPath
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Blue Prism
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (33.33%) Automation Anywhere
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared

Robotic Process Automation Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) UiPath
2 2 (66.67%) Blue Prism
3 1 (33.33%) Automation Anywhere