Finite Element Analysis Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Finite Element Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 400 - 409
Rank change year-on-year - - +97
Contract jobs citing Finite Element Analysis 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% - 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.013% - 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £53 - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - -53.57%
75th Percentile - - £338
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £53 - £375
% change year-on-year - - -46.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,404 13,603 17,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 86.94% 85.55% 88.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,397 7,819 11,583
10th Percentile £215 £243 £250
25th Percentile £369 £382 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,732 872 1,262
10th Percentile £14.35 £15.10 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £19.54 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.85 £32.50 £43.83
Median % change year-on-year -29.69% -25.84% +37.15%
75th Percentile £45.46 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £72.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year -23.79% -24.14% +24.29%

Finite Element Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Finite Element Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Finite Element Analysis
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Finite Element Analysis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Finite Element Analysis

Finite Element Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Finite Element Analysis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Finite Element Analysis

Finite Element Analysis
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 Finite Element Analysis within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
East of England - 1 £53 -
South West - 1 - -
Finite Element Analysis
UK

Finite Element Analysis
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) NASTRAN
1 1 (50.00%) PTC Creo
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens NX
1 1 (50.00%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Mechanical Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Mechanical Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Stress Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CAD
1 2 (100.00%) PLM
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Product Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Stress Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) Tcl
1 1 (50.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ANSYS
1 1 (50.00%) EMC
1 1 (50.00%) PTC
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens