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 25 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 541 535 623
Rank change year-on-year -6 +88 +125
Contract jobs citing Robotics 33 29 27
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.098% 0.078% 0.056%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.27% 0.26% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 16 23
10th Percentile £264 £261 £403
25th Percentile £336 £408 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £490 £587
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -16.59% +17.55%
75th Percentile £688 £508 £595
90th Percentile £768 £610 £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £490 £587
% change year-on-year -10.71% -16.59% +27.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £22.29 - -
25th Percentile £26.78 £57.50 -
Median hourly rate £34.77 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -42.05% - -
75th Percentile £42.51 £62.50 -
90th Percentile £46.85 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.77 £60.00 -
% change year-on-year -42.05% - -

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 12,038 11,363 15,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.79% 30.74% 31.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,396 6,758 10,399
10th Percentile £286 £275 £299
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% -4.36% -
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 655 371 480
10th Percentile £13.67 £17.08 £16.83
25th Percentile £18.11 £23.30 £21.00
Median hourly rate £26.78 £45.00 £43.92
Median % change year-on-year -40.49% +2.46% +68.92%
75th Percentile £51.25 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.16 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £46.03
% change year-on-year -49.70% +8.62% +104.58%

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 25 October 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 25 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Robotics in the UK

Robotics
Top 12 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 25 October 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 +6 33 £550 +8.91% 378
UK excluding London -17 24 £438 -10.71% 322
North of England -28 10 £313 -38.02% 32
London +3 8 £725 +18.37% 132
East Midlands -2 6 £550 - 17
North West -21 6 £313 -38.02% 9
Midlands -26 6 £550 - 31
South West +14 5 £109 -81.85% 39
Work from Home +13 3 £360 -24.21% 51
South East +3 3 £725 +109.21% 151
North East - 3 £325 - 14
Yorkshire - 1 - - 9

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 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.03%) Siemens NX
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.15%) SaaS
2 2 (6.06%) Azure
3 1 (3.03%) AWS
3 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Git
2 1 (3.03%) CMake
2 1 (3.03%) GoogleTest
General
1 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.21%) Manufacturing
3 4 (12.12%) Automotive
4 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.03%) Banking
5 1 (3.03%) Electronics
5 1 (3.03%) Finance
5 1 (3.03%) Games
5 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Project Manager
2 7 (21.21%) Senior
3 5 (15.15%) Lead
4 4 (12.12%) Senior Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Developer
5 2 (6.06%) Product Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Robotics Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Software Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) Deployment Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Healthcare Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) PLC Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) PLC Software Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Process Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Robotics Programmer
6 1 (3.03%) Security Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) ONNX
1 2 (6.06%) OpenVINO
1 2 (6.06%) PyTorch
1 2 (6.06%) TensorFlow
2 1 (3.03%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (3.03%) CSS
2 1 (3.03%) HTML
2 1 (3.03%) OpenCV
2 1 (3.03%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (12.12%) Operational Technology
2 2 (6.06%) Algorithms
2 2 (6.06%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (6.06%) IoT
2 2 (6.06%) NHS
2 2 (6.06%) SCADA
3 1 (3.03%) Arduino
3 1 (3.03%) CUDA
3 1 (3.03%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.03%) Hackathon
3 1 (3.03%) Life Science
3 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.03%) Raspberry Pi
3 1 (3.03%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (3.03%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (3.03%) Android
2 1 (3.03%) Linux
2 1 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) AI
2 9 (27.27%) Project Governance
3 8 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (21.21%) Project Management
5 6 (18.18%) Agile
5 6 (18.18%) Logistics
6 5 (15.15%) Data Management
6 5 (15.15%) Data Migration
6 5 (15.15%) Machine Learning
6 5 (15.15%) Mechatronics
6 5 (15.15%) Migration
6 5 (15.15%) Project Delivery
7 4 (12.12%) CI/CD
7 4 (12.12%) Data Protection
7 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (9.09%) Analytics
8 3 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (9.09%) Process Improvement
8 3 (9.09%) Roadmaps
8 3 (9.09%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.18%) Python
2 4 (12.12%) C++
3 3 (9.09%) C#
3 3 (9.09%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.03%) C
4 1 (3.03%) Java
4 1 (3.03%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) Degree
1 2 (6.06%) PMI Certification
1 2 (6.06%) PMP
1 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Docker
1 1 (3.03%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (3.03%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (3.03%) Google
1 1 (3.03%) NVIDIA
1 1 (3.03%) Siemens
1 1 (3.03%) UiPath