Finite Element Analysis Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Finite Element Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Finite Element Analysis 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.054% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.066% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £575 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Finite Element Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,515 1,099 1,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 81.98% 91.66% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 951 674 780
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £514 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.14% -6.59% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £733 £675 £698
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 41 74
10th Percentile £21.49 £14.75 £18.92
25th Percentile £57.50 £17.30 £44.13
Median hourly rate £83.00 £32.05 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +158.97% -47.97% +2.67%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.24 £72.18
90th Percentile £104.00 £87.25 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £22.29 £57.35
% change year-on-year +135.58% -61.14% +10.80%

Finite Element Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Finite Element Analysis relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Finite Element Analysis job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Finite Element Analysis
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finite Element Analysis within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Reading - 1 £575 - 2
Finite Element Analysis
South East

Finite Element Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Product Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stress Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared