Finite Element Analysis Job Trends in the South East

Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Finite Element Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 - 272
Rank change year-on-year - - +132
Permanent jobs citing Finite Element Analysis 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.010% - 0.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.012% - 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £52,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +38.67%
England median annual salary £57,500 £46,901 £52,000
% change year-on-year +22.60% -9.81% -18.43%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Finite Element Analysis falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,309 8,009 7,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.54% 87.86% 89.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,909 3,879 5,078
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,950 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.42% -4.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Finite Element Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Finite Element Analysis relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Finite Element Analysis job vacancy trend in the South East

Finite Element Analysis
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Finite Element Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Finite Element Analysis

Finite Element Analysis
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finite Element Analysis within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 2
Thames Valley - 1 - - 2
Finite Element Analysis
England

Finite Element Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AI Agents
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree