CAD Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring CAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 108 111
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 +7
Contract jobs citing CAD 5 1 9
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.35% 0.063% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.070% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £402 - -
25th Percentile £405 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 - -
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile £473 - -
South East median daily rate £413 £402 £438
% change year-on-year +2.74% -8.23% +59.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Median hourly rate - £60.46 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year - +33.72% -
South East median hourly rate - £60.46 £41.36
% change year-on-year - +46.19% +74.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,271 1,421 1,601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 89.63% 89.94% 91.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 834 780 964
10th Percentile £306 £315 £213
25th Percentile £413 £424 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £541 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +8.25% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £619
90th Percentile £650 £689 £699
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 45 70
10th Percentile £14.75 £22.85 £24.33
25th Percentile £18.87 £41.25 £48.40
Median hourly rate £38.86 £58.38 £61.45
Median % change year-on-year -33.43% -5.00% +22.90%
75th Percentile £78.75 £64.73 £67.75
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.19 £76.47
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £54.68 £52.50
% change year-on-year -59.77% +4.15% +23.78%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CAD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CAD

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Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CAD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CAD

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) GCP
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Lead
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Leader
2 2 (40.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) REST
1 5 (100.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 5 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 5 (100.00%) ITSM
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (80.00%) Scrum
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 4 (80.00%) Technical Architecture
2 4 (80.00%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (80.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) ServiceNow