Robotics Job Trends in Somerset

Robotics
South West > Somerset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in permanent job vacancies in Somerset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Robotics over the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - 54
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Permanent jobs citing Robotics 5 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.44% - 0.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.70% - 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -11.11%

All Generic Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 294 171 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 25.79% 41.40% 21.43%
Number of salaries quoted 186 85 90
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,600 -
25th Percentile £36,375 £27,500 £10,258
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -3.45% -34.09%
75th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £66,386 £69,250
South West median annual salary £52,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +23.53% -15.00% -9.09%

Robotics
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Robotics job vacancy trend in Somerset

Robotics
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Robotics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Robotics

Robotics
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Robotics within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 8 October 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
Yeovil - 3 - - 1
Bath - 1 - - 1
Frome - 1 £42,500 - 3
Robotics
South West

Robotics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (20.00%) RFID
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (80.00%) Aviation
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (60.00%) Avionics
2 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (60.00%) Military
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Director
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (20.00%) AI Agents
2 1 (20.00%) FMCG
2 1 (20.00%) IoT
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) AI
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (60.00%) Memory Management
2 3 (60.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Requirements Management
2 3 (60.00%) SDLC
2 3 (60.00%) SysML
2 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Test Harness
2 3 (60.00%) UML
2 3 (60.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (20.00%) Intelligent Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Ada
1 3 (60.00%) Ada 95
1 3 (60.00%) C
1 3 (60.00%) C#
1 3 (60.00%) C++
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (60.00%) MIL-STD-1553
2 1 (20.00%) PMO
2 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Siemens