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 £38,700 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 707 610 842
Rank change year-on-year -97 +232 +112
Permanent jobs requiring a Robotic Process Automation Developer 4 16 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.005% 0.039% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.044% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 17
10th Percentile £35,310 £32,500 £38,300
25th Percentile £35,775 £40,809 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,700 £50,445 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.28% +0.89% +5.26%
75th Percentile £47,300 £51,773 £65,000
90th Percentile £51,170 £52,539 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,600 £50,445 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.60% +0.89% +14.94%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 76,515 36,725 86,098
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 89.80% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 49,212 23,272 64,527
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,501
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -4.76%

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Robotic Process Automation Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Robotic Process Automation Developer job vacancy trend 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
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Robotic Process Automation Developer over the 6 months to 8 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Robotic Process Automation Developer 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 8 April 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
England -64 4 £38,700 -10.26% 2
UK excluding London -79 2 £45,600 -9.60% 2
North of England - 2 £45,600 -
London - 2 £35,000 -
Work from Home -12 1 £52,500 +4.07% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £52,500 -
North West - 1 £38,700 -

Robotic Process Automation Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 April 2026, Robotic Process Automation Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Robotic Process Automation Developer in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) UiPath
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Batch Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Blue Prism
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) GCP
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Pega
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Robotic Process Automation
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) VBA
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) WPF

Robotic Process Automation Developer Skill Set
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 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Law
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
1 1 (25.00%) Publishing
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (25.00%) Batch Scripting
1 1 (25.00%) Business Case
1 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (25.00%) DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (25.00%) Robotic Process Automation
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (25.00%) TDD
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) VBA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) UiPath
2 1 (25.00%) Blue Prism
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Pega