CAE Contracts in England

Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring CAE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CAE over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 518 606
Rank change year-on-year +8 +88 +180
Contract jobs citing CAE 2 6 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.007% 0.018% 0.025%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.008% 0.021% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £414 - -
25th Percentile £416 - £51
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £405 £53
Median % change year-on-year +8.02% +671.43% -88.95%
75th Percentile £466 - £190
90th Percentile £471 - £436
UK median daily rate £438 £405 £53
% change year-on-year +8.02% +671.43% -88.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - +69.35%

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 25,098 28,614 39,819
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.80% 85.87% 89.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,006 18,616 27,813
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £405 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £756 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,431 1,648 1,371
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.16 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.46 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +3.61% +56.60%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £42.33
% change year-on-year -39.40% -1.95% +59.73%

CAE
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CAE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CAE in England

CAE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CAE in England.

Daily rate trend for CAE in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CAE in England.

Hourly rate trend for CAE in England

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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 14 August 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 - 2 £438 - 8
West Midlands - 2 £438 - 3
CAE
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Simulink
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Automotive
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Chemistry
1 2 (100.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 2 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 2 (100.00%) Statistics
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree