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 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 548 513 536
Rank change year-on-year -35 +23 +138
Contract jobs citing Robotics 72 16 58
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.055% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.47% 0.16% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 8 23
10th Percentile £168 £314 £428
25th Percentile £335 £452 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £399 £539 £600
Median % change year-on-year -25.86% -10.25% +25.00%
75th Percentile £500 £577 £681
90th Percentile £631 £613 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £345 £540 £563
% change year-on-year -36.05% -4.09% +21.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - £57.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £65.00 £68.75
90th Percentile - £68.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -

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 15,162 9,916 13,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.21% 33.99% 30.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,451 6,331 8,446
10th Percentile £305 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £656
90th Percentile £738 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 727 393 908
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.95 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.86 £21.21 £15.17
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.05 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.84% +8.64% +31.20%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £60.10
90th Percentile £86.00 £82.45 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £31.08 £27.50
% change year-on-year +52.96% +13.02% +25.00%

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 April 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
Top 14 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 April 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 -33 69 £400 -25.65% 133
UK excluding London -40 61 £345 -36.05% 107
East of England -6 33 £345 - 18
North of England -65 12 £475 -11.63% 20
South East -50 10 - - 36
Yorkshire -56 8 - - 5
Work from Home -38 5 £400 -21.14% 36
Midlands - 5 £425 - 14
London -72 4 £500 +5.26% 34
West Midlands - 4 £419 - 8
North East - 2 - - 1
North West - 2 £475 - 14
Scotland +2 1 - - 4
East Midlands - 1 £550 - 6

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 (5.56%) Tuxedo
2 2 (2.78%) WinCC
3 1 (1.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (23.61%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.39%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (2.78%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.17%) AWS
1 3 (4.17%) SaaS
2 2 (2.78%) Azure
3 1 (1.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (1.39%) Boomi
3 1 (1.39%) Google Ads
3 1 (1.39%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 15 (20.83%) Ethernet
1 15 (20.83%) TCP/IP
2 4 (5.56%) 3GPP
2 4 (5.56%) RTP
2 4 (5.56%) Wireshark
3 1 (1.39%) HTTP
3 1 (1.39%) VLAN
3 1 (1.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.56%) IDMS
2 2 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (6.94%) Git
2 4 (5.56%) CA Gen
2 4 (5.56%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.39%) JIRA
3 1 (1.39%) Vite
General
1 31 (43.06%) Social Skills
2 15 (20.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 15 (20.83%) Presentation Skills
3 9 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 6 (8.33%) Aviation
5 4 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.56%) Fire and Rescue
5 4 (5.56%) Marketing
5 4 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (5.56%) Police
6 3 (4.17%) Law
7 2 (2.78%) Finance
8 1 (1.39%) Advertising
8 1 (1.39%) Automotive
8 1 (1.39%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.39%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (20.83%) Systems Engineer
1 15 (20.83%) Technical Engineer
2 14 (19.44%) Software Engineer
3 9 (12.50%) Robotics Engineer
4 8 (11.11%) Senior
5 5 (6.94%) Analyst
5 5 (6.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 5 (6.94%) Security Analyst
6 4 (5.56%) Graduate
6 4 (5.56%) Product Manager
6 4 (5.56%) Robotics Software Engineer
6 4 (5.56%) Senior Manager
6 4 (5.56%) Senior Software Engineer
6 4 (5.56%) Software Engineering Graduate
7 3 (4.17%) Developer
7 3 (4.17%) Senior Product Manager
8 2 (2.78%) Integration Engineer
8 2 (2.78%) Integration Specialist
8 2 (2.78%) Systems Integration Specialist
9 1 (1.39%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.11%) .NET
2 4 (5.56%) .NET Core
3 3 (4.17%) REST
4 2 (2.78%) Middleware
4 2 (2.78%) React
5 1 (1.39%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.39%) CSS
5 1 (1.39%) gRPC
5 1 (1.39%) Jest
5 1 (1.39%) Playwright
5 1 (1.39%) Redux
5 1 (1.39%) SOAP
5 1 (1.39%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (1.39%) Vitest
5 1 (1.39%) WPF
5 1 (1.39%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 18 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 15 (20.83%) Industry 4.0
3 6 (8.33%) Operational Technology
4 4 (5.56%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.78%) Device Driver
5 2 (2.78%) Life Science
5 2 (2.78%) Social Media
6 1 (1.39%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.39%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.39%) IoT
6 1 (1.39%) Lidar
6 1 (1.39%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.39%) PKI
6 1 (1.39%) SCADA
6 1 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.94%) Linux
2 4 (5.56%) Unix
3 3 (4.17%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (2.78%) Windows
5 1 (1.39%) Debian
5 1 (1.39%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.39%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (36.11%) Software Engineering
3 20 (27.78%) Risk Assessment
4 18 (25.00%) AI
5 16 (22.22%) Computer Science
6 15 (20.83%) Creative Thinking
6 15 (20.83%) Customer Service
6 15 (20.83%) Decision-Making
6 15 (20.83%) Fault Analysis
6 15 (20.83%) Mechatronics
7 11 (15.28%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (13.89%) Computer Vision
8 10 (13.89%) Machine Learning
9 8 (11.11%) Agile
9 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (6.94%) DevOps
11 5 (6.94%) GAP Analysis
11 5 (6.94%) Information Security
11 5 (6.94%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (18.06%) Python
2 12 (16.67%) SQL
3 11 (15.28%) C#
4 4 (5.56%) PL/SQL
5 2 (2.78%) C++
5 2 (2.78%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.39%) Bash
6 1 (1.39%) Java
6 1 (1.39%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.39%) Ladder Logic
6 1 (1.39%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 36 (50.00%) Degree
2 10 (13.89%) SC Cleared
2 10 (13.89%) Security Cleared
3 9 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (6.94%) CEH
4 5 (6.94%) CISA
4 5 (6.94%) CISM
4 5 (6.94%) CISSP
4 5 (6.94%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.78%) HNC
5 2 (2.78%) HND
6 1 (1.39%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (6.94%) NIST
2 3 (4.17%) QA
3 1 (1.39%) ISA99
System Software
1 6 (8.33%) Docker
2 1 (1.39%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.39%) Firmware
2 1 (1.39%) KVM
2 1 (1.39%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 1 (1.39%) Ansible
1 1 (1.39%) Dell DRAC
1 1 (1.39%) Grafana
1 1 (1.39%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.39%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 17 (23.61%) Siemens
2 4 (5.56%) Oracle
3 2 (2.78%) Blue Prism
3 2 (2.78%) Rockwell
3 2 (2.78%) SAP
3 2 (2.78%) SYSPRO
3 2 (2.78%) Workday
4 1 (1.39%) Cisco
4 1 (1.39%) Dell
4 1 (1.39%) Informatica
4 1 (1.39%) Meraki
4 1 (1.39%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.39%) NVIDIA