CAE Contract Job Trends in England

Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring CAE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 540 499 558
Rank change year-on-year -41 +59 +178
Contract jobs citing CAE 2 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.006% 0.017% 0.013%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.007% 0.019% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% - +21.21%
UK median daily rate £300 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -50.00% +20.00% +1.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,756 25,643 33,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.83% 88.51% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,663 15,859 22,544
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,804 849 1,407
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%
75th Percentile £54.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £74.89 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

CAE
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CAE job vacancy trend in England

CAE
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CAE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CAE

CAE
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CAE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CAE

CAE
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAE within the England region over the 6 months to 18 December 2025. 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
Midlands -38 2 £300 -50.00% 5
West Midlands -32 1 £300 -50.00% 2
East Midlands - 1 - - 3
CAE
UK

CAE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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%) CATIA
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens NX
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CAD
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) PLM
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens