OrCAD Contract Job Trends in England

Cadence Design Systems OrCAD
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring OrCAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 582 484 -
Rank change year-on-year -98 - -
Contract jobs citing OrCAD 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.005% 0.008% -
As % of the Applications category 0.078% 0.096% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 - -

All Software Application Skills
England

OrCAD 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,556 2,086 2,952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.36% 8.53% 7.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,490 1,232 1,485
10th Percentile £238 £188 £160
25th Percentile £340 £258 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -6.98%
75th Percentile £561 £550 £538
90th Percentile £675 £650 £657
UK median daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 286 230 585
10th Percentile £13.52 £14.20 £11.69
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.62 £14.00
Median hourly rate £20.35 £24.62 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.35% +40.70% -53.33%
75th Percentile £31.88 £44.88 £38.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £20.35 £23.59 £17.76
% change year-on-year -13.73% +32.83% -52.32%

OrCAD
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

OrCAD job vacancy trend in England

OrCAD
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OrCAD

OrCAD
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OrCAD

OrCAD
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 OrCAD within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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
East of England -31 2 £500 -
OrCAD
UK

OrCAD
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Hardware Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Platform Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) FPGA
1 1 (50.00%) PCIe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Electronic Design Automation
1 1 (50.00%) IC Design
1 1 (50.00%) Power Management
1 1 (50.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (50.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cadence