Robotic Process Automation Consultant Contract Job Trends

Robotics Process Automation Consultant (RPA Consultant)
UK

The median Robotics Process Automation Consultant (RPA Consultant) daily rate in the UK is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 599 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Robotic Process Automation Consultant 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.016% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £600 - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile £650 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 39,756 27,258 41,316
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.88% 92.98% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,823 17,712 27,111
10th Percentile £313 £300 £273
25th Percentile £410 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.02%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £485
% change year-on-year +1.05% -2.06% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,465 888 2,497
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.25 £12.96
25th Percentile £19.10 £21.04 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.91 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.49% - -23.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.95
90th Percentile £75.92 £77.28 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -18.75%

Robotic Process Automation Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Robotic Process Automation Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Robotic Process Automation Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Robotic Process Automation Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Robotic Process Automation Consultant
Top 6 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 Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 18 March 2026. 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 - 6 £625 - 2
UK excluding London - 6 £625 - 1
West Midlands - 5 £625 -
Midlands - 5 £625 -
Work from Home - 2 £625 - 2
South East - 1 £625 - 1

Robotic Process Automation Consultant Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 March 2026, Robotic Process Automation Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Robotic Process Automation Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) AI
1 5 (71.43%) Business Transformation
1 5 (71.43%) Data Modelling
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (28.57%) Blue Prism
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) API Integration
3 1 (14.29%) Automation Anywhere
3 1 (14.29%) BPMN
3 1 (14.29%) Business Process Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) Decision Table
3 1 (14.29%) Decision Tree
3 1 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Process Management
3 1 (14.29%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
3 1 (14.29%) UiPath
3 1 (14.29%) UML
3 1 (14.29%) User Experience
3 1 (14.29%) UX Design
3 1 (14.29%) Workflow

Robotic Process Automation Consultant Skill Set
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 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Copilot
General
1 5 (71.43%) Law
1 5 (71.43%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) AI Agents
2 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 1 (14.29%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) AI
1 5 (71.43%) Business Transformation
1 5 (71.43%) Data Modelling
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (14.29%) API Integration
2 1 (14.29%) BPMN
2 1 (14.29%) Business Process Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Decision Table
2 1 (14.29%) Decision Tree
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Process Management
2 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma
2 1 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
2 1 (14.29%) UML
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience
2 1 (14.29%) UX Design
2 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Blue Prism
2 1 (14.29%) Automation Anywhere
2 1 (14.29%) UiPath