Robotics Job Trends in Manchester

Robotics
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Robotics over the 6 months leading up to 13 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 141 194
Rank change year-on-year -22 +53 +33
Permanent jobs citing Robotics 3 4 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.062% 0.20% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.22% 0.51% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 10
10th Percentile - - £24,000
25th Percentile - - £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +66.67% -35.20%
75th Percentile - £90,000 £65,351
90th Percentile - £117,000 £92,500
North West median annual salary £67,935 £51,763 £45,000
% change year-on-year +31.24% +15.03% -35.20%

All Generic Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,374 787 1,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 28.48% 39.47% 34.71%
Number of salaries quoted 725 517 1,239
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,400 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,598 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.91% +4.55% -4.86%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £69,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £83,759
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Robotics
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Robotics job vacancy trend in Manchester

Robotics
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Robotics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Robotics

Robotics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Health Technology
1 3 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Development Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Software Development Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Test Development Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) SDET
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PHP