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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 563 527 528
Rank change year-on-year -36 +1 +87
Contract jobs citing Robotics 122 30 34
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.091% 0.090%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.65% 0.25% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 21 18
10th Percentile £275 £263 £282
25th Percentile £491 £313 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £505
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +8.91% -14.04%
75th Percentile £738 £638 £577
90th Percentile £788 £738 £679
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £375 £505
% change year-on-year +66.67% -25.74% -14.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £49.25 £57.50
Median hourly rate £12.84 £49.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -74.06% -17.50% -
75th Percentile £23.00 £49.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £42.50 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.84 £49.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -74.06% -17.50% -

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 18,873 11,876 11,546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.37% 35.92% 30.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,278 7,270 6,942
10th Percentile £322 £294 £281
25th Percentile £425 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £535
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -2.80% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £672
90th Percentile £750 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,272 602 427
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.80 £15.29
25th Percentile £17.85 £18.87 £22.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £29.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% -42.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £67.50 £52.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £72.50 £75.06
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £29.27 £57.35
% change year-on-year +28.12% -48.96% +13.09%

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 1 October 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 1 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Robotics in the UK

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 1 October 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 -16 117 £650 +18.18% 1,079
UK excluding London -25 95 £625 +66.67% 628
South East -13 49 £725 - 203
London -68 24 £713 -1.72% 427
East of England - 16 £350 - 133
North of England -70 12 £334 +6.79% 96
Midlands -43 11 £625 +13.64% 89
Yorkshire -34 7 £194 - 34
Work from Home -63 7 £475 +31.94% 249
East Midlands -15 5 £600 +9.09% 35
South West -35 5 £400 +266.97% 57
North West -48 5 £475 +51.76% 48
West Midlands - 4 £625 - 54
Scotland - 2 - - 36

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 (3.28%) Apache Airflow
1 4 (3.28%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.46%) Apache
3 1 (0.82%) Confluence
3 1 (0.82%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.82%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.82%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.82%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.64%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.74%) Azure
2 6 (4.92%) AWS
3 3 (2.46%) Amazon S3
3 3 (2.46%) Dagster
3 3 (2.46%) dbt
3 3 (2.46%) SaaS
3 3 (2.46%) Snowflake
4 2 (1.64%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (0.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (0.82%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (0.82%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.82%) Boomi
5 1 (0.82%) Miro
5 1 (0.82%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.10%) 3GPP
1 5 (4.10%) RTP
1 5 (4.10%) VLAN
1 5 (4.10%) VPN
1 5 (4.10%) Wireshark
2 4 (3.28%) DHCP
2 4 (3.28%) DNS
2 4 (3.28%) Firewall
2 4 (3.28%) Network Security
2 4 (3.28%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.64%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.64%) Wireless
4 1 (0.82%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.46%) Amazon Redshift
2 3 (2.46%) Apache Iceberg
2 3 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.82%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 11 (9.02%) Git
2 5 (4.10%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.82%) JIRA
3 1 (0.82%) Rational DOORS
General
1 25 (20.49%) Manufacturing
2 17 (13.93%) Social Skills
3 14 (11.48%) Automotive
4 13 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (9.02%) Aviation
6 8 (6.56%) Games
7 7 (5.74%) Electronics
7 7 (5.74%) Law
8 6 (4.92%) Aerospace
9 5 (4.10%) Avionics
9 5 (4.10%) Fire and Rescue
9 5 (4.10%) Police
9 5 (4.10%) Retail
10 4 (3.28%) Finance
11 2 (1.64%) Cyber-Physical System
11 2 (1.64%) Legal
11 2 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.64%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (9.84%) Robotics Engineer
2 10 (8.20%) Senior
3 9 (7.38%) Lead
3 9 (7.38%) Product Lead
4 8 (6.56%) Architect
4 8 (6.56%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (4.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (4.10%) Software Engineer
6 4 (3.28%) Data Engineer
6 4 (3.28%) IT Manager
6 4 (3.28%) IT Project Manager
6 4 (3.28%) Network Engineer
6 4 (3.28%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (3.28%) Product Manager
6 4 (3.28%) Project Manager
6 4 (3.28%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (3.28%) Senior Manager
6 4 (3.28%) Senior Network Engineer
7 3 (2.46%) Business Analyst
7 3 (2.46%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.92%) .NET
2 5 (4.10%) .NET Core
2 5 (4.10%) Terraform
3 4 (3.28%) 802.1X
3 4 (3.28%) PySpark
4 3 (2.46%) Kafka
5 2 (1.64%) CSS
5 2 (1.64%) HTML
5 2 (1.64%) Middleware
5 2 (1.64%) NumPy
6 1 (0.82%) A2A Protocol
6 1 (0.82%) LangChain
6 1 (0.82%) LangGraph
6 1 (0.82%) Matplotlib
6 1 (0.82%) Model Context Protocol
6 1 (0.82%) Open3D
6 1 (0.82%) Plotly
6 1 (0.82%) Ray
6 1 (0.82%) SciPy
6 1 (0.82%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.20%) Algorithms
2 9 (7.38%) Life Science
3 7 (5.74%) Industry 4.0
3 7 (5.74%) Lidar
3 7 (5.74%) Self-Driving Car
4 6 (4.92%) Animation
5 5 (4.10%) Social Media
6 4 (3.28%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (3.28%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (3.28%) PKI
6 4 (3.28%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.64%) Analogue Electronics
7 2 (1.64%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.64%) FMCG
7 2 (1.64%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.64%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.82%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.82%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.20%) Linux
2 5 (4.10%) Ubuntu
3 4 (3.28%) Windows
4 3 (2.46%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.82%) Debian
5 1 (0.82%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (39.34%) AI
2 28 (22.95%) Logistics
3 23 (18.85%) Software Engineering
4 18 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (13.11%) Validation
6 12 (9.84%) Agile
7 11 (9.02%) Product Strategy
8 10 (8.20%) DevOps
9 9 (7.38%) Biotechnology
9 9 (7.38%) Computer Science
9 9 (7.38%) Machine Learning
10 8 (6.56%) Edge Computing
11 7 (5.74%) Analytics
11 7 (5.74%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (5.74%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (5.74%) Stakeholder Management
12 6 (4.92%) CI/CD
13 5 (4.10%) Decision-Making
13 5 (4.10%) Infrastructure as Code
13 5 (4.10%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 18 (14.75%) Python
2 11 (9.02%) SQL
3 9 (7.38%) C++
4 8 (6.56%) C#
5 5 (4.10%) Bash
6 3 (2.46%) Embedded C++
7 2 (1.64%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.82%) C
8 1 (0.82%) Java
8 1 (0.82%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.82%) Ladder Logic
8 1 (0.82%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.82%) Scala
8 1 (0.82%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (12.30%) Security Cleared
2 14 (11.48%) Degree
3 9 (7.38%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (4.92%) DBS Check
6 5 (4.10%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (3.28%) CCNP
7 4 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.28%) JNCIP
7 4 (3.28%) JNCIS
8 3 (2.46%) HNC
8 3 (2.46%) HND
9 1 (0.82%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.82%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.46%) Automotive SPICE
2 2 (1.64%) MISRA
2 2 (1.64%) QA
3 1 (0.82%) DO-254
3 1 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.82%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (6.56%) Docker
2 4 (3.28%) Firmware
3 1 (0.82%) KVM
3 1 (0.82%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 5 (4.10%) Ansible
2 4 (3.28%) systemd
3 3 (2.46%) Functional Safety
4 2 (1.64%) Grafana
4 2 (1.64%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.64%) MOM
4 2 (1.64%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.82%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 5 (4.10%) Cisco
1 5 (4.10%) Workday
2 4 (3.28%) Juniper
2 4 (3.28%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.28%) MikroTik
3 3 (2.46%) Databricks
3 3 (2.46%) Facebook
3 3 (2.46%) Oracle
3 3 (2.46%) SAP
4 2 (1.64%) EMC
4 2 (1.64%) Pega
4 2 (1.64%) Sage
4 2 (1.64%) SYSPRO
5 1 (0.82%) Dell
5 1 (0.82%) Informatica
5 1 (0.82%) Meraki
5 1 (0.82%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.82%) Siemens