Robot Operating System Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Robot Operating System (ROS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Robot Operating System skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Robot Operating System 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.025% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £97,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 - -
75th Percentile £132,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £115,000 - -

All Operating Systems
Thames Valley

Robot Operating System falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 307 513 671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.75% 14.56% 21.54%
Number of salaries quoted 250 315 560
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,350 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,281 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% -5.00% +15.61%
75th Percentile £50,000 £61,500 £59,380
90th Percentile £68,750 £76,500 £71,025
South East median annual salary £41,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.00% +11.11% -

Robot Operating System
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Robot Operating System relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Robot Operating System job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Robot Operating System
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Robot Operating System.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Robot Operating System

Robot Operating System
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Robot Operating System within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 22 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
Oxfordshire - 1 £115,000 - 1
Robot Operating System
South East

Robot Operating System
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (100.00%) Kinematics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Control Theory
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mechatronics
1 1 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) NVIDIA