Robot Operating System Job Trends

Robot Operating System (ROS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Robot Operating System skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 661 737 -
Rank change year-on-year +76 - -
Permanent jobs citing Robot Operating System 3 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.006% 0.003% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.053% 0.023% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 £51,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% - -
75th Percentile £43,750 £53,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,679 8,801 9,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.35% 12.98% 17.26%
Number of salaries quoted 4,046 5,143 7,406
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £45,050
% change year-on-year -21.05% +5.44% +0.11%

Robot Operating System
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Robot Operating System job vacancy trend in the UK

Robot Operating System
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Robot Operating System

Robot Operating System
Top 2 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 5 November 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
England +112 1 - - 40
London +51 1 - - 19

Robot Operating System
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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Field Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Robotics Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Software Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Robotics
2 2 (66.67%) Self-Driving Car
3 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Edge Computing
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Open Source
2 1 (33.33%) Product Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree