Robotics Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Robotics
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in permanent job vacancies in South Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Robotics over the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 43 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Permanent jobs citing Robotics 6 17 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 0.96% 3.11% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.26% 8.10% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 13 0
10th Percentile £52,375 £50,000 -
25th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £92,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.92% - -
75th Percentile £83,438 £96,250 -
90th Percentile £85,000 - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £79,632
% change year-on-year - -5.82% +14.67%

All Generic Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 114 210 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 18.33% 38.39% 30.29%
Number of salaries quoted 71 79 159
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,260 £25,200
25th Percentile £28,750 £41,875 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +27.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £60,625
90th Percentile £86,250 £90,850 £75,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -

Robotics
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Robotics job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Robotics
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Robotics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Robotics

Robotics
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Robotics in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Robotics in South Yorkshire

Robotics
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Robotics within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 10 January 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
Sheffield -9 6 £75,000 -18.92% 1
Robotics
Yorkshire

Robotics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 2 (33.33%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
General
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Robotics Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Product Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) QA Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior QA Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Robotics Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Software Product Manager
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Node.js
1 1 (16.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Augmented Reality
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) AI
1 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 2 (33.33%) Clean Code
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Insight
1 2 (33.33%) Motion Control
1 2 (33.33%) Motion Planning
1 2 (33.33%) Open Source
1 2 (33.33%) Product Management
1 2 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (33.33%) Product Strategy
1 2 (33.33%) Reinforcement Learning
1 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 2 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
1 2 (33.33%) User Experience
1 2 (33.33%) UX Design
2 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (16.67%) Product Requirements
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Functional Safety