Robotic Control Job Trends

Robotic Control
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Robotic Control skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 720 644 867
Rank change year-on-year -76 +223 +50
Permanent jobs citing Robotic Control 10 6 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.011% 0.014% 0.003%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.015% 0.015% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 10 5 3
10th Percentile £69,250 - £47,500
25th Percentile £77,500 £125,000 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £150,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +172.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile - £175,000 £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 - £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +78.98%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Robotic Control 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 68,523 39,694 83,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.83% 93.27% 84.12%
Number of salaries quoted 44,541 20,818 60,168
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,875 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% -9.09%

Robotic Control
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Robotic Control relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Robotic Control job vacancy trend in the UK

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Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Robotic Control.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Robotic Control

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Robotic Control over the 6 months to 26 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Robotic Control in the UK

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Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Robotic Control within the UK over the 6 months to 26 May 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
England -67 10 £100,000 -33.33% 2
London -17 7 £100,000 -33.33% 1
East of England - 3 £70,000 - 1
UK excluding London - 3 £70,000 - 2

Robotic Control
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 7 (70.00%) Control Software Engineer
1 7 (70.00%) Python Engineer
1 7 (70.00%) Python Software Engineer
1 7 (70.00%) Robotics Software Engineer
1 7 (70.00%) Senior
1 7 (70.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
1 7 (70.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 7 (70.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Robotics Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Robotics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Robotics
2 3 (30.00%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (70.00%) AI
3 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (10.00%) Motion Planning
3 1 (10.00%) SDLC
3 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) C++
2 7 (70.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) HND
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Docker