Abaqus Job Trends

SIMULIA Abaqus
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Abaqus skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 640 694 736
Rank change year-on-year +54 +42 +242
Permanent jobs citing Abaqus 15 8 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.025% 0.015% 0.007%
As % of the Applications category 0.26% 0.15% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 - -

All Software Application Skills
UK

Abaqus falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 5,694 5,489 4,908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.34% 10.29% 8.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,288 2,041 3,526
10th Percentile £26,533 £28,500 £24,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,501 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +18.75% -12.17%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +25.00% -4.00%

Abaqus
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Abaqus job vacancy trend in the UK

Abaqus
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Abaqus.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Abaqus

Abaqus
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Abaqus within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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
England +75 15 £57,500 - 2
UK excluding London +46 14 £57,500 - 2
North West +23 12 £57,500 -
North of England +18 12 £57,500 -
Midlands - 2 - - 2
East Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - - 2

Abaqus
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 (6.67%) Siemens NX
1 1 (6.67%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) DELMIA
1 1 (6.67%) Teamcenter
General
1 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (80.00%) Principal Engineer
1 12 (80.00%) Senior
2 1 (6.67%) Architect
2 1 (6.67%) Lead
2 1 (6.67%) Lead Architect
2 1 (6.67%) Lead Solutions Architect
2 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Acoustics
1 1 (6.67%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (6.67%) Industry 4.0
1 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing Execution System
1 1 (6.67%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Finite Element Analysis
2 1 (6.67%) Analytics
2 1 (6.67%) CAD
2 1 (6.67%) CAE
2 1 (6.67%) Data Acquisition
2 1 (6.67%) Digital Twin
2 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (6.67%) Mathematics
2 1 (6.67%) Physics
2 1 (6.67%) PLM
2 1 (6.67%) Predictive Analytics
2 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (6.67%) QMS
2 1 (6.67%) Quality Management
2 1 (6.67%) Risk Register
2 1 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (6.67%) Smart Manufacturing
2 1 (6.67%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 12 (80.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 12 (80.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Def Stans
1 1 (6.67%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) MOM
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) ANSYS
2 1 (6.67%) PTC
2 1 (6.67%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) Siemens