Robot Operating System Job Trends in the West Midlands

Robot Operating System (ROS)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Robot Operating System skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Robot Operating System 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.019% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £85,000 £127,500 -
% change year-on-year -33.33% - -

All Operating Systems
West Midlands

Robot Operating System falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 307 715 564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.74% 17.42% 13.78%
Number of salaries quoted 232 244 510
10th Percentile £26,375 £30,825 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,688 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +9.20% -3.33%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £67,250 £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%

Robot Operating System
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Robot Operating System within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 January 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
Shropshire - 1 £55,000 - 1
Robot Operating System
England

Robot Operating System
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) OpenCV
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) CUDA
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Lidar
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Driving Car
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Vision
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Image Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mechatronics
1 1 (100.00%) Sensor Fusion
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD