CAD Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of 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 124 116 124
Rank change year-on-year -8 +8 +51
Contract jobs citing CAD 2 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.099% 0.11% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.12% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £311 £463 -
25th Percentile £384 £481 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% - -
75th Percentile £709 £581 -
90th Percentile £794 £608 -
Central London median daily rate £538 £525 £250
% change year-on-year +2.38% +110.00% -50.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,799 1,653 2,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.71% 91.58% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,246 1,037 1,498
10th Percentile £357 £363 £350
25th Percentile £436 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +1.19% -5.29%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -6.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 10 13
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £26.25 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.00 £35.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.13% +42.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.50 £41.84
90th Percentile £59.72 £112.00 £49.55
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

CAD job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CAD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CAD

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for CAD in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CAD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CAD

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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 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