OrCAD Contract Job Trends

Cadence Design Systems OrCAD
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring OrCAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 618 526 -
Rank change year-on-year -92 - -
Contract jobs citing OrCAD 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.004% 0.007% -
As % of the Applications category 0.069% 0.082% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 - -

All Software Application Skills
UK

OrCAD 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,890 2,434 3,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 6.15% 8.29% 7.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,699 1,460 1,732
10th Percentile £237 £188 £161
25th Percentile £340 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.13% -5.88%
75th Percentile £562 £541 £538
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% -10.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 253 634
10th Percentile £13.26 £14.20 £11.55
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.62 £14.00
Median hourly rate £20.35 £23.59 £17.76
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +32.83% -52.32%
75th Percentile £33.12 £43.75 £39.92
90th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.91 £22.75 £16.06
% change year-on-year -12.48% +41.66% -50.43%

OrCAD
Job Vacancy Trend

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

OrCAD job vacancy trend in the UK

OrCAD
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OrCAD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OrCAD

OrCAD
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OrCAD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing OrCAD

OrCAD
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OrCAD within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 of England -31 2 £500 -
UK excluding London -96 2 £500 - 3
England -98 2 £500 - 3
Work from Home - 1 £500 -

OrCAD
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Hardware Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Platform Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) FPGA
1 1 (50.00%) PCIe
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Electronic Design Automation
1 1 (50.00%) IC Design
1 1 (50.00%) Power Management
1 1 (50.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (50.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cadence