CUDA Contract Job Trends in the South West

NVIDIA CUDA
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CUDA in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CUDA over the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 - 151
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CUDA 6 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.28% - 0.064%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.89% - 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £58 - £550
75th Percentile £61 - £575
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 £500 £650
% change year-on-year +15.00% -23.08% +127.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £62.38 - -
25th Percentile £64.06 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile £72.00 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Generic Skills
South West

CUDA falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 673 649 909
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 31.90% 27.08% 28.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 403 364 646
10th Percentile £223 £208 £265
25th Percentile £360 £431 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £672 £669
90th Percentile £715 £720 £725
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 56 61
10th Percentile £6.00 £15.01 £15.16
25th Percentile £15.48 £35.94 £31.05
Median hourly rate £23.50 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.43% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £63.75 - £83.40
90th Percentile £73.00 £75.00 -
England median hourly rate £28.13 £47.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -40.79% +6.74% +64.94%

CUDA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

CUDA job vacancy trend in the South West

CUDA
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing CUDA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing CUDA

CUDA
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing CUDA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing CUDA

CUDA
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CUDA in the South West over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CUDA in the South West

CUDA
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CUDA within the South West region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Bristol - 6 £58 - 7
CUDA
England

CUDA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (16.67%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (16.67%) CMake
2 1 (16.67%) Git
2 1 (16.67%) GoogleTest
General
1 1 (16.67%) Law
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (16.67%) OpenCV
1 1 (16.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Raspberry Pi
1 1 (16.67%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Android
2 1 (16.67%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 4 (66.67%) UML
3 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 2 (33.33%) OO
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 1 (16.67%) DevOps
5 1 (16.67%) Digital Signal Processing
5 1 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
5 1 (16.67%) Memory Management
5 1 (16.67%) OOD
5 1 (16.67%) OOP
5 1 (16.67%) Sensor Fusion
5 1 (16.67%) Signal Processing
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) C
2 2 (33.33%) MATLAB
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded C++
3 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) NVIDIA
2 1 (16.67%) Google