The first table below looks at the demand for CAD skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CAD over the 3 months to 21 May 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 Surrey 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Rank 70 96 -
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -
Contract jobs citing CAD 10 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.861% 0.062% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.196% 0.090% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
Average daily rate £315 £250 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £250 £225
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £21.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+54.76% -16.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
836 1109 1321
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 71.94% 68.33% 72.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 621 683
Average daily rate £415 £350 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.57% -15.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £525 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 56 36
Average hourly rate £37.50 £31.50 £33.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% -6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £15.55 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.12 £41.35 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
CAD
South East

CAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey CAD Hourly Rate Trend

CAD
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CAD across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Surrey CAD Hourly Rate Histogram

CAD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Guildford - 1 £280 -
CAD
South East

CAD
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 7 (50.00%) NASTRAN
1 7 (50.00%) Finite Element Analysis
2 6 (42.86%) Degree
3 5 (35.71%) Aerospace
3 5 (35.71%) HND
3 5 (35.71%) Project Management
4 1 (7.143%) Electronics
4 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
4 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.143%) AutoCAD
4 1 (7.143%) CATIA
4 1 (7.143%) Project Planning
4 1 (7.143%) SolidWorks
4 1 (7.143%) MS Project
4 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared

CAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Applications
1 7 (50.00%) NASTRAN
2 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.143%) AutoCAD
2 1 (7.143%) CATIA
2 1 (7.143%) MS Project
General
1 5 (35.71%) Aerospace
2 1 (7.143%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Stress Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Design Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) CAD Technician
4 1 (7.143%) AutoCAD Technician
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Finite Element Analysis
2 5 (35.71%) Project Management
3 1 (7.143%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Degree
2 5 (35.71%) HND
3 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.143%) SolidWorks