Finite Element Analysis Contract Job Trends

Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs 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 579 - 603
Rank change year-on-year - - +217
Contract jobs citing Finite Element Analysis 3 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% - 0.004%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.009% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £323
25th Percentile - - £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £53 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -46.43%
75th Percentile - - £413
90th Percentile - - £428
UK excluding London median daily rate £53 - £325
% change year-on-year - - -53.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,041 31,135 40,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 89.06% 87.25% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,133 18,828 26,941
10th Percentile £300 £310 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £744 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,077 1,103 1,555
10th Percentile £14.58 £15.22 £14.38
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.79% -24.14% +24.29%
75th Percentile £45.46 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.85 £32.50 £43.83
% change year-on-year -29.69% -25.84% +37.15%

Finite Element Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Finite Element Analysis job vacancy trend in the UK

Finite Element Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Finite Element Analysis
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 Finite Element Analysis within the UK 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
England - 2 £53 - 3
UK excluding London - 2 £53 - 4
South West - 1 - -
Work from Home - 1 - - 2
East of England - 1 £53 -

Finite Element Analysis
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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) NASTRAN
1 1 (33.33%) PTC Creo
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens NX
1 1 (33.33%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Teamcenter
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Design Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
1 1 (33.33%) Mechanical Design Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Mechanical Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Pega Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Pega Developer
1 1 (33.33%) React Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Design Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Stress Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) UI Architect
1 1 (33.33%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) CSS3
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) HTML5
1 1 (33.33%) Jest
1 1 (33.33%) LESS
1 1 (33.33%) React
1 1 (33.33%) Redux
1 1 (33.33%) RESTful
1 1 (33.33%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CAD
1 2 (66.67%) PLM
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Case Management
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Clean Code
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Product Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Secure Coding
2 1 (33.33%) Stress Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) UX Design
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) Tcl
1 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
1 1 (33.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ANSYS
1 1 (33.33%) EMC
1 1 (33.33%) Pega
1 1 (33.33%) PTC
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens