Building Information Modelling Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Building Information Modelling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 122 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Contract jobs citing Building Information Modelling 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.087% 0.057% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.061% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £475 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Building Information Modelling 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,962 1,638 1,985
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.19% 93.28% 90.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,335 1,037 1,404
10th Percentile £357 £363 £356
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.77% -5.83%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £809
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 11
10th Percentile £18.14 £22.00 £19.92
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.58 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +18.30% -28.57%
75th Percentile £47.41 £45.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £62.25 £41.84
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -10.18% +4.53% -20.54%

Building Information Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Building Information Modelling relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Building Information Modelling job vacancy trend in the City of London

Building Information Modelling
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Building Information Modelling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Building Information Modelling

Building Information Modelling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 2 (100.00%) AutoCAD
1 2 (100.00%) Revit
1 2 (100.00%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) CAD Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
2 1 (50.00%) CAD Operator
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CAD
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared