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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 720 903 914
Rank change year-on-year +183 +11 +347
Permanent jobs citing Robot Operating System 8 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.002% 0.004%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.11% 0.014% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile £41,250 £28,750 -
25th Percentile £43,125 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% +6.67% -21.05%
75th Percentile £116,875 £47,500 £38,750
90th Percentile £169,000 £51,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £27,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +127.27% -26.67% -21.05%

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 7,319 14,080 14,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.36% 13.10% 16.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4,552 10,563 10,181
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,250 £46,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% -12.38% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £71,175
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -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 4 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Robot Operating System in the UK

Robot Operating System
Top 6 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 4 July 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 +147 4 £150,000 +275.00% 46
Work from Home +125 4 £62,500 +19.05% 13
UK excluding London +193 3 £62,500 +127.27% 27
London +110 3 £150,000 +185.71% 20
Scotland - 2 £62,500 - 1
South East - 1 £45,000 - 15

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 2 (25.00%) Kinematics
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Big Data
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Electronics
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Robotics Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Field Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Robotics Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Robotics
2 4 (50.00%) Algorithms
3 2 (25.00%) Self-Driving Car
4 1 (12.50%) Educational Technology
4 1 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Vision
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (25.00%) Control Theory
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) Motion Planning
3 2 (25.00%) OO
3 2 (25.00%) OOP
3 2 (25.00%) Remote Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Robotic Control
3 2 (25.00%) SDLC
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Software Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Unit Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) CAD
4 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C++
2 5 (62.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) SAP