Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Finite Element Analysis skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Finite Element Analysis over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 148 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +10 |
| Contract jobs citing Finite Element Analysis | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | - | - | 0.035% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.038% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | - | - | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley
Finite Element Analysis 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 the Thames Valley.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 1,379 | 2,298 | 2,598 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 92.86% | 87.01% | 91.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 836 | 1,292 | 1,800 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £213 | £320 |
| 25th Percentile | £412 | £370 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £600 | £601 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £688 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £501 | £510 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.20% | -1.76% | +2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 57 | 168 | 63 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £14.25 | £18.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.30 | £19.25 | £23.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.05 | £45.00 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -28.78% | -14.29% | +200.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £63.72 | £66.21 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.31 | £85.65 | £79.19 |
| South East median hourly rate | £28.00 | £47.50 | £49.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -41.05% | -4.04% | +130.23% |
Finite Element Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Job postings citing Finite Element Analysis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
Finite Element Analysis
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Finite Element Analysis in the Thames Valley.