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 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 652 736 -
Rank change year-on-year +84 - -
Permanent jobs citing Robot Operating System 2 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.004% 0.010% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.039% 0.068% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £56,125 -
25th Percentile £97,500 £63,438 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £97,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +17.95% - -
75th Percentile £132,500 £136,875 -
90th Percentile - £140,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £115,000 £120,000 -
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -

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 5,119 8,845 8,717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.08% 14.24% 17.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,835 5,223 7,214
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,991 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% +5.56% -

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 5 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 10 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
England +99 2 £115,000 +17.95% 22
UK excluding London +92 1 £115,000 -4.17% 21
Work from Home +80 1 £115,000 +119.05% 5
London +66 1 - - 1
South East - 1 £115,000 - 4

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Kinematics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Modbus
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Robotics Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Robotics
2 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Control Theory
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Edge Computing
2 1 (50.00%) Mechatronics
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Model Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Product Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) NVIDIA