Robotic Process Automation Developer Contract Job Trends

Robotics Process Automation Developer (RPA Developer)
UK

The median Robotics Process Automation Developer (RPA Developer) daily rate in the UK is £408, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 567 514 581
Rank change year-on-year -53 +67 +206
Contract jobs requiring a Robotic Process Automation Developer 15 29 27
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.041% 0.081% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.088% 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 17 22
10th Percentile £294 £388 £306
25th Percentile £384 £405 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £590 £438
Median % change year-on-year -30.93% +34.86% -6.42%
75th Percentile £415 £598 £500
90th Percentile £451 - £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £409 £425
% change year-on-year -14.42% -3.76% +6.25%

All Contract 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 32,988 33,120 42,501
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.74% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,924 20,243 28,641
10th Percentile £285 £300 £294
25th Percentile £403 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,924 1,136 1,517
10th Percentile £14.22 £15.36 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%
75th Percentile £56.81 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.75 £73.66 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +78.00%

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Robotic Process Automation Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Robotic Process Automation Developer over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Robotic Process Automation Developer in the UK

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Robotic Process Automation Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Robotic Process Automation Developer job vacancies in the UK

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Top 7 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 Developer 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 -50 15 £408 -30.93% 3
London -10 11 £415 -29.66%
Work from Home -1 6 £350 -8.37% 2
UK excluding London -46 4 £350 -14.42% 3
South East -14 3 £313 -
West Midlands -28 1 £388 -1.89%
Midlands -34 1 £388 -1.89%

Robotic Process Automation Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, Robotic Process Automation Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 10 (66.67%) SQL
2 9 (60.00%) UiPath
3 8 (53.33%) Agile
4 7 (46.67%) .NET
4 7 (46.67%) C#
4 7 (46.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 6 (40.00%) Robotic Process Automation
6 5 (33.33%) Business Case
7 4 (26.67%) AI
7 4 (26.67%) Blue Prism
7 4 (26.67%) Citrix
7 4 (26.67%) DevOps
7 4 (26.67%) JIRA
7 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
7 4 (26.67%) Power Platform
7 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (26.67%) Windows
7 4 (26.67%) WPF
8 3 (20.00%) Data Reconciliation
8 3 (20.00%) Intelligent Automation
8 3 (20.00%) Oracle
8 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
8 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
9 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis
9 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
9 2 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
9 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
9 2 (13.33%) Workflow
10 1 (6.67%) .NET Framework

Robotic Process Automation Developer 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:

Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
2 1 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) JIRA
General
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
2 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (20.00%) Banking
3 3 (20.00%) Publishing
4 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 2 (13.33%) Retail
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (6.67%) Investment Banking
5 1 (6.67%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (46.67%) .NET
2 4 (26.67%) WPF
3 1 (6.67%) .NET Framework
3 1 (6.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Agile
2 7 (46.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (40.00%) Robotic Process Automation
4 5 (33.33%) Business Case
5 4 (26.67%) AI
5 4 (26.67%) DevOps
5 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (20.00%) Data Reconciliation
6 3 (20.00%) Intelligent Automation
6 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
7 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis
7 2 (13.33%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (13.33%) Workflow
8 1 (6.67%) Business Analysis
8 1 (6.67%) Business Transformation
8 1 (6.67%) Change Control
8 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (6.67%) High Availability
8 1 (6.67%) Logistics
8 1 (6.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) SQL
2 7 (46.67%) C#
3 1 (6.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) UiPath
2 4 (26.67%) Blue Prism
2 4 (26.67%) Citrix
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (20.00%) Oracle
4 1 (6.67%) Pega