Cadence Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cadence
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring knowledge or experience of Cadence products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cadence over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Cadence Design Systems.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 383 348 404
Rank change year-on-year -35 +56 +93
Contract jobs citing Cadence 6 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.040% 0.010%
As % of the Vendors category 0.070% 0.087% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £405 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -27.68% -
UK median daily rate £450 £405 £560
% change year-on-year +11.11% -27.68% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
Median hourly rate £69.65 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% - -
UK median hourly rate £69.65 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year -0.50% - -

All Vendors
UK excluding London

Cadence falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,526 6,860 9,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 46.88% 45.94% 47.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,521 4,098 5,875
10th Percentile £220 £213 £210
25th Percentile £375 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.01%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 672 370 524
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.22 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.50 £16.94 £18.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £26.81 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% -40.69% +104.02%
75th Percentile £43.84 £62.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £74.99
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £29.00 £45.11
% change year-on-year -17.84% -35.71% +76.74%

Cadence
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cadence relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Cadence job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cadence
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cadence.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cadence

Cadence
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cadence.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cadence

Cadence
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cadence within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
South East - 4 - - 1
East of England -22 2 - - 1
Cadence
UK

Cadence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Designer
2 4 (66.67%) PCB Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Design Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Physical Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) FPGA
2 1 (16.67%) Mali
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Design for Manufacturing
1 4 (66.67%) Design for Test
2 1 (16.67%) Electronic Design Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Feasibility Study
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Perl
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) HND
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Synopsys