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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 548 535 592
Rank change year-on-year -13 +57 +164
Contract jobs citing Robotics 36 26 30
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.100% 0.071% 0.065%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.28% 0.23% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 16 25
10th Percentile £313 £210 £405
25th Percentile £335 £361 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £471 £587
Median % change year-on-year +16.71% -19.78% +17.49%
75th Percentile £633 £508 £600
90th Percentile £749 £610 £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £505 £587
% change year-on-year -13.37% -14.04% +22.07%
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 12,853 11,387 14,538
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.66% 31.24% 31.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,978 6,697 9,742
10th Percentile £275 £285 £270
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £635 £663 £668
90th Percentile £738 £788 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 665 380 496
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.75 £16.89
25th Percentile £18.25 £22.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% -20.90% +26.43%
75th Percentile £56.25 £66.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.16 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.11 £32.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -16.60% -29.62% +58.15%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -7 36 £550 +8.91% 129
UK excluding London -18 26 £438 -13.37% 125
London +18 8 £725 +38.10% 17
East Midlands -5 8 £550 - 8
Midlands -25 8 £550 - 23
North of England -40 7 £359 -28.91% 7
East of England - 5 £345 - 29
South West +8 3 £109 -67.49% 12
Work from Home +7 3 £360 - 29
South East +3 3 £725 +232.45% 58
North West -27 3 £359 -28.91% 1
North East - 3 £325 - 3
Yorkshire - 1 - - 3

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 2 (5.56%) Azure
1 2 (5.56%) SaaS
2 1 (2.78%) AWS
2 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Git
2 1 (2.78%) CMake
2 1 (2.78%) GoogleTest
General
1 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.67%) Automotive
3 5 (13.89%) Manufacturing
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%) Marketing
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 7 (19.44%) Robotics Engineer
4 6 (16.67%) Senior Manager
4 6 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Developer
5 2 (5.56%) Lead
5 2 (5.56%) Product Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Software Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Consultant
6 1 (2.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (2.78%) Deployment Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Healthcare Consultant
6 1 (2.78%) PLC Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) PLC Software Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Process Engineer
6 1 (2.78%) Robotics Programmer
6 1 (2.78%) Security Architect
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 7 (19.44%) Algorithms
1 7 (19.44%) Operational Technology
2 4 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.56%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (5.56%) IoT
3 2 (5.56%) NHS
3 2 (5.56%) SCADA
4 1 (2.78%) Arduino
4 1 (2.78%) CUDA
4 1 (2.78%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.78%) Hackathon
4 1 (2.78%) Life Science
4 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.78%) Raspberry Pi
4 1 (2.78%) Renewable Energy
4 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 10 (27.78%) Machine Learning
3 9 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (22.22%) Logistics
4 8 (22.22%) Project Governance
5 7 (19.44%) Computer Vision
5 7 (19.44%) Project Management
6 6 (16.67%) Agile
7 5 (13.89%) Mechatronics
7 5 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (13.89%) Project Delivery
8 4 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (11.11%) Data Protection
9 3 (8.33%) Analytics
9 3 (8.33%) CI/CD
9 3 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (8.33%) Software Engineering
9 3 (8.33%) Validation
10 2 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
10 2 (5.56%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.89%) Python
2 4 (11.11%) C++
3 1 (2.78%) C
3 1 (2.78%) C#
3 1 (2.78%) Java
3 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.78%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Degree
2 3 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.56%) Master's Degree
3 2 (5.56%) PMI Certification
3 2 (5.56%) PMP
4 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.78%) CEH
4 1 (2.78%) CISA
4 1 (2.78%) CISM
4 1 (2.78%) CISSP
4 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) QA
2 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.78%) NIST
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