Robotic Process Automation Jobs

Robotics Process Automation (RPA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Robotic Process Automation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Robotic Process Automation over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 578 797 724
Rank change year-on-year +219 -73 +40
Permanent jobs citing Robotic Process Automation 106 88 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.089% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.10% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 21 81 131
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,427
25th Percentile £49,118 £46,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,282 £55,000 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year -1.31% +0.22% +17.39%
75th Percentile £77,500 £62,200 £66,250
90th Percentile - £76,250 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,132 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.43% +7.00% +11.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Robotic Process Automation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Robotic Process Automation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Robotic Process Automation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Robotic Process Automation in the UK

Robotic Process Automation
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Robotic Process Automation in the UK

Robotic Process Automation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Robotic Process Automation over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Robotic Process Automation in the UK

Robotic Process Automation
Top 13 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +209 102 £60,252 +9.55% 47
UK excluding London +238 95 £51,132 -4.43% 29
Midlands +93 48 £53,688 -2.39% 6
West Midlands +83 48 £53,688 -2.39% 5
South East +144 35 - - 6
London +116 33 £75,000 +32.74% 23
Work from Home +156 17 £50,445 -10.72% 34
North of England +72 6 £45,155 -4.94% 8
Scotland +131 4 £50,445 +68.15% 4
North East +53 3 £60,504 -3.63%
South West +96 2 £53,051 -3.54% 2
Yorkshire +64 2 £25,000 -48.71% 1
North West +26 1 £37,500 +19.05% 7

Robotic Process Automation
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 1 (0.94%) Confluence
1 1 (0.94%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (7.55%) Chatbot
2 4 (3.77%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 22 (20.75%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.94%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.94%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 11 (10.38%) Power Automate
2 10 (9.43%) Azure
2 10 (9.43%) Power Platform
3 9 (8.49%) IBM Watson
4 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (0.94%) AWS
5 1 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.94%) GCP
5 1 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.94%) Serverless
5 1 (0.94%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.43%) Power BI
2 9 (8.49%) QlikView
2 9 (8.49%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.89%) Postman
2 1 (0.94%) JIRA
General
1 81 (76.42%) Finance
2 54 (50.94%) Retail
2 54 (50.94%) Telecoms
3 36 (33.96%) Social Skills
4 25 (23.58%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (20.75%) Games
5 22 (20.75%) Manufacturing
5 22 (20.75%) Marketing
6 21 (19.81%) Law
7 7 (6.60%) Local Government
8 5 (4.72%) Banking
8 5 (4.72%) Police
9 2 (1.89%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.94%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.94%) Legal
10 1 (0.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (30.19%) Risk Manager
1 32 (30.19%) Technology Risk Manager
2 26 (24.53%) Senior
3 23 (21.70%) Lead
4 13 (12.26%) Developer
5 12 (11.32%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
6 9 (8.49%) Analytics Manager
6 9 (8.49%) Audit Manager
6 9 (8.49%) Data Analytics Manager
6 9 (8.49%) Data Manager
7 7 (6.60%) Automation Developer
7 7 (6.60%) Robotics Developer
8 4 (3.77%) Analyst
8 4 (3.77%) Project Manager
9 2 (1.89%) Business Analyst
9 2 (1.89%) Product Manager
9 2 (1.89%) Senior Manager
9 2 (1.89%) Senior Risk Manager
9 2 (1.89%) Software Support Analyst
9 2 (1.89%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.60%) .NET
2 4 (3.77%) HTML
3 1 (0.94%) EDI
3 1 (0.94%) Node.js
3 1 (0.94%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 61 (57.55%) Robotics
2 55 (51.89%) Blockchain
3 22 (20.75%) Management Information System
4 7 (6.60%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.94%) CMDB
6 1 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (83.96%) Agile
2 79 (74.53%) Artificial Intelligence
3 56 (52.83%) Coaching
3 56 (52.83%) Mentoring
4 55 (51.89%) Analytics
4 55 (51.89%) Data Analytics
5 52 (49.06%) Creative Thinking
6 37 (34.91%) Project Delivery
7 29 (27.36%) Project Management
8 28 (26.42%) Risk Management
9 27 (25.47%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (24.53%) Change Management
11 23 (21.70%) ERP
11 23 (21.70%) IT Governance
12 22 (20.75%) Information Security
12 22 (20.75%) IT Audit
13 21 (19.81%) People Management
13 21 (19.81%) Process Improvement
14 20 (18.87%) Data Analysis
14 20 (18.87%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.21%) Python
2 12 (11.32%) SQL
3 11 (10.38%) JavaScript
4 9 (8.49%) R
5 7 (6.60%) C#
5 7 (6.60%) VB.NET
6 4 (3.77%) Java
6 4 (3.77%) VBA
7 2 (1.89%) VB
8 1 (0.94%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (20.75%) CISA
1 22 (20.75%) ISACA
2 21 (19.81%) PMI Certification
2 21 (19.81%) PMP
3 2 (1.89%) APMG
3 2 (1.89%) Degree
3 2 (1.89%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.89%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.94%) CITP
4 1 (0.94%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (0.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (42.45%) ITGC
2 10 (9.43%) QA
3 1 (0.94%) Basel III
3 1 (0.94%) GDPR
3 1 (0.94%) MiFID
3 1 (0.94%) P3O
3 1 (0.94%) PSD2
System Software
1 1 (0.94%) Docker
Vendors
1 41 (38.68%) SAP
2 22 (20.75%) Microsoft
2 22 (20.75%) Oracle
3 19 (17.92%) Concur
3 19 (17.92%) Workday
4 14 (13.21%) UiPath
5 9 (8.49%) Databricks
5 9 (8.49%) IBM
6 7 (6.60%) Blue Prism
7 6 (5.66%) Automation Anywhere
8 5 (4.72%) Google
9 2 (1.89%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.94%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.94%) FIS
10 1 (0.94%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.94%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.94%) PayPal
10 1 (0.94%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.94%) Temenos