Robotics Job Trends in England

Robotics
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Robotics over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 416 166 529
Rank change year-on-year -250 +363 +55
Permanent jobs citing Robotics 318 920 290
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.36% 2.12% 0.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.40% 5.09% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 193 103 162
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +3.29% -18.16%
75th Percentile £90,000 £132,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £109,000 £175,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% +4.76% -18.20%

All Generic Skills
England

Robotics falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22,647 18,071 27,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.54% 41.69% 33.32%
Number of salaries quoted 14,985 9,074 17,742
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,490 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.46% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +4.55% -15.38%

Robotics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Robotics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Robotics job vacancy trend in England

Robotics
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Robotics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Robotics

Robotics
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Robotics in England over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Robotics in England

Robotics
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Robotics within the England region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +36 84 £60,000 +9.09% 22
London +2 84 £80,000 -46.67% 69
South East -168 69 £62,500 +25.00% 33
Midlands -173 49 £55,000 -15.38% 12
East Midlands -103 26 £50,000 -23.08% 10
West Midlands -111 23 £57,500 - 2
North of England -179 21 £65,000 +25.57% 22
South West -60 10 £85,000 +65.85% 16
North West -63 9 £80,000 +126.11% 10
Yorkshire -133 9 £65,000 -16.13% 7
North East -61 3 - - 7
Robotics
UK

Robotics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 5 (1.57%) Kinematics
2 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.31%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (1.26%) Simulink
3 3 (0.94%) Stateflow
4 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.31%) SOLIDWORKS
5 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) SAP EWM
1 2 (0.63%) SAP MM
1 2 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.63%) SAP WM
2 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.31%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 20 (6.29%) Azure
2 14 (4.40%) AWS
3 8 (2.52%) Serverless
4 7 (2.20%) GCP
5 4 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.26%) Entra ID
5 4 (1.26%) GitHub
5 4 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (0.94%) Anthropic Claude
6 3 (0.94%) AWS CodePipeline
6 3 (0.94%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.63%) SaaS
8 1 (0.31%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.31%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.31%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.31%) Boomi
8 1 (0.31%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.31%) Harvey AI
8 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.31%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.20%) Ethernet
1 7 (2.20%) MQTT
2 3 (0.94%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.63%) Profibus
4 1 (0.31%) Modbus
4 1 (0.31%) RS-422
4 1 (0.31%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (1.26%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.26%) Semantic Layer
3 3 (0.94%) Big Data
3 3 (0.94%) Power BI
4 2 (0.63%) GIS
4 2 (0.63%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.63%) MySQL
5 1 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (3.77%) Git
2 3 (0.94%) PetaLinux
3 2 (0.63%) GitLab
3 2 (0.63%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.63%) Polyspace
3 2 (0.63%) VectorCAST
4 1 (0.31%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.31%) JIRA
4 1 (0.31%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 54 (16.98%) Manufacturing
2 53 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 49 (15.41%) Electronics
4 28 (8.81%) Aerospace
5 25 (7.86%) Automotive
6 23 (7.23%) Aviation
7 17 (5.35%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (5.03%) Advertising
9 13 (4.09%) Aeronautics
10 10 (3.14%) Finance
10 10 (3.14%) Military
11 9 (2.83%) Pharmaceutical
12 7 (2.20%) Swedish Language
13 6 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.89%) Public Sector
14 5 (1.57%) Health Technology
15 4 (1.26%) Law
16 3 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 2 (0.63%) Games
17 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 119 (37.42%) Software Engineer
2 56 (17.61%) Senior
3 33 (10.38%) Senior Software Engineer
4 25 (7.86%) Lead
4 25 (7.86%) Robotics Software Engineer
5 20 (6.29%) Embedded Engineer
5 20 (6.29%) Support Technician
6 16 (5.03%) C++ Software Engineer
6 16 (5.03%) Robotics Engineer
7 15 (4.72%) Systems Engineer
8 13 (4.09%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
9 11 (3.46%) Developer
9 11 (3.46%) Support Engineer
10 10 (3.14%) Field Support Technician
11 9 (2.83%) Automation Engineer
11 9 (2.83%) Embedded Linux Engineer
11 9 (2.83%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 9 (2.83%) Linux Engineer
11 9 (2.83%) Python Engineer
11 9 (2.83%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.46%) .NET
2 9 (2.83%) CSS
2 9 (2.83%) HTML
2 9 (2.83%) JSON
2 9 (2.83%) XML
3 7 (2.20%) Kafka
3 7 (2.20%) Unreal Engine
3 7 (2.20%) Yocto
4 6 (1.89%) PyTorch
5 5 (1.57%) Django
6 4 (1.26%) Node.js
6 4 (1.26%) Open3D
6 4 (1.26%) React
6 4 (1.26%) REST
7 3 (0.94%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.94%) Blazor
7 3 (0.94%) Godot
7 3 (0.94%) Qt
7 3 (0.94%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.63%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.66%) Embedded Systems
2 17 (5.35%) Algorithms
3 11 (3.46%) Driving Licence
4 9 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (2.83%) IoT
5 8 (2.52%) Device Driver
5 8 (2.52%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.20%) Self-Driving Car
7 6 (1.89%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.57%) FPGA
8 5 (1.57%) GNSS
8 5 (1.57%) Lidar
8 5 (1.57%) SCADA
9 4 (1.26%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.26%) Verilog
9 4 (1.26%) VHDL
10 3 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.94%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.63%) Educational Technology
11 2 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 38 (11.95%) Linux
2 14 (4.40%) Embedded Linux
3 13 (4.09%) Windows
4 12 (3.77%) Robot Operating System
5 4 (1.26%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.31%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (65.09%) Software Engineering
2 137 (43.08%) AI
3 63 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (8.81%) Computer Science
5 26 (8.18%) Machine Learning
6 23 (7.23%) Validation
7 22 (6.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (6.29%) Robotic Control
9 18 (5.66%) Computer Vision
9 18 (5.66%) Sensor Fusion
10 17 (5.35%) Cybersecurity
10 17 (5.35%) Decision-Making
11 16 (5.03%) CI/CD
12 15 (4.72%) DevOps
13 14 (4.40%) Agile
13 14 (4.40%) Mentoring
14 13 (4.09%) Software Testing
15 12 (3.77%) Critical Thinking
15 12 (3.77%) Preventative Maintenance
15 12 (3.77%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 71 (22.33%) C++
1 71 (22.33%) Python
2 39 (12.26%) C
3 25 (7.86%) C#
4 19 (5.97%) JavaScript
5 14 (4.40%) Java
6 13 (4.09%) Rust
7 10 (3.14%) Embedded C
7 10 (3.14%) SQL
8 7 (2.20%) Clojure
8 7 (2.20%) Erlang
8 7 (2.20%) MATLAB
8 7 (2.20%) Scala
9 6 (1.89%) Embedded C++
10 5 (1.57%) PHP
11 3 (0.94%) Delphi
11 3 (0.94%) Go
11 3 (0.94%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.63%) Bash
13 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 53 (16.67%) Degree
2 34 (10.69%) Security Cleared
3 32 (10.06%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.35%) HNC
4 17 (5.35%) Master's Degree
5 16 (5.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (3.46%) PhD
7 8 (2.52%) HND
8 3 (0.94%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.31%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.20%) DO-254
2 6 (1.89%) IEC 61131
3 5 (1.57%) IEC 61508
3 5 (1.57%) ISO 26262
4 4 (1.26%) QA
5 3 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.94%) GDPR
5 3 (0.94%) HAZOP
5 3 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.94%) NCSC
6 2 (0.63%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.63%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.63%) GMP
6 2 (0.63%) GxP
7 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 17 (5.35%) Docker
2 5 (1.57%) Firmware
3 4 (1.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (2.52%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.20%) Terraform
3 5 (1.57%) Ansible
4 2 (0.63%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.31%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (0.31%) Argo
5 1 (0.31%) MOM
5 1 (0.31%) Podman
5 1 (0.31%) Puppet
Vendors
1 12 (3.77%) Siemens
2 11 (3.46%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.20%) Salesforce
4 6 (1.89%) Allen-Bradley
5 4 (1.26%) EMC
6 2 (0.63%) SAP
6 2 (0.63%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.31%) Amdocs
7 1 (0.31%) Automation Anywhere
7 1 (0.31%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.31%) Databricks
7 1 (0.31%) HighQ
7 1 (0.31%) Informatica
7 1 (0.31%) Legora
7 1 (0.31%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.31%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.31%) NVIDIA
7 1 (0.31%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.31%) Rockwell
7 1 (0.31%) Sage