SOLIDWORKS Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SOLIDWORKS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 - 397
Rank change year-on-year - - +62
Contract jobs citing SOLIDWORKS 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.022% - 0.005%
As % of the Applications category 0.29% - 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £180 - £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £245 - £250
75th Percentile £352 - £275
90th Percentile £418 - -
UK median daily rate £245 £260 £250
% change year-on-year -5.77% +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28.25 - -
Median hourly rate £30.50 - -
75th Percentile £32.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £30.50 - -

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,727 1,251 2,049
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.49% 9.88% 9.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 967 719 889
10th Percentile £200 £163 £150
25th Percentile £310 £223 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% -10.94%
75th Percentile £536 £500 £500
90th Percentile £639 £575 £616
UK median daily rate £450 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 184 522
10th Percentile £12.95 £14.20 £11.07
25th Percentile £15.31 £15.62 £13.86
Median hourly rate £19.91 £24.62 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -19.14% +51.71% -45.13%
75th Percentile £30.00 £48.13 £41.31
90th Percentile £70.00 £82.25 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £20.35 £24.66 £18.00
% change year-on-year -17.48% +37.00% -44.62%

SOLIDWORKS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

SOLIDWORKS job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SOLIDWORKS
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

SOLIDWORKS
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOLIDWORKS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SOLIDWORKS in the UK excluding London

SOLIDWORKS
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

SOLIDWORKS
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 SOLIDWORKS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 April 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
South East - 2 £180 - 5
South West - 2 £310 - 1
East of England - 1 £425 - 3
SOLIDWORKS
UK

SOLIDWORKS
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) 3ds Max
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (20.00%) CATIA
1 1 (20.00%) InDesign
1 1 (20.00%) Maya
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Games
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) 3D Designer
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Designer
1 1 (20.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Hardware Test Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (20.00%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) 3D Modelling
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) ITSM
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) 3D Visualisation
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) CAD
2 1 (20.00%) Industrial Design
2 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) SWOT Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
2 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe
2 1 (20.00%) Alias