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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 630 600 830
Rank change year-on-year -30 +230 -162
Permanent jobs citing Robotics 278 410 387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.41% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.79% 0.95% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 164 248 140
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,029 £61,750
Median % change year-on-year -14.10% +3.69% +23.50%
75th Percentile £70,969 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £90,000 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,500 £57,500 £50,845
% change year-on-year -5.22% +13.09% +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 35,065 43,146 75,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.34% 42.71% 47.68%
Number of salaries quoted 23,057 23,446 33,908
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,014 £34,513
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
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 £108,000 £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 10 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 10 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 +5 266 £55,000 -15.38% 256
UK excluding London -6 225 £54,500 -5.22% 224
Work from Home -87 56 £55,000 -20.80% 109
East of England +59 55 £60,000 +9.09% 38
South West +3 55 £51,500 -6.36% 30
South East -8 51 £47,500 -4.95% 91
London -13 51 £80,000 -0.37% 29
North of England +3 28 £45,000 -34.61% 44
Midlands +2 25 £47,500 +18.75% 29
East Midlands -5 13 £47,500 +18.75% 9
West Midlands +7 12 £47,500 +15.15% 20
Yorkshire +40 11 £82,500 +28.85% 23
North West 0 11 £45,000 -35.20% 20
Scotland -62 6 £70,576 +28.32% 7
North East - 6 £35,000 - 4
Wales +5 4 £35,000 -12.50% 1
Northern Ireland +15 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%) Internet
8 1 (0.36%) Network Security
8 1 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.68%) 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 83 (29.86%) Social Skills
2 65 (23.38%) Electronics
3 35 (12.59%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (11.15%) Manufacturing
5 27 (9.71%) Presentation Skills
6 26 (9.35%) Finance
7 23 (8.27%) Aerospace
7 23 (8.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (8.27%) Marketing
8 20 (7.19%) Legal
8 20 (7.19%) Telecoms
9 18 (6.47%) Automotive
9 18 (6.47%) Banking
10 14 (5.04%) Aviation
10 14 (5.04%) Influencing Skills
11 13 (4.68%) Law
11 13 (4.68%) Retail
12 12 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
14 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 28 (10.07%) Architect
6 26 (9.35%) Project Manager
7 21 (7.55%) Developer
8 19 (6.83%) Technical Leader
9 17 (6.12%) Engineering Manager
9 17 (6.12%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (5.76%) Deployment Manager
11 14 (5.04%) Deployment Project Manager
11 14 (5.04%) Programmer
12 11 (3.96%) Applications Engineer
13 10 (3.60%) Analyst
13 10 (3.60%) Consultant
13 10 (3.60%) Graduate
13 10 (3.60%) SailPoint Architect
13 10 (3.60%) Senior Manager
14 9 (3.24%) Project Leader
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%) Kafka
5 10 (3.60%) SailPoint
5 10 (3.60%) Spring Boot
6 6 (2.16%) Middleware
6 6 (2.16%) scikit-learn
7 5 (1.80%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.80%) PyQt
7 5 (1.80%) PyTorch
7 5 (1.80%) Spring
7 5 (1.80%) Web Services
8 4 (1.44%) ActiveMQ
8 4 (1.44%) Django
8 4 (1.44%) JSON
8 4 (1.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.71%) IoT
2 18 (6.47%) Onboarding
2 18 (6.47%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (5.04%) Algorithms
3 14 (5.04%) Blockchain
3 14 (5.04%) Embedded Systems
4 13 (4.68%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (3.24%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.88%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (2.16%) Analogue Electronics
9 5 (1.80%) Augmented Reality
9 5 (1.80%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.44%) Device Driver
10 4 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.44%) Marketing Technology
10 4 (1.44%) PMI
10 4 (1.44%) Smartphone
10 4 (1.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 3 (1.08%) Life Science
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 84 (30.22%) Software Engineering
2 76 (27.34%) Agile
2 76 (27.34%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (23.02%) Artificial Intelligence
4 50 (17.99%) Project Management
5 40 (14.39%) Analytics
6 31 (11.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (11.15%) Customer Requirements
6 31 (11.15%) Machine Learning
7 29 (10.43%) Technical Leadership
7 29 (10.43%) Validation
8 27 (9.71%) Computer Science
9 25 (8.99%) Mentoring
10 23 (8.27%) DevOps
11 22 (7.91%) Customer Experience
11 22 (7.91%) Systems Engineering
12 21 (7.55%) Time Management
13 19 (6.83%) Process Improvement
13 19 (6.83%) Product Management
13 19 (6.83%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 57 (20.50%) Python
2 53 (19.06%) C++
3 46 (16.55%) C
4 26 (9.35%) Java
5 24 (8.63%) SQL
6 23 (8.27%) JavaScript
7 19 (6.83%) MATLAB
8 11 (3.96%) C#
9 8 (2.88%) Bash
10 7 (2.52%) Embedded C
11 6 (2.16%) Go
12 5 (1.80%) Objective-C
12 5 (1.80%) PHP
13 4 (1.44%) Rust
14 3 (1.08%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.72%) Ada
15 2 (0.72%) BeanShell
15 2 (0.72%) Dart
15 2 (0.72%) R
15 2 (0.72%) Swift
Qualifications
1 124 (44.60%) 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%) DV Cleared
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 24 (8.63%) Docker
2 4 (1.44%) Firmware
3 1 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (5.04%) 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
4 5 (1.80%) SAP
5 4 (1.44%) EMC
5 4 (1.44%) OpenAI
5 4 (1.44%) Salesforce
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%) Rockwell
8 1 (0.36%) Zscaler