Hybrid/Remote OrCAD Contract Job Trends

Cadence Design Systems OrCAD
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring OrCAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 - 336
Rank change year-on-year - - +91
Contract jobs citing OrCAD 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.007% - 0.008%
As % of the Applications category 0.13% - 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £700
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 - £400
% change year-on-year - - -20.00%

All Software Application Skills
Work from Home

OrCAD falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 759 787 772
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 5.61% 7.98% 6.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 432 504
10th Percentile £213 £235 £184
25th Percentile £313 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £538
90th Percentile £626 £648 £646
UK median daily rate £436 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +2.59% +6.25% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 86 49
10th Percentile £14.52 £6.00 £13.55
25th Percentile £15.81 £14.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £18.18 £24.32 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.27% -30.51% +36.13%
75th Percentile £34.50 £42.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £48.13 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £18.50 £23.54 £17.75
% change year-on-year -21.41% +32.62% -21.11%

OrCAD
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OrCAD and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

OrCAD job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

OrCAD
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing OrCAD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing OrCAD

OrCAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (100.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) IC Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cadence