Cadence
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Cadence products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cadence over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Cadence Design Systems.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 501 596 704
Rank change year-on-year +95 +108 -92
Contract jobs citing Cadence 75 88 145
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Vendors category 0.41% 0.36% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 61 89
10th Percentile £371 £413 £413
25th Percentile £413 £496 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £560 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% +6.67% +5.53%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £608
90th Percentile £711 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 7
10th Percentile - - £33.10
25th Percentile £20.17 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 - £35.00
75th Percentile £53.75 - £55.13
90th Percentile £59.75 - £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.92 - -

All Vendors
UK

Cadence is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,107 24,474 35,023
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.55% 42.96% 40.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,238 16,399 23,314
10th Percentile £263 £269 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £630 £644 £638
90th Percentile £738 £741 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.53% +8.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,113 668 887
10th Percentile £12.04 £15.21 £12.03
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £41.98 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.78% +95.24% -2.27%
75th Percentile £57.33 £65.00 £47.96
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.23 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -42.77% +97.37% +2.70%

Cadence
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cadence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cadence in the UK

Cadence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cadence.

Daily rate trend for Cadence in the UK

Cadence
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cadence over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cadence in the UK

Cadence
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cadence.

Hourly rate trend for Cadence in the UK

Cadence
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cadence over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cadence in the UK

Cadence
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cadence within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
England +96 57 £600 +5.73% 67
UK excluding London +44 37 £500 -9.09% 51
London +90 30 £430 -31.20% 19
Work from Home +102 18 £463 -22.92% 31
Scotland +40 15 £450 +7.78% 3
North West +25 7 £740 - 1
North of England +23 7 £740 +40.95% 3
East of England +15 6 £625 +4.17% 18
South West +12 4 £550 0.00% 5
South East +2 4 £556 -11.00% 15
West Midlands +23 1 £475 -13.64% 6
Midlands +20 1 £475 -15.18% 8

Cadence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (10.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (9.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 12 (16.00%) Power Platform
2 10 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (10.67%) Azure
4 4 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.67%) AWS
5 2 (2.67%) GCP
5 2 (2.67%) GitHub
5 2 (2.67%) SaaS
6 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.33%) Smartsheet
6 1 (1.33%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.00%) Kerberos
2 2 (2.67%) DNS
2 2 (2.67%) Firewall
2 2 (2.67%) HTTP
2 2 (2.67%) Internet
2 2 (2.67%) SSL
2 2 (2.67%) VPN
3 1 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.00%) Power BI
1 6 (8.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (8.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 6 (8.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.33%) Metadata
2 1 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (13.33%) Git
1 10 (13.33%) JIRA
2 6 (8.00%) Bitbucket
2 6 (8.00%) Jenkins
3 3 (4.00%) Subversion
4 2 (2.67%) Postman
General
1 27 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (25.33%) Finance
3 11 (14.67%) Public Sector
4 8 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (9.33%) Legal
5 7 (9.33%) Retail
6 5 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (6.67%) Marketing
7 3 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (4.00%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.67%) Advertising
8 2 (2.67%) Banking
8 2 (2.67%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.33%) Electronics
9 1 (1.33%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.33%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 15 (20.00%) Analyst
2 10 (13.33%) Lead
3 9 (12.00%) Business Analyst
3 9 (12.00%) Delivery Manager
4 8 (10.67%) Programme Manager
4 8 (10.67%) Verification Engineer
5 7 (9.33%) Project Manager
6 6 (8.00%) Developer
6 6 (8.00%) Senior
7 5 (6.67%) DevOps Manager
8 4 (5.33%) Senior Manager
9 3 (4.00%) IT Manager
10 2 (2.67%) Administrator
10 2 (2.67%) Contracts Manager
10 2 (2.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 2 (2.67%) Data Manager
10 2 (2.67%) Finance Business Analyst
10 2 (2.67%) Release Manager
10 2 (2.67%) Senior Project Manager
10 2 (2.67%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (12.00%) JSON
2 6 (8.00%) LDAP
2 6 (8.00%) OpenID
2 6 (8.00%) RESTful
2 6 (8.00%) Web Services
2 6 (8.00%) XML
3 3 (4.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.67%) FPGA
2 6 (8.00%) Enterprise Cloud
3 5 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.33%) ASIC
4 4 (5.33%) Verilog
5 3 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (4.00%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (4.00%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.00%) Operational Technology
5 3 (4.00%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.67%) Digital Media
6 2 (2.67%) FMCG
7 1 (1.33%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (1.33%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.33%) Life Science
7 1 (1.33%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.33%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.33%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.00%) Linux
2 3 (4.00%) Unix
3 1 (1.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (42.67%) Agile
2 15 (20.00%) Project Management
2 15 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (18.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (16.00%) Roadmaps
5 11 (14.67%) DevOps
5 11 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (13.33%) Coaching
6 10 (13.33%) Data Modelling
6 10 (13.33%) PRINCE2
6 10 (13.33%) Programme Management
7 9 (12.00%) Business Analysis
7 9 (12.00%) OO
7 9 (12.00%) Scrum
7 9 (12.00%) Service Design
7 9 (12.00%) Test Automation
8 8 (10.67%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (10.67%) Data Analysis
8 8 (10.67%) User Experience
8 8 (10.67%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.00%) C
2 8 (10.67%) Python
3 6 (8.00%) Bash
3 6 (8.00%) C#
3 6 (8.00%) Go
3 6 (8.00%) PowerShell
3 6 (8.00%) T-SQL
4 4 (5.33%) SystemVerilog
4 4 (5.33%) Tcl
5 3 (4.00%) Assembly Language
5 3 (4.00%) C++
5 3 (4.00%) Shell Script
6 2 (2.67%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (6.67%) Degree
2 3 (4.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.67%) CISA
3 2 (2.67%) CISM
3 2 (2.67%) CISSP
4 1 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.33%) SLA
2 4 (5.33%) PMO
3 3 (4.00%) NIST
4 2 (2.67%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.33%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.33%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.33%) GRC
5 1 (1.33%) GxP
5 1 (1.33%) NCSC
5 1 (1.33%) QA
System Software
1 6 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.33%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 14 (18.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.33%) SAP
3 6 (8.00%) iManage
4 3 (4.00%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.00%) Synopsys
4 3 (4.00%) Xilinx
5 1 (1.33%) Mentor Graphics
5 1 (1.33%) Oracle