SOLIDWORKS Contract Job Trends in the South East

Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS
England > South East

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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 - 209
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
Contract jobs citing SOLIDWORKS 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.044% - 0.038%
As % of the Applications category 0.52% - 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 - £250
75th Percentile - - £275
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £180 £285 £375
% change year-on-year -36.84% -24.00% -

All Software Application Skills
South East

SOLIDWORKS 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 385 271 515
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 8.47% 8.39% 9.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 138 315
10th Percentile £206 £170 £148
25th Percentile £311 £241 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £414 £300
Median % change year-on-year +14.80% +37.92% -14.59%
75th Percentile £536 £498 £499
90th Percentile £610 £560 £597
England median daily rate £450 £409 £400
% change year-on-year +10.02% +2.25% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 18 58
10th Percentile £12.50 £17.98 £11.84
25th Percentile £12.55 £24.75 £14.00
Median hourly rate £15.50 £35.00 £19.38
Median % change year-on-year -55.71% +80.65% -39.28%
75th Percentile £22.50 £43.75 £31.94
90th Percentile £29.61 £54.35 £56.95
England median hourly rate £19.08 £26.50 £21.12
% change year-on-year -27.99% +25.50% -36.02%

SOLIDWORKS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

SOLIDWORKS job vacancy trend in the South East

SOLIDWORKS
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SOLIDWORKS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SOLIDWORKS

SOLIDWORKS
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SOLIDWORKS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SOLIDWORKS

SOLIDWORKS
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOLIDWORKS within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 January 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
Kent - 2 £180 -
SOLIDWORKS
England

SOLIDWORKS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Unreal Engine
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft