SOLIDWORKS Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring SOLIDWORKS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SOLIDWORKS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.37% - -
As % of the Applications category 5.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £388 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £463 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £425 - -

All Software Application Skills
Bedfordshire

SOLIDWORKS falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 20 19 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 7.41% 13.29% 12.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 9
10th Percentile £57 £470 £193
25th Percentile £250 £500 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £350 £550 £500
90th Percentile £384 - -
East of England median daily rate £388 £370 £350
% change year-on-year +4.73% +5.71% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 14
10th Percentile - £29.36 -
25th Percentile - £29.89 £15.39
Median hourly rate £60.00 £30.78 £15.79
Median % change year-on-year +94.93% +94.93% -72.30%
75th Percentile £65.63 - £17.55
90th Percentile £73.75 - £20.46
East of England median hourly rate £18.82 £21.46 £31.14
% change year-on-year -12.30% -31.08% -15.84%

SOLIDWORKS
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SOLIDWORKS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

SOLIDWORKS job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

SOLIDWORKS
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing SOLIDWORKS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing SOLIDWORKS

SOLIDWORKS
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOLIDWORKS within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 6 February 2026. 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
Bedford - 1 £425 -
SOLIDWORKS
East of England

SOLIDWORKS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) CATIA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SWOT Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared