Robotic Process Automation Developer Job Trends

Robotics Process Automation Developer (RPA Developer)
UK

The median Robotics Process Automation Developer (RPA Developer) salary in the UK is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 656 776 762
Rank change year-on-year +120 -14 +380
Permanent jobs requiring a Robotic Process Automation Developer 20 20 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.040% 0.026% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.027% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 19 18 14
10th Percentile £33,300 £25,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,313 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,750 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -10.26% -2.50%
75th Percentile £46,250 £63,750 £56,563
90th Percentile - £71,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,753 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.29% -14.21% -5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 44,338 74,395 56,728
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.65% 95.25% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 26,053 44,780 43,966
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Robotic Process Automation Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Robotic Process Automation Developer in the UK

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Robotic Process Automation Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Robotic Process Automation Developer job vacancies in the UK

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Robotic Process Automation Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 September 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 +109 19 £42,500 -5.56% 6
Work from Home +89 19 £42,500 +0.59% 3
UK excluding London +114 12 £42,500 +4.29% 2
South East +59 10 £42,500 - 1
London +67 7 £42,500 -29.17% 4
Midlands +50 2 £35,000 -11.96% 1
West Midlands +46 2 £35,000 -16.68% 1

Robotic Process Automation Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Robotic Process Automation Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Robotic Process Automation Developer in the job title.

1 17 (85.00%) Blue Prism
2 16 (80.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 16 (80.00%) SQL
3 15 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 15 (75.00%) Finance
3 15 (75.00%) Agile
3 15 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 15 (75.00%) Greenfield Project
3 15 (75.00%) Power Platform
3 15 (75.00%) Roadmaps
3 15 (75.00%) Intelligent Automation
4 4 (20.00%) UiPath
5 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (15.00%) Test Automation
6 2 (10.00%) Kofax
6 2 (10.00%) Games
6 2 (10.00%) PowerApps
6 2 (10.00%) Power Automate
6 2 (10.00%) Automation Anywhere
6 2 (10.00%) Numerical Analysis
7 1 (5.00%) Generative AI
7 1 (5.00%) LLM
7 1 (5.00%) Conversational UI
7 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (5.00%) IVR
7 1 (5.00%) Service Delivery
7 1 (5.00%) Workflow
7 1 (5.00%) Workflow Management
7 1 (5.00%) Incident Management

Robotic Process Automation Developer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 15 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.00%) Power Automate
2 2 (10.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (5.00%) AWS
3 1 (5.00%) Azure
General
1 15 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Games
4 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 15 (75.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (5.00%) IVR
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 15 (75.00%) Agile
2 15 (75.00%) Intelligent Automation
2 15 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 15 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (15.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (10.00%) Numerical Analysis
5 1 (5.00%) Chat Support
5 1 (5.00%) Conversational UI
5 1 (5.00%) CRM
5 1 (5.00%) Generative AI
5 1 (5.00%) Incident Management
5 1 (5.00%) Natural Language Processing
5 1 (5.00%) OCR
5 1 (5.00%) Robotic Process Automation
5 1 (5.00%) Sentiment Analysis
5 1 (5.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.00%) Workflow
5 1 (5.00%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (80.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) C#
2 1 (5.00%) Java
2 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.00%) Python
2 1 (5.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 17 (85.00%) Blue Prism
2 15 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (20.00%) UiPath
4 2 (10.00%) Automation Anywhere
4 2 (10.00%) Kofax
5 1 (5.00%) Citrix