Robotics Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Robotics
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Robotics over the 6 months leading up to 26 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Robotics 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.16% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.54% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £402 - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £437 - -
90th Percentile £557 - -
England median daily rate £419 £506 £550
% change year-on-year -17.23% -7.95% +14.58%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 931 456 627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 29.12% 33.31% 32.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 572 289 396
10th Percentile £300 £191 £275
25th Percentile £408 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.91% -2.48% +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £750 £657 £750
England median daily rate £520 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.80% -2.73% -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 21 45
10th Percentile £15.61 £16.67 £10.42
25th Percentile £18.20 £18.51 £14.71
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.91 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.53% +50.71% -18.18%
75th Percentile £47.50 £50.00 £40.50
90th Percentile £67.84 - £58.75
England median hourly rate £42.71 £33.91 £35.50
% change year-on-year +25.94% -4.48% +60.20%

Robotics
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Robotics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Robotics job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Robotics
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Robotics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Robotics

Robotics
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Robotics in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Robotics in the West Midlands

Robotics
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Robotics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Robotics

Robotics
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Robotics within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 May 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
Shropshire - 4 £419 - 3
Staffordshire - 1 £625 -
Robotics
England

Robotics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (80.00%) Tuxedo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) IDMS
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) CA Gen
General
1 1 (20.00%) Advertising
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Developer
1 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Unix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (20.00%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) PL/SQL
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle