Robotics Contract Job Trends

Robotics
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Robotics over the 6 months leading up to 6 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 582 531 512
Rank change year-on-year -51 -19 +124
Contract jobs citing Robotics 89 22 52
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.067% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.50% 0.19% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 14 27
10th Percentile £168 £180 £406
25th Percentile £331 £270 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £359 £475
Median % change year-on-year +53.20% -24.42% -3.06%
75th Percentile £675 £653 £681
90th Percentile £788 £738 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £336 £475
% change year-on-year +34.13% -29.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.25 - £57.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - -
75th Percentile £42.50 - £68.75
90th Percentile £72.50 - £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -33.33% - -

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 17,810 11,488 11,917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.41% 34.91% 30.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,830 7,091 7,640
10th Percentile £321 £303 £300
25th Percentile £423 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £750 £768 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 975 553 622
10th Percentile £15.44 £15.13 £12.30
25th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.96 £29.50 £44.39
Median % change year-on-year +49.02% -33.54% +10.98%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £66.19
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +46.53% -33.33% +1.12%

Robotics
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Robotics job vacancy trend in the UK

Robotics
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Robotics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Robotics

Robotics
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Robotics over the 6 months to 6 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Robotics in the UK

Robotics
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Robotics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Robotics

Robotics
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Robotics over the 6 months to 6 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Robotics in the UK

Robotics
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 6 August 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 -27 85 £550 +53.20% 340
UK excluding London -58 71 £450 +34.13% 206
East of England +6 27 £185 - 44
South East -44 16 £650 -10.34% 63
Midlands - 15 £600 - 30
London -47 14 £700 - 147
North of England -68 11 £334 +6.79% 30
Work from Home -57 8 £375 +4.24% 77
West Midlands - 8 £431 - 20
Yorkshire -42 7 £194 - 8
East Midlands - 5 £600 - 10
North East -41 2 - - 6
North West -54 2 £475 +51.76% 16
South West -48 1 £300 +175.23% 29
Scotland - 1 - - 13

Robotics
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.49%) Tuxedo
2 2 (2.25%) WinCC
3 1 (1.12%) Confluence
3 1 (1.12%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 20 (22.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.25%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.74%) Azure
2 3 (3.37%) AWS
2 3 (3.37%) SaaS
3 1 (1.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (1.12%) Boomi
3 1 (1.12%) Miro
3 1 (1.12%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (21.35%) TCP/IP
2 15 (16.85%) Ethernet
3 5 (5.62%) 3GPP
3 5 (5.62%) RTP
3 5 (5.62%) VLAN
3 5 (5.62%) VPN
3 5 (5.62%) Wireshark
4 4 (4.49%) DHCP
4 4 (4.49%) DNS
4 4 (4.49%) Firewall
4 4 (4.49%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.49%) IDMS
2 2 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (12.36%) Git
2 5 (5.62%) TeamCity
3 4 (4.49%) CA Gen
4 1 (1.12%) JIRA
4 1 (1.12%) Vite
General
1 32 (35.96%) Social Skills
2 19 (21.35%) Manufacturing
3 16 (17.98%) Presentation Skills
4 15 (16.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (15.73%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (11.24%) Aviation
7 7 (7.87%) Law
8 6 (6.74%) Games
9 5 (5.62%) Automotive
9 5 (5.62%) Fire and Rescue
9 5 (5.62%) Police
9 5 (5.62%) Retail
10 4 (4.49%) Finance
10 4 (4.49%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (3.37%) Public Sector
12 2 (2.25%) Aerospace
12 2 (2.25%) Cyber-Physical System
12 2 (2.25%) Legal
12 2 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (1.12%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 15 (16.85%) Systems Engineer
1 15 (16.85%) Technical Engineer
2 10 (11.24%) Senior
3 8 (8.99%) Software Engineer
4 7 (7.87%) Architect
4 7 (7.87%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (5.62%) Product Manager
5 5 (5.62%) Senior Manager
6 4 (4.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (4.49%) IT Manager
6 4 (4.49%) IT Project Manager
6 4 (4.49%) Network Engineer
6 4 (4.49%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (4.49%) Project Manager
6 4 (4.49%) Robotics Engineer
6 4 (4.49%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (4.49%) Senior Network Engineer
7 3 (3.37%) Analyst
7 3 (3.37%) Senior Product Manager
7 3 (3.37%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.87%) .NET
2 5 (5.62%) .NET Core
3 4 (4.49%) 802.1X
4 3 (3.37%) CSS
5 2 (2.25%) HTML
5 2 (2.25%) Middleware
5 2 (2.25%) React
5 2 (2.25%) REST
6 1 (1.12%) A2A Protocol
6 1 (1.12%) Jest
6 1 (1.12%) LangChain
6 1 (1.12%) LangGraph
6 1 (1.12%) Model Context Protocol
6 1 (1.12%) Playwright
6 1 (1.12%) Redux
6 1 (1.12%) SOAP
6 1 (1.12%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (1.12%) Vitest
6 1 (1.12%) WPF
6 1 (1.12%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 20 (22.47%) Industry 4.0
2 7 (7.87%) Algorithms
3 5 (5.62%) PKI
3 5 (5.62%) Social Media
4 4 (4.49%) Animation
4 4 (4.49%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (4.49%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (4.49%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.37%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.25%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.25%) Educational Technology
6 2 (2.25%) FMCG
6 2 (2.25%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (2.25%) Lidar
7 1 (1.12%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.12%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.12%) SCADA
7 1 (1.12%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.24%) Linux
2 5 (5.62%) Ubuntu
3 4 (4.49%) Unix
4 1 (1.12%) Debian
4 1 (1.12%) Windows
4 1 (1.12%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (33.71%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (31.46%) AI
3 23 (25.84%) Software Engineering
4 18 (20.22%) Decision-Making
4 18 (20.22%) Mechatronics
5 16 (17.98%) Risk Assessment
6 15 (16.85%) Creative Thinking
6 15 (16.85%) Customer Service
6 15 (16.85%) Fault Analysis
7 13 (14.61%) Computer Science
8 12 (13.48%) Agile
9 11 (12.36%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (12.36%) DevOps
10 8 (8.99%) Edge Computing
11 7 (7.87%) Mentoring
11 7 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
12 6 (6.74%) Machine Learning
13 5 (5.62%) Analytics
13 5 (5.62%) Multithreading
13 5 (5.62%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 17 (19.10%) Python
2 13 (14.61%) SQL
3 10 (11.24%) C#
4 5 (5.62%) Bash
5 4 (4.49%) PL/SQL
6 2 (2.25%) C++
6 2 (2.25%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.12%) Embedded C++
7 1 (1.12%) Java
7 1 (1.12%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.12%) Ladder Logic
7 1 (1.12%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (37.08%) Degree
2 14 (15.73%) Security Cleared
3 11 (12.36%) SC Cleared
4 10 (11.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (4.49%) CCNP
5 4 (4.49%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (4.49%) DBS Check
5 4 (4.49%) JNCIP
5 4 (4.49%) JNCIS
6 2 (2.25%) HNC
6 2 (2.25%) HND
7 1 (1.12%) CEH
7 1 (1.12%) CISA
7 1 (1.12%) CISM
7 1 (1.12%) CISSP
7 1 (1.12%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.12%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (2.25%) NIST
1 2 (2.25%) QA
2 1 (1.12%) Automotive SPICE
2 1 (1.12%) ISA99
System Software
1 8 (8.99%) Docker
2 1 (1.12%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.12%) Firmware
2 1 (1.12%) KVM
2 1 (1.12%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 5 (5.62%) Ansible
2 4 (4.49%) systemd
2 4 (4.49%) Terraform
3 2 (2.25%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.25%) MOM
4 1 (1.12%) Dell DRAC
4 1 (1.12%) Functional Safety
4 1 (1.12%) Grafana
4 1 (1.12%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 17 (19.10%) Siemens
2 5 (5.62%) Cisco
2 5 (5.62%) Workday
3 4 (4.49%) Juniper
3 4 (4.49%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.49%) MikroTik
3 4 (4.49%) Oracle
4 2 (2.25%) Pega
4 2 (2.25%) Rockwell
4 2 (2.25%) SAP
4 2 (2.25%) SYSPRO
5 1 (1.12%) Blue Prism
5 1 (1.12%) Dell
5 1 (1.12%) Informatica
5 1 (1.12%) Meraki
5 1 (1.12%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.12%) NVIDIA