Robotic Process Automation Developer Jobs

Robotics Process Automation Developer (RPA Developer)
UK

The median Robotics Process Automation Developer (RPA Developer) salary in the UK is £41,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 July 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 711 881 900
Rank change year-on-year +170 +19 +350
Permanent jobs requiring a Robotic Process Automation Developer 10 26 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.024% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.025% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 7 26 22
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,625 £36,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £41,875 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £50,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +6.38% +4.44%
75th Percentile £51,773 £65,000 £54,688
90th Percentile - £74,375 £57,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,723 £50,000 £45,750
% change year-on-year -8.56% +9.29% +0.55%

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 52,512 102,387 81,388
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.85% 94.81% 91.21%
Number of salaries quoted 28,421 72,229 54,035
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £38,750 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year - -5.66% +4.95%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Robotic Process Automation Developer.

Salary trend for Robotic Process Automation Developer in the UK

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Robotic Process Automation Developer over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Robotic Process Automation Developer in the UK

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Top 8 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 2 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
UK excluding London +178 8 £45,723 -8.56% 18
Work from Home +121 8 £45,723 -3.74% 11
England +131 5 £35,000 -30.00% 15
Scotland - 4 £50,445 - 2
Midlands +70 3 £35,000 -20.00% 5
West Midlands +68 3 £35,000 -30.00% 4
London +90 1 - - 1
South East +89 1 £41,000 -3.53%

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

For the 6 months to 2 July 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 8 (80.00%) UiPath
2 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (70.00%) Blue Prism
2 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (60.00%) Power Automate
4 5 (50.00%) Generative AI
4 5 (50.00%) LLM
4 5 (50.00%) Robotic Process Automation
4 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (50.00%) Workflow
4 5 (50.00%) Java
4 5 (50.00%) Python
4 5 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (50.00%) Incident Management
5 4 (40.00%) Project Planning
5 4 (40.00%) Waterfall
5 4 (40.00%) Project Management
5 4 (40.00%) Google
5 4 (40.00%) Scrum
5 4 (40.00%) Agile
5 4 (40.00%) Banking
5 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (40.00%) VBA
5 4 (40.00%) HTML
5 4 (40.00%) Finance
5 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (40.00%) Change Control
5 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (40.00%) Collaborative Working

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 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Power Automate
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (20.00%) PowerApps
4 1 (10.00%) AWS
4 1 (10.00%) Azure
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Banking
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Games
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) HTML
2 1 (10.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) IVR
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 5 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 5 (50.00%) LLM
2 5 (50.00%) Robotic Process Automation
2 5 (50.00%) Workflow
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) Change Control
3 4 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 4 (40.00%) Project Management
3 4 (40.00%) Project Planning
3 4 (40.00%) Scrum
3 4 (40.00%) Waterfall
4 3 (30.00%) Test Automation
5 2 (20.00%) Numerical Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) Natural Language Processing
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Java
1 5 (50.00%) Python
2 4 (40.00%) VBA
3 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (10.00%) C#
4 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (10.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) UiPath
2 7 (70.00%) Blue Prism
3 4 (40.00%) Google
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) Automation Anywhere
4 2 (20.00%) Kofax
5 1 (10.00%) Citrix