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 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 534 523 600
Rank change year-on-year -11 +77 +153
Contract jobs citing Robotics 36 28 29
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.076% 0.062%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.28% 0.25% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 16 24
10th Percentile £265 £261 £404
25th Percentile £341 £408 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £490 £587
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -16.59% +17.55%
75th Percentile £616 £508 £593
90th Percentile £756 £610 £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £505 £587
% change year-on-year -0.99% -14.04% +27.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £22.29 - -
25th Percentile £26.78 - -
Median hourly rate £34.77 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.33% - -
75th Percentile £42.51 - -
90th Percentile £46.85 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.77 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year -50.33% - -

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 12,719 11,332 14,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.82% 30.93% 32.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,864 6,685 10,103
10th Percentile £278 £285 £275
25th Percentile £406 £409 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £657 £667
90th Percentile £750 £786 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 683 363 501
10th Percentile £13.50 £17.08 £16.85
25th Percentile £17.89 £22.50 £20.85
Median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -29.33% -14.45% +48.59%
75th Percentile £51.13 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.16 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £38.75 £46.18
% change year-on-year -35.10% -16.09% +84.72%

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 15 November 2025.

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 15 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Robotics in the UK

Robotics
Top 13 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 15 November 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 -19 36 £550 +8.91% 280
UK excluding London -22 27 £500 -0.99% 173
North of England -34 10 £313 -38.02% 14
London 0 8 £725 +38.10% 119
East Midlands -5 8 £550 - 7
Midlands -22 8 £550 - 24
North West -18 6 £313 -38.02% 3
South West +4 5 £109 -81.85% 25
Work from Home +9 3 £360 - 62
South East 0 3 £725 +232.45% 65
North East - 3 £325 - 5
Yorkshire - 1 - - 6
East of England - 1 £345 - 43

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:

Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.78%) Siemens NX
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.89%) SaaS
2 2 (5.56%) Azure
3 1 (2.78%) AWS
3 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Git
2 1 (2.78%) CMake
2 1 (2.78%) GoogleTest
General
1 11 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 7 (19.44%) Manufacturing
3 6 (16.67%) Automotive
4 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.78%) Banking
5 1 (2.78%) Electronics
5 1 (2.78%) Finance
5 1 (2.78%) Games
5 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (30.56%) Project Manager
2 9 (25.00%) Senior
3 6 (16.67%) Senior Manager
3 6 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
4 5 (13.89%) Lead
5 3 (8.33%) Robotics Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Developer
6 2 (5.56%) Product Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Software Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Applications Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Architect
7 1 (2.78%) Consultant
7 1 (2.78%) Deployment Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Healthcare Consultant
7 1 (2.78%) PLC Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) PLC Software Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Process Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Security Architect
7 1 (2.78%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) ONNX
1 2 (5.56%) OpenVINO
1 2 (5.56%) PyTorch
1 2 (5.56%) TensorFlow
2 1 (2.78%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (2.78%) CSS
2 1 (2.78%) HTML
2 1 (2.78%) OpenCV
2 1 (2.78%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 4 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (8.33%) Algorithms
4 2 (5.56%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (5.56%) IoT
4 2 (5.56%) NHS
4 2 (5.56%) SCADA
5 1 (2.78%) Arduino
5 1 (2.78%) CUDA
5 1 (2.78%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.78%) Hackathon
5 1 (2.78%) Life Science
5 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.78%) Raspberry Pi
5 1 (2.78%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.78%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.33%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (2.78%) Android
2 1 (2.78%) Linux
2 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (36.11%) AI
2 11 (30.56%) Project Governance
3 8 (22.22%) Logistics
3 8 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (19.44%) Project Management
5 6 (16.67%) Agile
5 6 (16.67%) Machine Learning
6 5 (13.89%) CI/CD
6 5 (13.89%) Data Management
6 5 (13.89%) Data Migration
6 5 (13.89%) Mechatronics
6 5 (13.89%) Migration
6 5 (13.89%) Project Delivery
7 4 (11.11%) Data Protection
7 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (8.33%) Analytics
8 3 (8.33%) Computer Vision
8 3 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (8.33%) Process Improvement
8 3 (8.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (19.44%) Python
2 4 (11.11%) C++
3 3 (8.33%) C#
3 3 (8.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.78%) C
4 1 (2.78%) Java
4 1 (2.78%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 3 (8.33%) Degree
2 2 (5.56%) PMI Certification
2 2 (5.56%) PMP
2 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Docker
1 1 (2.78%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (2.78%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (2.78%) Google
1 1 (2.78%) NVIDIA
1 1 (2.78%) Siemens
1 1 (2.78%) UiPath