308 jobs (use cases)
Whirrwork Research report 4 · First edition (October 2026)
Can you actually hire it? The share of robot jobs with listed providers
99.7% of tracked robot jobs have at least one listed provider, but only 34% have five or more.
Published · Data release 2026-10 · Sample: 308 jobs; 681 providers.
Key findings
- 307 of 308 jobs have at least one listed provider.
- 106 jobs (34%) have five or more; 71 jobs depend on a single listed provider.
Citable figures from this report
99.7% percent of jobs
99.7% of the robot jobs Whirrwork tracks (307 of 308) have at least one listed provider.
34% percent of jobs
34% of the robot jobs Whirrwork tracks (106 of 308) have five or more listed providers.
Methodology
Sources. Public web pages only: provider websites and published rate cards, public tenders, extension-service and regulator publications. Every price row links to the page that states it, with the date that page gives (as_of).
Units. A job (use case) is one kind of robot work a buyer can hire or buy, such as drone crop spraying. A price point is one sourced price row: a published price or range, in its original currency and unit.
Exclusions. No estimates, no prices from private quotes, and no demand data. Currency is never converted in these figures.
Sample. 308 jobs; 681 providers. Data as of Oct 25, 2026, frozen in release 2026-10.
Caveats
- Jobs are added to the directory because someone offers them, so near-100% coverage is expected; depth is the useful measure.
- A listed provider may not serve the buyer's country.
Demand data (what people search for and request) is still too small to publish responsibly. We will add it when the sample supports it.
Data table
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| Providers | Jobs |
|---|---|
| 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 71 |
| 2–4 | 130 |
| 5–9 | 73 |
| 10+ | 33 |
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Whirrwork. (2026, October 25). Can you actually hire it? The share of robot jobs with listed providers [Report]. Whirrwork Research. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://whirrwork.com/research/reports/robot-jobs-with-providers-2026-10/Chicago
Whirrwork. “Can you actually hire it? The share of robot jobs with listed providers.” Whirrwork Research. Published October 25, 2026. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://whirrwork.com/research/reports/robot-jobs-with-providers-2026-10/.MLA
“Can you actually hire it? The share of robot jobs with listed providers.” Whirrwork Research, Whirrwork, 25 Oct. 2026, whirrwork.com/research/reports/robot-jobs-with-providers-2026-10/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.BibTeX
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