CAD Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
North West > Cumbria

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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 25 39
Rank change year-on-year -8 +14 -27
Contract jobs citing CAD 3 16 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 1.86% 7.73% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.26% 8.99% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 1
10th Percentile - £438 -
25th Percentile - £447 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £504 £575
Median % change year-on-year +39.03% -12.43% -
75th Percentile - £540 £588
90th Percentile - £556 -
North West median daily rate £700 £475 £575
% change year-on-year +47.37% -17.39% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 133 178 240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 82.61% 85.99% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 79 141
10th Percentile £405 £383 £450
25th Percentile £459 £430 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £528
Median % change year-on-year - -5.30% +23.94%
75th Percentile £609 £588 £666
90th Percentile £700 £638 £725
North West median daily rate £460 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -3.16% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 21 65
10th Percentile £13.95 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £14.80 £25.26 £10.95
Median hourly rate £35.55 £30.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.50% +130.77% -76.58%
75th Percentile - £58.58 £44.07
90th Percentile £44.77 £80.59 £51.91
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £31.51 £23.80
% change year-on-year +44.27% +32.39% -33.89%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Cumbria

CAD
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing CAD

CAD
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing CAD

CAD
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 10 April 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
Barrow-in-Furness -12 3 £700 +39.03% 1
CAD
North West

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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 3 (100.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Teamcenter
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
1 3 (100.00%) Team Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 3 (100.00%) PLM
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Siemens