The first table below looks at the demand for CAD skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CAD over the 3 months to 23 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.

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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Rank 465 474 535
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +61
Contract jobs citing CAD 76 91 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.164% 0.156% 0.082%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.231% 0.230% 0.122%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 11 11
Average daily rate £400 £250 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £213 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £225 £225
% change year-on-year
+44.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 37 15
Average hourly rate £32.50 £21.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+54.76% -6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.40 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £31.40 £44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £21.00 £23.75
% change year-on-year
+54.76% -11.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
32894 39591 41969
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.99% 67.83% 67.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 19661 22733 23826
Average daily rate £413 £403 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.48% -8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 1284 1487
Average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.68 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%

CAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

CAD Daily Rate Trend

CAD
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CAD within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

CAD Daily Rate Histogram

CAD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

CAD Hourly Rate Trend

CAD
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CAD within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

CAD Hourly Rate Histogram

CAD
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 23 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
England +30 67 £400 +60.00%
South East +20 20 £315 +26.00%
London +34 17 £525 +1.20%
West Midlands +6 12 £253 -
Surrey +27 10 £315 +26.00%
East of England +22 8 £400 -
Brentford - 8 £525 -
Coventry +2 7 - -
Cambridgeshire +16 6 £400 -
Cambridge +15 6 £400 -
Scotland -11 6 £400 -
City of London +21 4 £525 -44.73%
East Midlands -2 4 - -
Berkshire +15 3 - -
Leicestershire -5 3 - -
Glasgow -27 3 - -
Aberdeen - 3 £400 -
Middlesex - 3 £478 -
North West - 3 - -
South West +20 2 - -
Oxfordshire +4 2 - -
Oxford +4 2 - -
Leicester - 2 - -
Cheshire - 2 - -
Staffordshire +17 1 - -
Bristol +13 1 - -
Reading +13 1 - -
Wales +12 1 - -
Wiltshire +2 1 - -
Norfolk - 1 - -

CAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 36 (29.75%) Degree
2 27 (22.31%) AutoCAD
3 19 (15.70%) GIS
4 16 (13.22%) Microsoft
5 15 (12.40%) Data Management
6 14 (11.57%) HND
7 13 (10.74%) Document Management
7 13 (10.74%) Management Information System
8 12 (9.917%) Project Management
8 12 (9.917%) Information Management
9 11 (9.091%) CATIA
10 10 (8.264%) ArcGIS
10 10 (8.264%) Telecoms
11 9 (7.438%) Siemens
11 9 (7.438%) MS Excel
11 9 (7.438%) Data Integration
12 8 (6.612%) SCADA
12 8 (6.612%) Windows
12 8 (6.612%) C#
12 8 (6.612%) .NET
12 8 (6.612%) MS Office
12 8 (6.612%) Visual Studio
12 8 (6.612%) ISO 9001
12 8 (6.612%) Aerospace
12 8 (6.612%) Adobe Illustrator
12 8 (6.612%) Electronics
13 7 (5.785%) PLM
13 7 (5.785%) Adobe
13 7 (5.785%) C
13 7 (5.785%) Photoshop

CAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 8 (6.612%) .NET
2 5 (4.132%) XML
3 3 (2.479%) HTML
3 3 (2.479%) CSS
3 3 (2.479%) XSLT
4 1 (0.826%) OpenGL
4 1 (0.826%) DirectX
4 1 (0.826%) OLE
4 1 (0.826%) MFC
4 1 (0.826%) COM
4 1 (0.826%) J2ME
4 1 (0.826%) J2SE
4 1 (0.826%) Application Packaging
4 1 (0.826%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 10 (8.264%) ArcGIS
2 6 (4.959%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.826%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 27 (22.31%) AutoCAD
2 11 (9.091%) CATIA
3 9 (7.438%) MS Excel
4 8 (6.612%) MS Office
4 8 (6.612%) Adobe Illustrator
5 7 (5.785%) Photoshop
6 6 (4.959%) NASTRAN
6 6 (4.959%) Pro/ENGINEER
7 3 (2.479%) InDesign
7 3 (2.479%) MS PowerPoint
7 3 (2.479%) Vectorworks
8 2 (1.653%) MicroStation
8 2 (1.653%) MS Project
9 1 (0.826%) CorelDRAW
9 1 (0.826%) Simulink
9 1 (0.826%) FreeHand
9 1 (0.826%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.826%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.826%) Solid Edge
9 1 (0.826%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 3 (2.479%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.826%) ENOVIA
2 1 (0.826%) SAP PLM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.826%) Wireless
1 1 (0.826%) Firewall
1 1 (0.826%) LAN
1 1 (0.826%) VoIP
1 1 (0.826%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (15.70%) GIS
2 2 (1.653%) MS Access
3 1 (0.826%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 8 (6.612%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.826%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.826%) MSI
2 1 (0.826%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (0.826%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 10 (8.264%) Telecoms
2 8 (6.612%) Aerospace
2 8 (6.612%) Electronics
3 5 (4.132%) Manufacturing
4 4 (3.306%) Advertising
5 3 (2.479%) Retail
5 3 (2.479%) Automotive
5 3 (2.479%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.653%) French Language
6 2 (1.653%) German Language
6 2 (1.653%) Legal
6 2 (1.653%) Finance
7 1 (0.826%) Banking
7 1 (0.826%) Italian Language
7 1 (0.826%) Spanish Language
7 1 (0.826%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 16 (13.22%) Design Engineer
2 14 (11.57%) Project Manager
3 11 (9.091%) Developer
4 8 (6.612%) Analyst
5 7 (5.785%) Programmer
5 7 (5.785%) CAD Engineer
6 6 (4.959%) Mechanical Engineer
6 6 (4.959%) GIS Technician
7 5 (4.132%) Systems Engineer
7 5 (4.132%) Software Developer
7 5 (4.132%) Architect
7 5 (4.132%) CAD Technician
7 5 (4.132%) Designer
8 4 (3.306%) Broadcast Engineer
8 4 (3.306%) Stress Engineer
8 4 (3.306%) Audio Engineer
8 4 (3.306%) Consultant
8 4 (3.306%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (3.306%) Information Manager
9 3 (2.479%) Information Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.74%) Management Information System
2 9 (7.438%) Data Integration
3 8 (6.612%) SCADA
4 4 (3.306%) Computer Science
5 2 (1.653%) Graphic Design
5 2 (1.653%) Photography
6 1 (0.826%) ASIC Verification
6 1 (0.826%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (0.826%) ASIC
6 1 (0.826%) NHS
6 1 (0.826%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.826%) Animation
6 1 (0.826%) PDA
6 1 (0.826%) CCTV
6 1 (0.826%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.826%) Physics
6 1 (0.826%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.612%) Windows
2 1 (0.826%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (12.40%) Data Management
2 13 (10.74%) Document Management
3 12 (9.917%) Project Management
3 12 (9.917%) Information Management
4 7 (5.785%) PLM
4 7 (5.785%) Finite Element Analysis
5 6 (4.959%) Data Modelling
6 5 (4.132%) Workflow
6 5 (4.132%) OOD
6 5 (4.132%) OOA/OOD
6 5 (4.132%) OO
7 4 (3.306%) Data Entry
7 4 (3.306%) Scrum
7 4 (3.306%) PDM
7 4 (3.306%) Network Planning
7 4 (3.306%) Workflow Management
8 3 (2.479%) Content Management
8 3 (2.479%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (2.479%) UML
8 3 (2.479%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.612%) C#
2 7 (5.785%) C
3 6 (4.959%) VBA
3 6 (4.959%) C++
4 4 (3.306%) VC++
4 4 (3.306%) Java
5 2 (1.653%) SQL
6 1 (0.826%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.826%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 36 (29.75%) Degree
2 14 (11.57%) HND
3 5 (4.132%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.132%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.306%) HNC
5 1 (0.826%) ECDL
5 1 (0.826%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.826%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.826%) PMP
5 1 (0.826%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.826%) MCSE
5 1 (0.826%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (0.826%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (0.826%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.612%) ISO 9001
2 5 (4.132%) SLA
3 4 (3.306%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.653%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.826%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 16 (13.22%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.438%) Siemens
3 7 (5.785%) Adobe
4 6 (4.959%) Google
5 5 (4.132%) IBM
6 4 (3.306%) HP
6 4 (3.306%) SolidWorks
7 3 (2.479%) ESRI
7 3 (2.479%) Cramer
7 3 (2.479%) SAP
8 2 (1.653%) Allen-Bradley
8 2 (1.653%) Mapinfo
9 1 (0.826%) EMC
9 1 (0.826%) Oracle
9 1 (0.826%) Sybase
9 1 (0.826%) ANSYS
9 1 (0.826%) Mentor Graphics
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Huxley Associates
Rate: £20 - £25 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013
Hertfordshire
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Posted: 21 May 2013
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Design ownership of modules of large projects and reporting on progress to the Project Manager Design calculations in support of design (hand and FEA) Type testing of equipment...
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Posted: 15 May 2013
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Huxley Associates
Posted: 15 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Experience Requirements: * Relevant Engineering Experience as a Contractor * Substantial, demonstrable analytical and problem solving skills (Essential) * Sound Understanding of 3D CAD (Solidworks or Autodesk Inventor) * Experience of working...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £23 - £27 per hour
Posted: 16 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
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Huxley Associates
Rate: £23 - £27 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
South East
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Posted: 20 May 2013
South East
Tags: Mechanical Design Engineer, Engineer, CAD, Solidworks, HVAC, Engineering The main focus for the successful Mechanical Design Engineer will be to provide detailed drawings for a range of...
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Posted: 19 May 2013
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Posted: 15 May 2013
South East
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Posted: 19 May 2013
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Posted: 15 May 2013
Devon, South West
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Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
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Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
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Posted: 22 May 2013
Derby, East Midlands
A multi national engineering client has a number of mechanical engineer roles available within the East Midlands area, *** The client will gain SC Clearance for you, but you...
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Rate: £30 - £50 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
England
URGENT REQUIRMENT FOR AN AUTOCAD DRAUGHTSMAN** My client is looking for a Auto CAD Draughtsman to come in on a 6 month contract... The ideal candidate will have...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £15 - £18 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Rate: £19 - £23 per hour
Posted: 18 May 2013
Lancashire, North West
This is an immediate start for next week - the latest we can wait is for a 1 week notice period.Our client has just won a key project...
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Posted: 16 May 2013
Cheltenham, South West
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Rate: £20 - £25 per hour
Posted: 21 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Good office computer skills in a range of Microsoft applications18. Experience in the use of Solid Works CAD with ability to operate other CAD packages an advantage (but...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £25 - £30 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cheltenham, South West
Good office computer skills in a range of Microsoft applications 18. Experience in the use of Solid Works CAD with ability to operate other CAD packages an advantage (...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £27 - £33 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cheltenham, South West
Good office computer skills in a range of Microsoft applications18. Experience in the use of Solid Works CAD with ability to operate other CAD packages an advantage (but...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £26 - £32 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cheltenham, South West
Good office computer skills in a range of Microsoft applications18. Experience in the use of Solid Works CAD with ability to operate other CAD packages an advantage (but...
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Rate: £27 - £32 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cheltenham, South West
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Huxley Associates
Rate: £27 - £32 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Staffordshire, West Midlands
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Posted: 21 May 2013
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Posted: 19 May 2013
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Posted: 15 May 2013
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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Posted: 19 May 2013
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Rate: £18 - £30 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Huxley Associates
Rate: £20 - £50 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
South West
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Posted: 22 May 2013
South East
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Posted: 19 May 2013
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Posted: 21 May 2013
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Rate: £27 - £28 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Rate: £35 - £45 per hour + £NEG
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cornwall, South West
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Posted: 20 May 2013
Bath, South West
Design Engineer - Heavy Industry - Contract - Bath Huxley associates are currently working with an engineering client who is looking for a heavy industry design engineer to join there team.
Huxley Associates
Posted: 15 May 2013