UiPath State of the Agentic Automation Professional Report 2025: What’s Changing, What’s Not, and Why It Matters
A comparative analysis of the 2024 vs. 2025 industry reports — and what the rise of “Agentic” means for your career.
The long-awaited UiPath ‘State of the Agentic Automation Professional’ 2025 report was released this month, and if you have gone through it, you’ll agree: it is packed with a wealth of information.
But raw data can be overwhelming. The obvious question is: How do we unpack this information and make it actionable for automation professionals and organizations?
To this end, I will be analyzing the 2025 report in a three-part series covering:
- What’s Changing, What’s Not, and Why It Matters (This Article)
- How Automation Professionals and Organizations Can Prepare for the Agentic Era in 2026
- Agentic Automation: Data-Based Predictions for 2026
Let’s start with the big picture.
Stagnancy, Shift, and Trend: A Comparative View
Using the 2024 edition as a baseline, we can clearly see the industry’s trajectory by looking at where we see stability, where we see shifts, and where new trends are emerging.
1. Stagnancy (What Stayed the Same)
- Demographics: The industry remains male-dominated (~78%) with a Millennial core.
- Industry Focus: Finance and Banking continue to lead the pack in automation building.
- Team Growth: Teams are still expanding. Companies reporting increased automation staffing rose from 61% (2024) to 64% (2025), and those “definitely or likely to hire” nudged up from 81% to 83%.
2. Shift (What is Moving)
- Work Setting: There is a noticeable migration toward consulting roles (up to 42% from prior years), likely driven by the need for cross-industry agentic solutioning and complex orchestration.
- Role Composition: The traditional “RPA Developer” title is declining (dropping from 59% to 44%) as new titles like LLM/AI Engineer and Agent Orchestrator emerge.
- The “Python Effect”: This is a massive shift. Python has moved to 1st place (69%), displacing SQL as the top programming language for automation professionals. This 16% year-over-year jump indicates that the skill set required to orchestrate agents is consolidating around the language of AI.
3. Trend (Where We Are Heading)
- From AI to Agentic: The narrative has fundamentally shifted from “adopting AI within RPA” to “orchestrating AI agents.” 74% of respondents say they are using or experimenting with agentic automation, and 80% of organizations have adopted it in some form.
- Professional Sentiment: Satisfaction metrics are ticking upward. “Organization values my work” moved to 85%, and career satisfaction hit 97%.
- Community Belonging: Identification with the community has intensified (78% → 89%), suggesting that as the tech gets more complex, the reliance on peer networks grows.
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The Two Major Standouts
If you only take two things away from this report, let them be these: The pivot to Agentic Automation and the dominance of Python.
1. The Pivot to Agentic Automation
The 2025 report defines a new era where automations are no longer just script-followers but decision-makers (“Agents”). Automation is no longer just Rules + ML; it is now Agents + Orchestration + Human Oversight. The data supports this: 72% of respondents have already used or experimented with Agentic Automation. This isn’t just hype — it’s anchored by 96% interest levels and 80% organizational adoption.
2. The Python Takeover
In 2024, Python sat at 53%. In 2025, it commands 69%. This is a significant outlier statistic. It signals that the “low-code only” era is evolving. The modern automation professional must be comfortable with the language of AI to effectively build and orchestrate agents.
Why This Matters: Work Reconfiguration
The implication of both standouts is a fundamental reconfiguration of our work.
- 51% of professionals now monitor autonomous systems.
- 48% collaborate directly with AI teams.
Job content is shifting away from purely building bots toward designing, orchestrating, and governing agents.
What’s Next? Now that we’ve established what is changing, the next step is figuring out how to position yourself to take advantage of it. Kindly share your thoughts in the comments section below.
Stay tuned for the next installment: How to Prepare for the Agentic Era: 4 Practical Takeaways for 2026.
You can download the full ‘State of the Agentic Automation Professional’ 2025 Report here.
