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

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 629 611 853
Rank change year-on-year -18 +242 -201
Permanent jobs citing Robotics 278 409 388
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 164 247 142
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £34,070
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 £69,281 £87,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £90,000 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £50,845
% change year-on-year -1.82% +8.17% +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 35,071 43,122 75,189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.34% 42.74% 47.72%
Number of salaries quoted 23,068 23,475 33,975
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,508
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 £108,133 £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 11 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 11 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 -14 266 £55,000 -16.67% 264
UK excluding London +8 225 £54,000 -1.82% 231
East of England +62 55 £60,000 +9.09% 41
Work from Home -69 55 £55,000 -20.80% 111
South West -7 54 £50,750 -7.73% 30
South East -10 52 £47,500 -4.95% 92
London -5 51 £80,000 -0.37% 31
North of England -6 28 £45,000 -34.61% 47
Midlands +11 25 £47,500 +18.75% 27
East Midlands -7 13 £47,500 +18.75% 9
West Midlands +18 12 £47,500 +15.15% 18
Yorkshire +34 11 £82,500 +28.85% 24
North West +2 11 £45,000 -35.20% 19
Scotland -62 6 £70,576 +28.32% 9
North East - 6 £35,000 - 7
Wales +5 4 £35,000 -12.50% 1
Northern Ireland +20 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 12 (4.32%) 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 66 (23.74%) Electronics
3 35 (12.59%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (11.15%) Manufacturing
5 26 (9.35%) Presentation Skills
6 25 (8.99%) Finance
7 24 (8.63%) Marketing
8 23 (8.27%) Aerospace
8 23 (8.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (7.19%) Legal
9 20 (7.19%) Telecoms
10 18 (6.47%) Automotive
11 17 (6.12%) Banking
12 14 (5.04%) Aviation
12 14 (5.04%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (4.68%) Law
14 12 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (4.32%) Retail
15 9 (3.24%) Documentation Skills
16 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 27 (9.71%) Architect
6 26 (9.35%) Project Manager
7 21 (7.55%) Developer
8 19 (6.83%) Technical Leader
9 17 (6.12%) Engineering Manager
10 16 (5.76%) Deployment Manager
10 16 (5.76%) Solutions Architect
11 14 (5.04%) Deployment Project Manager
11 14 (5.04%) Programmer
12 12 (4.32%) 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%) SailPoint
6 9 (3.24%) Kafka
6 9 (3.24%) 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%) Spring
8 5 (1.80%) Web Services
9 4 (1.44%) Node.js
9 4 (1.44%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (1.44%) WebSockets
9 4 (1.44%) ZeroMQ
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%) Embedded Systems
4 13 (4.68%) Blockchain
4 13 (4.68%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (3.24%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.24%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.52%) Analogue Electronics
6 7 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.80%) Augmented Reality
7 5 (1.80%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.44%) Device Driver
8 4 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.44%) Marketing Technology
8 4 (1.44%) PMI
8 4 (1.44%) Smartphone
8 4 (1.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 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 83 (29.86%) Software Engineering
2 76 (27.34%) Agile
3 75 (26.98%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (23.38%) Artificial Intelligence
5 51 (18.35%) Project Management
6 40 (14.39%) Analytics
7 32 (11.51%) Customer Requirements
8 31 (11.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (11.15%) Machine Learning
9 29 (10.43%) Validation
10 28 (10.07%) Technical Leadership
11 27 (9.71%) Computer Science
12 25 (8.99%) Mentoring
13 23 (8.27%) DevOps
14 22 (7.91%) Customer Experience
14 22 (7.91%) Systems Engineering
15 21 (7.55%) Time Management
16 20 (7.19%) Product Management
17 19 (6.83%) Process Improvement
17 19 (6.83%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 57 (20.50%) Python
2 54 (19.42%) C++
3 47 (16.91%) C
4 25 (8.99%) 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
1 125 (44.96%) 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%) CCIE
10 1 (0.36%) CCNP
10 1 (0.36%) CCSP
10 1 (0.36%) CISA
10 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
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 23 (8.27%) Docker
2 5 (1.80%) Firmware
3 2 (0.72%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (4.68%) 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