CAE Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE)
England > East Midlands

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CAE 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.20% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £400 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

CAE 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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 836 434 600
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 81.72% 85.77% 78.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 296 409
10th Percentile £199 £200 £188
25th Percentile £362 £317 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.18% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £523 £550
90th Percentile £625 £588 £625
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 21 63
10th Percentile £13.54 £13.81 £11.83
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.63 £14.00
Median hourly rate £21.97 £21.59 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +23.37% +3.34%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £26.50
90th Percentile £30.25 £33.75 £51.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +15.38% -1.52% -13.95%

CAE
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CAE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

CAE job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

CAE
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CAE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CAE

CAE
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAE within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 April 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
Derbyshire - 1 - -
Nottinghamshire - 1 £500 - 1
CAE
England

CAE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (50.00%) Siemens NX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Document Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Information Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CAD
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Document Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) PLM
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Autodesk
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens