Robot Operating System Jobs

Robot Operating System (ROS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Robot Operating System skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Robot Operating System over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 668 884 979
Rank change year-on-year +216 +95 +216
Permanent jobs citing Robot Operating System 16 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.001% 0.008%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.24% 0.007% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 £26,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £27,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +127.27% -26.67% -37.50%
75th Percentile £138,750 £28,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £165,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £27,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +127.27% -26.67% -23.08%

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 6,583 14,121 16,635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.62% 14.36% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,456 10,927 11,200
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,760 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,625 £80,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -

Robot Operating System
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Robot Operating System as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Robot Operating System in the UK

Robot Operating System
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Robot Operating System.

Salary trend for Robot Operating System in the UK

Robot Operating System
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Robot Operating System over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Robot Operating System in the UK

Robot Operating System
Top 8 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 30 April 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
Work from Home - 12 £62,500 - 7
England +199 11 £127,500 +363.64% 22
London - 9 £142,500 - 5
UK excluding London +213 7 £62,500 +127.27% 16
Scotland - 5 £62,500 -
North West - 1 £120,000 - 2
South East - 1 £45,000 - 3
North of England - 1 £120,000 - 7

Robot Operating System
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) Neo4j
1 5 (31.25%) NoSQL
2 1 (6.25%) Big Data
General
1 5 (31.25%) Manufacturing
2 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Electronics
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Marketing
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Robotics Software Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Senior
2 5 (31.25%) Senior Software Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Lead
4 1 (6.25%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Lead Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Robotics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) LangChain
1 5 (31.25%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 15 (93.75%) Robotics
2 6 (37.50%) Algorithms
3 5 (31.25%) Management Information System
4 3 (18.75%) Educational Technology
5 1 (6.25%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) Software Engineering
2 11 (68.75%) Artificial Intelligence
3 6 (37.50%) Machine Learning
4 5 (31.25%) Computer Science
4 5 (31.25%) Continuous Integration
4 5 (31.25%) Information Retrieval
4 5 (31.25%) Knowledge Management
4 5 (31.25%) LLM
4 5 (31.25%) OO
4 5 (31.25%) OOP
4 5 (31.25%) RDF
4 5 (31.25%) Remote Testing
4 5 (31.25%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
4 5 (31.25%) Semantic Search
4 5 (31.25%) Unit Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Computer Vision
5 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 4 (25.00%) Motion Planning
5 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (25.00%) Robotic Control
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) C++
2 10 (62.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) Degree
1 10 (62.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) SAP