Robotic Process Automation Developer Contracts

Robotics Process Automation Developer (RPA Developer)
UK

The median Robotics Process Automation Developer (RPA Developer) daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 572 668 809
Rank change year-on-year +96 +141 -172
Contract jobs requiring a Robotic Process Automation Developer 4 16 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.028% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.030% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 20
10th Percentile £378 £339 £313
25th Percentile £400 £350 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £420 £488
Median % change year-on-year +13.10% -13.85% +21.88%
75th Percentile £553 £488 £538
90th Percentile £559 £515 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £425 £523
% change year-on-year -5.88% -18.66% +21.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.00
Median hourly rate - - £23.50
75th Percentile - - £29.06
90th Percentile - - £33.68
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £23.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,484 53,902 83,447
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.62% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,682 37,660 58,636
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,662 1,503 2,044
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.38 £15.76
Median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.44 £76.20 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Robotic Process Automation Developer in the UK

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Robotic Process Automation Developer over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Robotic Process Automation Developer in the UK

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Robotic Process Automation Developer in the UK

Robotic Process Automation Developer
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Robotic Process Automation Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home +113 3 £525 +36.36% 1
England +104 3 £425 +0.59% 2
UK excluding London +49 2 £400 -5.88% 2
London +98 1 £525 +36.36%
North of England +22 1 £375 -11.76% 1
North West +19 1 £375 -11.76% 1
South East - 1 £425 -

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Robotic Process Automation Developer contract 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 contract job ads featuring Robotic Process Automation Developer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Blue Prism
2 2 (50.00%) UiPath
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) CSS
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Kanban
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Robotic Process Automation
3 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Service Design
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps

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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Kanban
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Robotic Process Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Service Design
2 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Blue Prism
2 2 (50.00%) UiPath