Robot Framework Contracts

Robot Framework
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Robot Framework skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Robot Framework over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 516 602 739
Rank change year-on-year +86 +137 -47
Contract jobs citing Robot Framework 59 80 99
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.14% 0.99% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 44 65
10th Percentile £383 £525 £403
25th Percentile £472 £559 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £600 £520
Median % change year-on-year -16.58% +15.38% -13.33%
75th Percentile £557 £613 £621
90th Percentile £575 £620 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -16.50% +20.00% +34.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 0
10th Percentile £62.00 £51.25 -
25th Percentile £64.38 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £57.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% - -
75th Percentile - £58.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £57.50 -
% change year-on-year +21.74% - -

All Development Application Skills
UK

Robot Framework is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,155 8,073 15,692
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.97% 14.40% 17.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,455 5,696 11,047
10th Percentile £351 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £457 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 226 201
10th Percentile £26.77 £44.82 £38.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £53.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +17.14% +8.81%
75th Percentile £70.00 £72.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £82.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +5.69% +11.82% +15.79%

Robot Framework
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Robot Framework in the UK

Robot Framework
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Robot Framework.

Daily rate trend for Robot Framework in the UK

Robot Framework
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Robot Framework over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Robot Framework in the UK

Robot Framework
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Robot Framework.

Hourly rate trend for Robot Framework in the UK

Robot Framework
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Robot Framework within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England +95 54 £501 -15.08% 8
UK excluding London +45 47 £501 -16.50% 8
South East +24 46 £501 -18.00% 5
London +96 7 £500 -15.25% 1
Work from Home +72 3 £500 -16.67% 4
South West 0 1 £550 +11.11% 1

Robot Framework
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 17 (28.81%) Confluence
2 9 (15.25%) Apache
2 9 (15.25%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (5.08%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (8.47%) CPLEX
Cloud Services
1 15 (25.42%) Azure
2 9 (15.25%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (10.17%) AWS
4 5 (8.47%) GCP
5 3 (5.08%) Entra ID
5 3 (5.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (30.51%) SNMP
1 18 (30.51%) Software-Defined Radio
2 9 (15.25%) BGP
2 9 (15.25%) Ethernet VPN
2 9 (15.25%) MPLS
2 9 (15.25%) VPN
3 8 (13.56%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.56%) MongoDB
1 8 (13.56%) NoSQL
1 8 (13.56%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (5.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 26 (44.07%) JIRA
2 18 (30.51%) Eclipse
2 18 (30.51%) Git
2 18 (30.51%) GoogleTest
3 16 (27.12%) Bitbucket
3 16 (27.12%) Selenium
4 15 (25.42%) GitLab
4 15 (25.42%) Sonatype Nexus
5 9 (15.25%) TestRail
6 5 (8.47%) Cucumber
7 4 (6.78%) SonarQube
8 1 (1.69%) Cypress.io
8 1 (1.69%) Jenkins
8 1 (1.69%) JMeter
8 1 (1.69%) MSI
General
1 10 (16.95%) Aerospace
2 9 (15.25%) Finance
3 7 (11.86%) Banking
4 6 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.69%) Advertising
5 1 (1.69%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.69%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (23.73%) Architect
2 13 (22.03%) Security Architect
3 12 (20.34%) C++ Software Engineer
3 12 (20.34%) Software Engineer
4 8 (13.56%) Test Engineer
5 7 (11.86%) Developer
5 7 (11.86%) Java Engineer
5 7 (11.86%) Java Software Engineer
6 6 (10.17%) Analyst
6 6 (10.17%) Network Engineer
7 5 (8.47%) Embedded C++ Engineer
7 5 (8.47%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
7 5 (8.47%) Embedded Engineer
7 5 (8.47%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 5 (8.47%) Python Developer
8 4 (6.78%) Solutions Analyst
9 3 (5.08%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 3 (5.08%) Azure Engineer
9 3 (5.08%) DevOps Engineer
9 3 (5.08%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (32.20%) CSS
1 19 (32.20%) HTML
2 9 (15.25%) NETCONF
2 9 (15.25%) REST
2 9 (15.25%) RESTCONF
2 9 (15.25%) SOAP
3 8 (13.56%) YANG
4 5 (8.47%) Django
4 5 (8.47%) Flask
4 5 (8.47%) Pandas
4 5 (8.47%) pytest
5 3 (5.08%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 15 (25.42%) PKI
2 6 (10.17%) Client/Server
3 3 (5.08%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.69%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 29 (49.15%) Linux
2 28 (47.46%) Windows
3 21 (35.59%) Windows Server
4 15 (25.42%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (10.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (6.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (91.53%) Agile
2 39 (66.10%) Scrum
3 37 (62.71%) Test Automation
4 23 (38.98%) Software Engineering
5 18 (30.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (28.81%) CI/CD
7 16 (27.12%) SysML
7 16 (27.12%) UML
8 15 (25.42%) DevOps
9 14 (23.73%) Prototyping
10 13 (22.03%) Validation
10 13 (22.03%) Verification and Validation
11 9 (15.25%) Containerisation
11 9 (15.25%) Integration Testing
11 9 (15.25%) Performance Testing
11 9 (15.25%) Regression Testing
11 9 (15.25%) Security Testing
11 9 (15.25%) Unit Testing
11 9 (15.25%) Workflow
12 8 (13.56%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 37 (62.71%) Python
2 22 (37.29%) PowerShell
3 20 (33.90%) JavaScript
4 17 (28.81%) C++
5 9 (15.25%) SQL
6 7 (11.86%) Java
7 6 (10.17%) VBScript
8 1 (1.69%) Bash
Qualifications
1 25 (42.37%) Security Cleared
2 9 (15.25%) DV Cleared
3 4 (6.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (6.78%) Degree
4 3 (5.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.86%) RMADS
System Software
1 22 (37.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (30.51%) Active Directory
3 16 (27.12%) Firmware
4 13 (22.03%) Docker
5 1 (1.69%) vCloud
5 1 (1.69%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (35.59%) Ansible
2 16 (27.12%) Terraform
3 5 (8.47%) Kubernetes
4 3 (5.08%) Netcool
4 3 (5.08%) Puppet
5 1 (1.69%) Nessus
5 1 (1.69%) WMI
Vendors
1 23 (38.98%) Google
1 23 (38.98%) VMware
2 17 (28.81%) Atlassian
3 4 (6.78%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.78%) Splunk
4 3 (5.08%) AppDynamics