Robotic Process Automation Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Robotics Process Automation (RPA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Robotic Process Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Robotic Process Automation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 296 342 456
Rank change year-on-year +46 +114 +132
Contract jobs citing Robotic Process Automation 8 3 21
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.081% 0.020% 0.081%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.089% 0.022% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 14
10th Percentile £357 £338 £350
25th Percentile £385 £418 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -29.09% +22.22% -7.22%
75th Percentile £481 £619 £788
90th Percentile £629 £660 £893
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -11.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Robotic Process Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Robotic Process Automation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Robotic Process Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Robotic Process Automation
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.

Robotic Process Automation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Robotic Process Automation
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Robotic Process Automation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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

Robotic Process Automation
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Robotic Process Automation hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Robotic Process Automation
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
2 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (12.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (12.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Banking
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Automation Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
3 1 (12.50%) ABAP Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) JSON
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (12.50%) REST
2 1 (12.50%) RESTful
2 1 (12.50%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Business Case
2 3 (37.50%) Data Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Data Reconciliation
2 3 (37.50%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Workflow
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Change Control
4 1 (12.50%) Community of Practice
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Project Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) SOA
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Workflow Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) C#
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CAPM
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) UiPath
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle
3 2 (25.00%) Blue Prism
4 1 (12.50%) Ariba
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (12.50%) SAP