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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 576 528 515
Rank change year-on-year -48 -13 +122
Contract jobs citing Robotics 91 24 50
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.073% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.51% 0.21% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 14 25
10th Percentile £172 £180 £394
25th Percentile £363 £270 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £359 £475
Median % change year-on-year +67.13% -24.42% -1.03%
75th Percentile £738 £653 £675
90th Percentile £788 £738 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £336 £475
% change year-on-year +34.13% -29.37% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.50
Median hourly rate £12.84 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -78.60% - -
75th Percentile £18.75 - £68.75
90th Percentile £42.50 - £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £12.84 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -78.60% - -

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 17,986 11,532 11,788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.61% 35.12% 30.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,908 7,096 7,535
10th Percentile £322 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,025 568 588
10th Percentile £14.85 £15.13 £12.30
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.87 £18.33
Median hourly rate £41.00 £29.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.82% -33.89% +10.31%
75th Percentile £68.75 £57.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £76.25 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +46.53% -36.84% +13.77%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -65 87 £600 +67.13% 394
UK excluding London -65 68 £450 +34.13% 332
South East -35 25 £650 -10.34% 75
London -59 19 £738 +5.36% 95
East of England -4 17 £185 - 76
Midlands - 15 £600 - 53
North of England -57 9 £334 +6.79% 57
Work from Home -60 9 £375 +4.24% 85
West Midlands - 8 £431 - 32
Yorkshire -35 7 £194 - 15
East Midlands - 5 £600 - 20
North West -39 2 £475 +51.76% 34
South West -41 1 £300 +175.23% 52
Scotland - 1 - - 17

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 (4.40%) Tuxedo
2 1 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.10%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.10%) Confluence
2 1 (1.10%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 5 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.20%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.69%) Azure
2 4 (4.40%) AWS
3 3 (3.30%) SaaS
4 1 (1.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (1.10%) Boomi
4 1 (1.10%) Miro
4 1 (1.10%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.49%) 3GPP
1 5 (5.49%) RTP
1 5 (5.49%) VLAN
1 5 (5.49%) VPN
1 5 (5.49%) Wireshark
2 4 (4.40%) DHCP
2 4 (4.40%) DNS
2 4 (4.40%) Firewall
2 4 (4.40%) Network Security
2 4 (4.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.40%) IDMS
2 2 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (12.09%) Git
2 5 (5.49%) TeamCity
3 4 (4.40%) CA Gen
4 1 (1.10%) JIRA
4 1 (1.10%) Vite
General
1 17 (18.68%) Manufacturing
2 16 (17.58%) Social Skills
3 14 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (10.99%) Automotive
4 10 (10.99%) Aviation
5 8 (8.79%) Games
6 7 (7.69%) Law
7 5 (5.49%) Fire and Rescue
7 5 (5.49%) Police
7 5 (5.49%) Retail
8 4 (4.40%) Finance
9 2 (2.20%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.20%) Cyber-Physical System
9 2 (2.20%) Legal
9 2 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.20%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.20%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.10%) Electronics
10 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (10.99%) Senior
2 8 (8.79%) Robotics Engineer
3 7 (7.69%) Architect
3 7 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
4 6 (6.59%) Software Engineer
5 5 (5.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (5.49%) Product Manager
5 5 (5.49%) Senior Manager
6 4 (4.40%) IT Manager
6 4 (4.40%) IT Project Manager
6 4 (4.40%) Network Engineer
6 4 (4.40%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (4.40%) Project Manager
6 4 (4.40%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (4.40%) Senior Network Engineer
7 3 (3.30%) Developer
7 3 (3.30%) Embedded Engineer
7 3 (3.30%) Senior Product Manager
7 3 (3.30%) Support Technician
8 2 (2.20%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.69%) .NET
2 5 (5.49%) .NET Core
3 4 (4.40%) 802.1X
3 4 (4.40%) Terraform
4 3 (3.30%) CSS
5 2 (2.20%) HTML
5 2 (2.20%) Middleware
5 2 (2.20%) React
5 2 (2.20%) REST
6 1 (1.10%) Jest
6 1 (1.10%) LangChain
6 1 (1.10%) LangGraph
6 1 (1.10%) Model Context Protocol
6 1 (1.10%) Open3D
6 1 (1.10%) Playwright
6 1 (1.10%) PySpark
6 1 (1.10%) Ray
6 1 (1.10%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (1.10%) Vitest
6 1 (1.10%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 6 (6.59%) Animation
3 5 (5.49%) Industry 4.0
3 5 (5.49%) PKI
3 5 (5.49%) Social Media
4 4 (4.40%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (4.40%) Lidar
4 4 (4.40%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (4.40%) Public Cloud
4 4 (4.40%) Self-Driving Car
5 3 (3.30%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (2.20%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.20%) Educational Technology
6 2 (2.20%) FMCG
6 2 (2.20%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (2.20%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.10%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.10%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.99%) Linux
2 5 (5.49%) Ubuntu
3 4 (4.40%) Unix
4 2 (2.20%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (1.10%) Debian
5 1 (1.10%) Windows
5 1 (1.10%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (35.16%) AI
2 27 (29.67%) Software Engineering
3 15 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (15.38%) Logistics
5 12 (13.19%) Agile
5 12 (13.19%) Computer Science
6 11 (12.09%) DevOps
7 10 (10.99%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (9.89%) Validation
9 8 (8.79%) Edge Computing
10 7 (7.69%) Machine Learning
10 7 (7.69%) Mentoring
10 7 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (6.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 5 (5.49%) Analytics
12 5 (5.49%) BDD
12 5 (5.49%) CI/CD
12 5 (5.49%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (5.49%) Network Architecture
12 5 (5.49%) Pedagogy
Programming Languages
1 19 (20.88%) Python
2 13 (14.29%) SQL
3 10 (10.99%) C#
4 8 (8.79%) C++
5 5 (5.49%) Bash
6 4 (4.40%) PL/SQL
7 3 (3.30%) Embedded C++
8 2 (2.20%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.10%) Java
9 1 (1.10%) JavaScript
9 1 (1.10%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (1.10%) MATLAB
9 1 (1.10%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.10%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (16.48%) Degree
2 13 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 10 (10.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (10.99%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.59%) DBS Check
5 4 (4.40%) CCNP
5 4 (4.40%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (4.40%) JNCIP
5 4 (4.40%) JNCIS
6 1 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.10%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.30%) Automotive SPICE
2 2 (2.20%) MISRA
2 2 (2.20%) QA
3 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.10%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (8.79%) Docker
2 1 (1.10%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.10%) Firmware
2 1 (1.10%) KVM
2 1 (1.10%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 5 (5.49%) Ansible
2 4 (4.40%) systemd
3 3 (3.30%) Functional Safety
4 2 (2.20%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.20%) MOM
5 1 (1.10%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (1.10%) Grafana
5 1 (1.10%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 5 (5.49%) Cisco
1 5 (5.49%) Workday
2 4 (4.40%) Juniper
2 4 (4.40%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.40%) MikroTik
2 4 (4.40%) Oracle
3 2 (2.20%) Pega
3 2 (2.20%) SAP
3 2 (2.20%) SYSPRO
4 1 (1.10%) Blue Prism
4 1 (1.10%) Dell
4 1 (1.10%) Informatica
4 1 (1.10%) Meraki
4 1 (1.10%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.10%) NVIDIA