Computational Fluid Dynamics Contract Job Trends

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Computational Fluid Dynamics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 630 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Computational Fluid Dynamics 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.003% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Computational Fluid Dynamics 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 38,742 26,466 38,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.51% 90.55% 86.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,554 17,183 24,720
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £744 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £487 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,285 983 2,350
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.00 £20.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £31.52 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.29% -4.48% -11.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £57.83
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.10 £70.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -12.87%

Computational Fluid Dynamics
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Computational Fluid Dynamics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Computational Fluid Dynamics job vacancy trend in the UK

Computational Fluid Dynamics
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computational Fluid Dynamics

Computational Fluid Dynamics
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Computational Fluid Dynamics

Computational Fluid Dynamics
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computational Fluid Dynamics within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
East Midlands - 1 £650 - 2
Midlands - 1 £650 - 2
England - 1 £650 - 4
Work from Home - 1 £650 -
UK excluding London - 1 £650 - 3

Computational Fluid Dynamics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (100.00%) Jupyter
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Beowulf
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Podman