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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 542 521 599
Rank change year-on-year -21 +78 +170
Contract jobs citing Robotics 35 26 27
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.071% 0.057%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.28% 0.23% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 15 23
10th Percentile £265 £251 £403
25th Percentile £358 £398 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £505 £587
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% -14.04% +17.61%
75th Percentile £638 £508 £595
90th Percentile £760 £612 £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £505 £587
% change year-on-year +3.96% -14.04% +27.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £22.29 - -
25th Percentile £26.78 - -
Median hourly rate £34.77 - -
75th Percentile £42.51 - -
90th Percentile £46.85 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.77 - -

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 12,493 11,239 15,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.70% 30.72% 32.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,702 6,650 10,182
10th Percentile £278 £275 £275
25th Percentile £406 £410 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £656 £672
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 681 351 502
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.85 £16.86
25th Percentile £17.98 £22.31 £21.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £38.00 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% -14.12% +64.01%
75th Percentile £50.00 £69.22 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.16 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £41.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -36.59% -11.22% +100.78%

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 8 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 8 November 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 8 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 35 £550 +8.91% 510
UK excluding London -21 26 £525 +3.96% 420
North of England -26 10 £313 -38.02% 31
London +9 8 £725 +18.37% 218
East Midlands -8 8 £550 - 10
Midlands -22 8 £550 - 25
North West -16 6 £313 -38.02% 10
South West +4 5 £109 -81.85% 33
Work from Home +8 3 £360 - 122
South East -1 3 £725 +232.45% 239
North East - 3 £325 - 12
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 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.86%) Siemens NX
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.29%) SaaS
2 2 (5.71%) Azure
3 1 (2.86%) AWS
3 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Git
2 1 (2.86%) CMake
2 1 (2.86%) GoogleTest
General
1 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 6 (17.14%) Automotive
4 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.86%) Banking
5 1 (2.86%) Electronics
5 1 (2.86%) Finance
5 1 (2.86%) Games
5 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (31.43%) Project Manager
2 9 (25.71%) Senior
3 6 (17.14%) Senior Manager
3 6 (17.14%) Senior Project Manager
4 5 (14.29%) Lead
5 2 (5.71%) Developer
5 2 (5.71%) Product Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Robotics Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Software Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Architect
6 1 (2.86%) Consultant
6 1 (2.86%) Deployment Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Healthcare Consultant
6 1 (2.86%) Implementation Consultant
6 1 (2.86%) Operations Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Programmer
6 1 (2.86%) Security Architect
6 1 (2.86%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) ONNX
1 2 (5.71%) OpenVINO
1 2 (5.71%) PyTorch
1 2 (5.71%) TensorFlow
2 1 (2.86%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (2.86%) CSS
2 1 (2.86%) HTML
2 1 (2.86%) OpenCV
2 1 (2.86%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) Operational Technology
2 4 (11.43%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.71%) Algorithms
3 2 (5.71%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (5.71%) IoT
3 2 (5.71%) NHS
3 2 (5.71%) SCADA
4 1 (2.86%) Arduino
4 1 (2.86%) CUDA
4 1 (2.86%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.86%) Hackathon
4 1 (2.86%) Life Science
4 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.86%) Raspberry Pi
4 1 (2.86%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.86%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (2.86%) Android
2 1 (2.86%) Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) AI
2 11 (31.43%) Project Governance
3 8 (22.86%) Logistics
3 8 (22.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (20.00%) Project Management
5 6 (17.14%) Agile
6 5 (14.29%) Data Management
6 5 (14.29%) Data Migration
6 5 (14.29%) Machine Learning
6 5 (14.29%) Mechatronics
6 5 (14.29%) Migration
6 5 (14.29%) Project Delivery
7 4 (11.43%) CI/CD
7 4 (11.43%) Data Protection
7 4 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (8.57%) Analytics
8 3 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (8.57%) Process Improvement
8 3 (8.57%) Roadmaps
8 3 (8.57%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) Python
2 4 (11.43%) C++
3 3 (8.57%) C#
3 3 (8.57%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.86%) C
4 1 (2.86%) Java
4 1 (2.86%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 2 (5.71%) Degree
1 2 (5.71%) PMI Certification
1 2 (5.71%) PMP
1 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Docker
1 1 (2.86%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (2.86%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (2.86%) Google
1 1 (2.86%) NVIDIA
1 1 (2.86%) Siemens
1 1 (2.86%) UiPath