Robotic Process Automation Job Trends in the Midlands

Robotics Process Automation (RPA)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Robotic Process Automation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 184 273
Rank change year-on-year -44 +89 +60
Permanent jobs citing Robotic Process Automation 1 34 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.011% 0.63% 0.045%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.014% 0.67% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - £40,380 £43,650
25th Percentile £58,014 £44,317 £47,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,527 £52,470 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.45% -7.13% +32.94%
75th Percentile £61,041 £57,068 £58,750
90th Percentile - £63,222 -
England median annual salary £42,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +20.00% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,367 5,045 7,584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 77.78% 92.88% 85.01%
Number of salaries quoted 4,161 2,464 6,079
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,967 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

Robotic Process Automation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Robotic Process Automation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Robotic Process Automation job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Robotic Process Automation
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Robotic Process Automation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Robotic Process Automation

Robotic Process Automation
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Robotic Process Automation within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 March 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
West Midlands -21 1 £59,527 +13.45%
Robotic Process Automation
England

Robotic Process Automation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AI Agents
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Twin
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Planon
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow