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 1 November 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 652 721 729
Rank change year-on-year +69 +8 +344
Permanent jobs requiring a Robotic Process Automation Developer 24 21 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.048% 0.031% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.032% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 23 18 11
10th Percentile - £25,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,313 £42,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £46,250 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile - £71,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £42,253 £46,250
% change year-on-year +0.59% -8.64% -7.50%

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 45,461 64,621 51,766
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.20% 95.05% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 27,361 36,679 40,142
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,650
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% -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
Top 5 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 1 November 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 +96 23 £42,500 -11.69% 4
Work from Home +61 23 £42,500 - 1
UK excluding London +56 13 £42,500 +0.59% 1
South East +39 13 £42,500 -
London +50 10 £42,500 -29.17% 3

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

For the 6 months to 1 November 2025, 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 23 (95.83%) Blue Prism
2 22 (91.67%) AI
2 22 (91.67%) SQL
3 21 (87.50%) Agile
3 21 (87.50%) Intelligent Automation
3 21 (87.50%) Microsoft
3 21 (87.50%) Power Platform
3 21 (87.50%) Roadmaps
3 21 (87.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (12.50%) UiPath
5 2 (8.33%) Automation Anywhere
6 1 (4.17%) .NET
6 1 (4.17%) AWS
6 1 (4.17%) Azure
6 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (4.17%) C#
6 1 (4.17%) Chat Support
6 1 (4.17%) Chatbot
6 1 (4.17%) Citrix
6 1 (4.17%) Conversational UI
6 1 (4.17%) CRM
6 1 (4.17%) Generative AI
6 1 (4.17%) Incident Management
6 1 (4.17%) Java
6 1 (4.17%) LLM
6 1 (4.17%) Natural Language Processing
6 1 (4.17%) OCR
6 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
6 1 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (4.17%) Python

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:

Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 21 (87.50%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.17%) AWS
2 1 (4.17%) Azure
General
1 21 (87.50%) Finance
2 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (4.17%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 21 (87.50%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.17%) IVR
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (91.67%) AI
2 21 (87.50%) Agile
2 21 (87.50%) Intelligent Automation
2 21 (87.50%) Roadmaps
2 21 (87.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (4.17%) Chat Support
3 1 (4.17%) Conversational UI
3 1 (4.17%) CRM
3 1 (4.17%) Generative AI
3 1 (4.17%) Incident Management
3 1 (4.17%) LLM
3 1 (4.17%) Natural Language Processing
3 1 (4.17%) OCR
3 1 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (4.17%) Robotic Process Automation
3 1 (4.17%) Sentiment Analysis
3 1 (4.17%) Service Delivery
3 1 (4.17%) Test Automation
3 1 (4.17%) Workflow
3 1 (4.17%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (91.67%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) C#
2 1 (4.17%) Java
2 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.17%) Python
2 1 (4.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) QA
Vendors
1 23 (95.83%) Blue Prism
2 21 (87.50%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.50%) UiPath
4 2 (8.33%) Automation Anywhere
5 1 (4.17%) Citrix