Robotic Process Automation Developer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Robotics Process Automation Developer (RPA Developer)
UK > Work from Home

The median Robotics Process Automation Developer (RPA Developer) daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £390, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 338 466
Rank change year-on-year +43 +128 +140
Contract jobs requiring a Robotic Process Automation Developer 9 7 11
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.091% 0.046% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.049% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 6
10th Percentile £384 £362 £346
25th Percentile £385 £438 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £500 £385
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +29.87% -23.00%
75th Percentile £454 £525 £471
90th Percentile £472 £555 £531
UK median daily rate £390 £500 £420
% change year-on-year -22.00% +19.05% -11.58%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Robotic Process Automation Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Robotic Process Automation Developer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Robotic Process Automation Developer.

Robotic Process Automation Developer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Robotic Process Automation Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Robotic Process Automation Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Robotic Process Automation Developer in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) UiPath
2 4 (44.44%) Robotic Process Automation
3 3 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) Data Reconciliation
3 3 (33.33%) Business Case
3 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (33.33%) Blue Prism
3 3 (33.33%) C#
3 3 (33.33%) SQL
3 3 (33.33%) .NET
3 3 (33.33%) Oracle
3 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (33.33%) Banking
3 3 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Finance
4 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (11.11%) GCP
5 1 (11.11%) Software Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) Agile
5 1 (11.11%) Workflow
5 1 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) Waterfall

Robotic Process Automation Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
General
1 3 (33.33%) Banking
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Local Government
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Robotic Process Automation
2 3 (33.33%) Business Case
2 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) Data Reconciliation
2 3 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Software Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
3 1 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) C#
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) UiPath
2 3 (33.33%) Blue Prism
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Google