Finite Element Analysis Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Finite Element Analysis skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 - 192
Rank change year-on-year - - +61
Permanent jobs citing Finite Element Analysis 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.025% - 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.031% - 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £52,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +38.67%
South East median annual salary - - £52,000
% change year-on-year - - +38.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,227 3,123 3,549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.49% 91.69% 89.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,748 1,396 2,454
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £39,021
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,000 £76,009 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

Finite Element Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Finite Element Analysis job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Finite Element Analysis
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Finite Element Analysis.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Finite Element Analysis

Finite Element Analysis
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 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
Finite Element Analysis
South East

Finite Element Analysis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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