Robotics Job Trends in the North of England

Robotics
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Robotics over the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 244 268 240
Rank change year-on-year +24 -28 +156
Permanent jobs citing Robotics 16 35 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.16% 0.31% 0.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.45% 1.09% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 12 24 32
10th Percentile £38,750 £42,875 -
25th Percentile £46,063 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,750 £75,000 £65,066
Median % change year-on-year -16.33% +15.27% +23.93%
75th Percentile £80,313 £96,250 £84,056
90th Percentile £85,000 - -
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £65,066
% change year-on-year - -15.47% +8.44%

All Generic Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,532 3,212 2,589
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 36.24% 28.84% 36.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,620 1,465 1,965
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,875 £41,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,720 £51,000 £56,021
Median % change year-on-year -4.47% -8.96% +1.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,603 £72,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £86,951
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%

Robotics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Robotics job vacancy trend in the North of England

Robotics
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Robotics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Robotics

Robotics
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Robotics in the North of England over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Robotics in the North of England

Robotics
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Robotics within the North of England region over the 6 months to 5 December 2025. 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
Yorkshire -17 8 £77,500 +3.33% 5
North West +39 5 £61,935 +3.22% 2
North East +11 3 £42,500 -15.00% 2
Robotics
England

Robotics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 3 (18.75%) Kinematics
2 2 (12.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (12.50%) WinCC
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) AWS
General
1 5 (31.25%) Marketing
2 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.25%) Electronics
3 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Robotics Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Animator
2 3 (18.75%) Principal Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) Automation Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Product Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Robotics Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Physicist
4 1 (6.25%) QA Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior QA Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Software Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Software Product Manager
4 1 (6.25%) User Experience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (6.25%) Node.js
2 1 (6.25%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Animation
1 3 (18.75%) Augmented Reality
1 3 (18.75%) Virtual Reality
2 1 (6.25%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) AI
2 3 (18.75%) Business Development
2 3 (18.75%) Clean Code
2 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
2 3 (18.75%) Motion Control
2 3 (18.75%) Motion Planning
2 3 (18.75%) Open Source
2 3 (18.75%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (18.75%) Reinforcement Learning
2 3 (18.75%) Storyboarding
2 3 (18.75%) Storytelling
3 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 2 (12.50%) Customer Insight
3 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (12.50%) Product Management
3 2 (12.50%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (12.50%) Product Strategy
3 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 2 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) C++
2 1 (6.25%) Java
2 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.25%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (12.50%) HNC
2 2 (12.50%) HND
3 1 (6.25%) PhD
3 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Siemens
2 1 (6.25%) YouTube