CAD Contracts in the South West

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for CAD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CAD over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 161 159
Rank change year-on-year +54 -2 -26
Contract jobs citing CAD 40 9 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.26% 0.25% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 0.28% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 6
10th Percentile £293 £351 £300
25th Percentile £316 £353 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £363 £381
Median % change year-on-year - -4.92% -
75th Percentile £1,329 £378 £492
90th Percentile £1,643 £384 £575
England median daily rate £377 £350 £455
% change year-on-year +7.71% -23.08% +40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 6 1
10th Percentile £36.63 £23.13 -
25th Percentile £42.81 £31.25 £31.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.75 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.44% +25.37% +71.05%
75th Percentile £51.25 £53.50 £33.75
90th Percentile - £57.50 -
England median hourly rate £42.50 £36.25 £37.00
% change year-on-year +17.24% -2.03% +72.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

CAD is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,645 3,232 3,306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.15% 89.63% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,687 2,378 2,345
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £589
90th Percentile £700 £723 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 331 196
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £28.63 £15.84 £20.24
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.70 £48.61
Median % change year-on-year -9.39% +24.87% +11.75%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.40 £70.54
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.40 £24.35
% change year-on-year -0.18% +49.47% +3.62%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing CAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for CAD in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CAD in the South West.

Daily rate trend for CAD in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CAD in the South West over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CAD in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CAD in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for CAD in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the South West region over the 6 months to 5 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
Bristol +46 33 - - 29
Gloucestershire +7 6 £363 - 7
Devon -5 1 - - 31
CAD
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (15.00%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (42.50%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (40.00%) Acrobat
3 10 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
4 6 (15.00%) Photoshop
4 6 (15.00%) PTC Creo
5 4 (10.00%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (7.50%) Windchill
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 21 (52.50%) Social Skills
2 12 (30.00%) Aerospace
3 7 (17.50%) Multimedia
4 4 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 4 (10.00%) Publishing
5 3 (7.50%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Electronics
6 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 27 (67.50%) Author
1 27 (67.50%) Technical Author
2 8 (20.00%) Technical Illustrator
3 3 (7.50%) Technical Writer
4 1 (2.50%) 3D Illustrator
4 1 (2.50%) Documentation Specialist
4 1 (2.50%) Documentation Writer
4 1 (2.50%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (2.50%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (62.50%) XML
2 12 (30.00%) SGML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (50.00%) Animation
2 3 (7.50%) 3D Graphics
3 2 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.50%) STB
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.50%) Linux
1 1 (2.50%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.00%) Data Management
2 6 (15.00%) Content Management
3 4 (10.00%) 3D Animation
3 4 (10.00%) Desktop Publishing
4 1 (2.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (2.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (2.50%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 15 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.50%) Degree
3 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.50%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (30.00%) Def Stans
Vendors
1 16 (40.00%) Adobe
2 13 (32.50%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.50%) PTC