CAD Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Essex > Basildon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basildon requiring CAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - 11
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CAD 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 5.26% - 4.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.88% - 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £53 - -
Essex median daily rate £53 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £35.65
Essex median hourly rate - - £35.65

All Process & Methodology Skills
Basildon

CAD falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Basildon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17 10 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon 89.47% 76.92% 90.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 23
10th Percentile £177 - £117
25th Percentile £300 £315 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £317 £500
Median % change year-on-year +31.91% -36.70% -0.28%
75th Percentile £650 £320 £599
90th Percentile £691 £321 £606
Essex median daily rate £375 £318 £450
% change year-on-year +17.76% -29.23% -5.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 15
10th Percentile £61.00 - £38.94
25th Percentile £62.50 - £49.38
Median hourly rate £65.00 £30.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +116.67% -45.45% -12.35%
75th Percentile £67.50 - £72.03
90th Percentile £69.00 - £78.00
Essex median hourly rate £18.87 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -46.09% +7.69% -27.02%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CAD relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon.

CAD job vacancy trend in Basildon

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) PTC Creo
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Mechanical Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Mechanical Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Finite Element Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) Product Requirements
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ANSYS
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) PTC
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens