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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 779 687 803
Rank change year-on-year -92 +116 -4
Permanent jobs citing Robot Operating System 7 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.007% 0.010% 0.001%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.11% 0.072% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 1
10th Percentile £48,500 - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £41,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £43,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +48.57% -16.67% +40.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £53,750
90th Percentile - £129,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £45,000 -
% change year-on-year +44.44% - -

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 6,372 6,911 10,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.93% 13.85% 12.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4,768 4,602 7,316
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £34,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £48,925
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -14.15% -6.81%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £38,325 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.89% -14.83% -2.17%

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
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Robot Operating System over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Robot Operating System in the UK

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 20 August 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
UK excluding London -90 7 £65,000 +44.44% 11
England -92 7 £65,000 -33.33% 13
East of England - 4 £70,000 - 5
South East -31 3 £55,000 +22.22% 5
Work from Home -23 1 £45,000 - 2

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) GitHub
1 1 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) PetaLinux
2 1 (14.29%) Git
2 1 (14.29%) GitLab
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Embedded Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Linux Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Senior
1 3 (42.86%) Senior Embedded Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Senior Linux Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Robotics Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Support
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) Yocto
2 2 (28.57%) QML
2 2 (28.57%) Qt
3 1 (14.29%) Node.js
3 1 (14.29%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Robotics
2 4 (57.14%) Algorithms
3 3 (42.86%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (42.86%) FPGA
4 1 (14.29%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
2 3 (42.86%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Debian
3 1 (14.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
3 3 (42.86%) Signal Processing
3 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
3 3 (42.86%) UML
3 3 (42.86%) Unit Testing
4 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 2 (28.57%) Mechatronics
4 2 (28.57%) OO
4 2 (28.57%) OOP
4 2 (28.57%) Sensor Fusion
4 2 (28.57%) Software Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Validation
5 1 (14.29%) AI
5 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
5 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
5 1 (14.29%) Edge Computing
5 1 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (14.29%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) C++
2 4 (57.14%) Python
3 3 (42.86%) C
3 3 (42.86%) MATLAB
4 1 (14.29%) Bash
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (14.29%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) NVIDIA