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 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 545 542 583
Rank change year-on-year -3 +41 +162
Contract jobs citing Robotics 36 22 29
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.099% 0.064% 0.065%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.28% 0.20% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 14 24
10th Percentile £314 £332 £404
25th Percentile £335 £419 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £587
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -14.04% +17.55%
75th Percentile £550 £508 £600
90th Percentile £741 £613 £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £359 £505 £587
% change year-on-year -28.91% -14.04% +27.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £22.29 - -
25th Percentile £26.78 - -
Median hourly rate £34.77 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.33% - -
75th Percentile £42.51 - -
90th Percentile £46.85 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.77 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year -50.33% - -

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 12,796 11,034 14,096
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.12% 31.91% 31.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,979 6,582 9,412
10th Percentile £275 £271 £270
25th Percentile £406 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £625 £663 £668
90th Percentile £738 £775 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 653 350 490
10th Percentile £13.59 £17.23 £16.54
25th Percentile £18.00 £22.55 £20.50
Median hourly rate £27.21 £33.27 £42.40
Median % change year-on-year -18.21% -21.54% +21.15%
75th Percentile £58.00 £64.94 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £78.41 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.21 £32.50 £45.11
% change year-on-year -16.28% -27.95% +52.90%

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 14 December 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 14 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Robotics in the UK

Robotics
Top 13 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 14 December 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 -19 36 £525 +3.96% 130
UK excluding London -30 26 £359 -28.91% 114
London -1 8 £725 +38.10% 29
East Midlands - 8 £550 - 8
East of England - 8 £345 - 28
Midlands - 8 £550 - 19
North of England -35 7 £359 -28.91% 16
North West -22 3 £359 -28.91% 4
North East - 3 £325 - 4
Work from Home +17 2 £359 - 44
South West -9 2 £58 -82.70% 14
Yorkshire - 1 - - 8
South East - 1 £500 - 34

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 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.78%) Siemens NX
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.56%) SaaS
2 1 (2.78%) Azure
2 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) CMake
1 1 (2.78%) Git
1 1 (2.78%) GoogleTest
General
1 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 7 (19.44%) Manufacturing
3 6 (16.67%) Automotive
4 1 (2.78%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.78%) Banking
4 1 (2.78%) Electronics
4 1 (2.78%) Marketing
4 1 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (30.56%) Project Manager
2 9 (25.00%) Robotics Engineer
3 8 (22.22%) Senior
4 6 (16.67%) Senior Manager
4 6 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
5 4 (11.11%) Software Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Lead
6 2 (5.56%) Product Manager
7 1 (2.78%) .NET Software Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Applications Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Deployment Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Hardware Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Healthcare Consultant
7 1 (2.78%) Implementation Consultant
7 1 (2.78%) Integration Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Process Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Robotics Programmer
7 1 (2.78%) Security Architect
7 1 (2.78%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Software Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) .NET
1 1 (2.78%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (2.78%) gRPC
1 1 (2.78%) ONNX
1 1 (2.78%) OpenCV
1 1 (2.78%) OpenVINO
1 1 (2.78%) PyTorch
1 1 (2.78%) REST
1 1 (2.78%) TensorFlow
1 1 (2.78%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) Algorithms
1 7 (19.44%) Operational Technology
2 4 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (8.33%) Life Science
4 2 (5.56%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (5.56%) IoT
4 2 (5.56%) NHS
4 2 (5.56%) SCADA
5 1 (2.78%) Arduino
5 1 (2.78%) CUDA
5 1 (2.78%) Device Driver
5 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.78%) Raspberry Pi
5 1 (2.78%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.11%) Robot Operating System
2 2 (5.56%) Windows
3 1 (2.78%) Android
3 1 (2.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.00%) AI
1 9 (25.00%) Machine Learning
1 9 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (22.22%) Logistics
2 8 (22.22%) Project Governance
3 7 (19.44%) Computer Vision
3 7 (19.44%) Project Management
4 5 (13.89%) Mechatronics
4 5 (13.89%) Project Delivery
5 4 (11.11%) Agile
5 4 (11.11%) Data Protection
5 4 (11.11%) Software Engineering
6 3 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (8.33%) Validation
7 2 (5.56%) CI/CD
7 2 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (5.56%) Data Migration
7 2 (5.56%) Manufacturing Engineering
7 2 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.11%) C++
1 4 (11.11%) Python
2 3 (8.33%) C#
3 1 (2.78%) C
3 1 (2.78%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) Degree
2 3 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.56%) Master's Degree
3 2 (5.56%) PMI Certification
3 2 (5.56%) PMP
4 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.78%) CEH
4 1 (2.78%) CISA
4 1 (2.78%) CISM
4 1 (2.78%) CISSP
4 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) QA
2 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.78%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Docker
1 1 (2.78%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (2.78%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (2.78%) Google
1 1 (2.78%) NVIDIA
1 1 (2.78%) Siemens
1 1 (2.78%) UiPath