The first table below looks at the demand for CAD skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CAD over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Cambridge region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Rank 30 - 37
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing CAD 6 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.929% - 0.347%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.315% - 0.575%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £225 £275
% change year-on-year
+61.11% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £20.50 £25.75
% change year-on-year
+58.53% -20.38%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
181 220 174
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 58.20% 49.33% 60.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 111 105
Average daily rate £350 £385 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +2.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £231 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £429 £463 £453
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 37 19
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £27.95 £24.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
CAD
Cambridgeshire

CAD
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CAD across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cambridge CAD Jobs Demand Trend

CAD
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CAD across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge CAD Daily Rate Trend

CAD
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CAD across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge CAD Hourly Rate Trend

CAD
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing CAD also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited CAD.

1 3 (50.00%) C
1 3 (50.00%) C#
1 3 (50.00%) C++
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
1 3 (50.00%) Visual Studio
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
1 3 (50.00%) OOA/OOD
1 3 (50.00%) OO
1 3 (50.00%) VC++
1 3 (50.00%) OOD
1 3 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 3 (50.00%) Advertising
1 3 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (33.33%) Graphic Design
2 2 (33.33%) Photography
2 2 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (33.33%) InDesign
2 2 (33.33%) Adobe
2 2 (33.33%) Photoshop
2 2 (33.33%) MS Office
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Degree

CAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing CAD also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited CAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (33.33%) InDesign
1 2 (33.33%) Photoshop
1 2 (33.33%) MS Office
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 3 (50.00%) Advertising
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Instructional Designer
1 2 (33.33%) Graphic Designer
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) C++ Developer
2 1 (16.67%) C# Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
2 1 (16.67%) C++/C# Developer
2 1 (16.67%) CAD Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior C++ Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Mechanical Design Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Mechanical Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) CAD Design Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior C# Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Graphic Design
1 2 (33.33%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) OOA/OOD
1 3 (50.00%) OO
1 3 (50.00%) OOD
1 3 (50.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C
1 3 (50.00%) C#
1 3 (50.00%) C++
1 3 (50.00%) VC++
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Adobe