CAD Contract Job Trends in Central London

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring CAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 124 129
Rank change year-on-year -14 +5 +48
Contract jobs citing CAD 2 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.091% 0.098% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.11% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £311 £463 -
25th Percentile £384 £481 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £250
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +110.00% -50.00%
75th Percentile £709 £581 £275
90th Percentile £794 £608 -
London median daily rate £675 £550 £250
% change year-on-year +22.73% +120.00% -24.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,956 1,876 2,316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 88.91% 91.78% 89.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,344 1,207 1,644
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £446 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -6.58%
75th Percentile £653 £675 £682
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 17 25
10th Percentile £18.75 £21.70 £17.77
25th Percentile £21.37 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £42.65 £41.75 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.00 £74.05 £59.10
London median hourly rate £35.25 £35.25 £30.08
% change year-on-year - +17.19% -16.44%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Central London

CAD
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CAD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CAD

CAD
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CAD in Central London over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CAD in Central London

CAD
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CAD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing CAD

CAD
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Central London region over the 6 months to 10 March 2026. 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
City of London -8 2 £538 +2.38% 2
CAD
London

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 (50.00%) AutoCAD
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) AutoCAD Technician
1 1 (50.00%) CAD Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow