Robotics
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Robotics in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Robotics over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 623 607 853
Rank change year-on-year -16 +246 -200
Permanent jobs citing Robotics 278 403 408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.41% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.79% 0.95% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 165 243 144
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £34,711
25th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,179 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.30% +6.08% +21.00%
75th Percentile £67,968 £89,852 £76,370
90th Percentile £81,250 £91,632 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,250 £58,000 £50,845
% change year-on-year -8.19% +14.07% +12.99%

All Generic Skills
UK

Robotics is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,145 42,330 76,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.18% 42.69% 47.89%
Number of salaries quoted 23,044 23,098 33,984
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,427 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £109,865 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Robotics
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Robotics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Robotics in the UK

Robotics
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Robotics.

Salary trend for Robotics in the UK

Robotics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Robotics over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Robotics in the UK

Robotics
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Robotics within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +6 267 £55,000 -20.08% 285
UK excluding London -15 227 £53,250 -8.19% 246
East of England +48 55 £60,000 +9.09% 46
South West -3 54 £50,000 -9.09% 35
South East -10 54 £44,739 -10.48% 91
Work from Home -78 53 £55,000 -20.80% 126
London -25 49 £85,000 +5.86% 42
North of England +10 28 £45,000 -34.61% 47
Midlands +9 26 £48,250 +20.63% 32
East Midlands +3 14 £53,101 +32.75% 15
West Midlands +19 12 £47,500 +15.15% 17
Yorkshire +38 11 £82,500 +28.85% 24
North West +2 11 £45,000 -35.20% 20
North East - 6 £35,000 - 6
Scotland -67 5 £70,576 +28.32% 8
Wales +5 4 £35,000 -12.50% 3
Northern Ireland +14 1 £56,000 +49.33%

Robotics
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 5 (1.80%) Appian
2 4 (1.44%) Apache
3 3 (1.08%) Confluence
4 1 (0.36%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (5.04%) Simulink
2 7 (2.52%) AutoCAD
2 7 (2.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.44%) Stateflow
4 3 (1.08%) Autodesk Inventor
4 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.72%) MadCap Flare
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.08%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.36%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 29 (10.43%) AWS
2 16 (5.76%) Azure
3 14 (5.04%) Power Platform
4 10 (3.60%) GCP
5 8 (2.88%) Power Automate
6 6 (2.16%) SaaS
7 5 (1.80%) GitHub
8 4 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.08%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.08%) Pulumi
9 3 (1.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 3 (1.08%) Slack
9 3 (1.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.72%) Oracle CX
11 1 (0.36%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.96%) 5G
2 8 (2.88%) SD-WAN
2 8 (2.88%) WAN
3 7 (2.52%) Ethernet
3 7 (2.52%) RS-232
4 6 (2.16%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.44%) MQTT
5 4 (1.44%) RS-485
5 4 (1.44%) Wireless
5 4 (1.44%) Wireshark
6 3 (1.08%) Firewall
6 3 (1.08%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.08%) LTE
6 3 (1.08%) SSL
7 2 (0.72%) DNS
8 1 (0.36%) 802.11
8 1 (0.36%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.36%) Network Security
8 1 (0.36%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.60%) Big Data
2 7 (2.52%) Power BI
3 4 (1.44%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.08%) Redis
5 2 (0.72%) Amazon QuickSight
5 2 (0.72%) Data Mining
5 2 (0.72%) MySQL
5 2 (0.72%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.72%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (9.35%) Git
2 16 (5.76%) Visual Studio
3 11 (3.96%) Subversion
4 10 (3.60%) JIRA
4 10 (3.60%) LabVIEW
5 9 (3.24%) Rational DOORS
6 6 (2.16%) Jenkins
7 4 (1.44%) Rational Rhapsody
8 3 (1.08%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.08%) GitLab
General
1 81 (29.14%) Social Skills
2 68 (24.46%) Electronics
3 35 (12.59%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (11.87%) Manufacturing
5 26 (9.35%) Marketing
6 25 (8.99%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (8.63%) Aerospace
8 23 (8.27%) Finance
8 23 (8.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (7.19%) Telecoms
10 19 (6.83%) Legal
11 18 (6.47%) Automotive
12 15 (5.40%) Banking
13 14 (5.04%) Aviation
14 13 (4.68%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (4.32%) Law
15 12 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
16 11 (3.96%) Retail
17 9 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (2.16%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 56 (20.14%) Software Engineer
2 38 (13.67%) Senior
3 32 (11.51%) Lead
4 29 (10.43%) Systems Engineer
5 25 (8.99%) Architect
5 25 (8.99%) Project Manager
6 21 (7.55%) Developer
7 19 (6.83%) Technical Leader
8 16 (5.76%) Engineering Manager
9 15 (5.40%) Deployment Manager
10 14 (5.04%) Applications Engineer
10 14 (5.04%) Programmer
10 14 (5.04%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (4.68%) Deployment Project Manager
12 10 (3.60%) Analyst
12 10 (3.60%) Automation Engineer
12 10 (3.60%) Consultant
12 10 (3.60%) Graduate
12 10 (3.60%) SailPoint Architect
12 10 (3.60%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.55%) .NET
2 18 (6.47%) .NET Framework
3 15 (5.40%) Qt
4 12 (4.32%) React
5 10 (3.60%) CSS
5 10 (3.60%) HTML
5 10 (3.60%) SailPoint
6 7 (2.52%) Kafka
6 7 (2.52%) Spring Boot
7 6 (2.16%) Middleware
7 6 (2.16%) scikit-learn
8 5 (1.80%) AngularJS
8 5 (1.80%) PyQt
8 5 (1.80%) PyTorch
8 5 (1.80%) Web Services
9 4 (1.44%) Node.js
9 4 (1.44%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (1.44%) TensorFlow
9 4 (1.44%) WebSockets
9 4 (1.44%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.71%) IoT
2 17 (6.12%) Onboarding
2 17 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (5.04%) Algorithms
3 14 (5.04%) Embedded Systems
4 13 (4.68%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (3.96%) Blockchain
5 11 (3.96%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.24%) Analogue Electronics
6 9 (3.24%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.80%) Augmented Reality
8 5 (1.80%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.44%) Device Driver
9 4 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.44%) Marketing Technology
9 4 (1.44%) PMI
9 4 (1.44%) Smartphone
9 4 (1.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (1.08%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 35 (12.59%) Linux
2 22 (7.91%) Windows
3 11 (3.96%) Ubuntu
3 11 (3.96%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.08%) Amazon Linux
4 3 (1.08%) Android
4 3 (1.08%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.08%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.72%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.72%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.36%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (29.50%) Software Engineering
2 74 (26.62%) Agile
3 73 (26.26%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (23.74%) Artificial Intelligence
5 52 (18.71%) Project Management
6 39 (14.03%) Analytics
7 34 (12.23%) Customer Requirements
8 31 (11.15%) Machine Learning
9 30 (10.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (10.43%) Validation
11 27 (9.71%) Computer Science
12 26 (9.35%) Technical Leadership
13 25 (8.99%) Mentoring
14 23 (8.27%) DevOps
15 22 (7.91%) Customer Experience
15 22 (7.91%) Product Management
15 22 (7.91%) Systems Engineering
16 21 (7.55%) Time Management
17 19 (6.83%) Software Architecture
18 18 (6.47%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 57 (20.50%) Python
2 56 (20.14%) C++
3 49 (17.63%) C
4 24 (8.63%) SQL
5 23 (8.27%) Java
5 23 (8.27%) JavaScript
6 19 (6.83%) MATLAB
7 11 (3.96%) C#
8 8 (2.88%) Bash
9 7 (2.52%) Embedded C
10 6 (2.16%) Go
11 5 (1.80%) Objective-C
11 5 (1.80%) PHP
12 4 (1.44%) Rust
13 3 (1.08%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.72%) Assembly Language
14 2 (0.72%) Dart
14 2 (0.72%) Embedded C++
14 2 (0.72%) Ladder Logic
14 2 (0.72%) Swift
Qualifications
1 126 (45.32%) Degree
2 30 (10.79%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.04%) Master's Degree
4 10 (3.60%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.16%) PhD
6 5 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.44%) HNC
7 4 (1.44%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.72%) CISM
9 2 (0.72%) CISSP
10 1 (0.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.36%) CCIE
10 1 (0.36%) CCNP
10 1 (0.36%) CCSP
10 1 (0.36%) CISA
10 1 (0.36%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.32%) PMO
2 10 (3.60%) QA
3 6 (2.16%) Def Stans
3 6 (2.16%) IEC 61508
4 4 (1.44%) SEPA
5 3 (1.08%) GDPR
6 2 (0.72%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.36%) GxP
7 1 (0.36%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 21 (7.55%) Docker
2 7 (2.52%) Firmware
3 4 (1.44%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (3.96%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.80%) SELinux
3 3 (1.08%) Grafana
3 3 (1.08%) Terraform
4 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.36%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 30 (10.79%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.24%) ServiceNow
3 8 (2.88%) BeyondTrust
3 8 (2.88%) CyberArk
4 5 (1.80%) Duck Creek
4 5 (1.80%) Guidewire
4 5 (1.80%) Pega
5 4 (1.44%) EMC
5 4 (1.44%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.44%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.44%) SAP
6 3 (1.08%) Conga
6 3 (1.08%) Facebook
6 3 (1.08%) Google
6 3 (1.08%) Oracle
6 3 (1.08%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (0.72%) NVIDIA
8 1 (0.36%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.36%) UiPath
8 1 (0.36%) Zscaler