CAD Contract Job Trends in Derby

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derby requiring CAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 13 22
Rank change year-on-year -13 +9 -
Contract jobs citing CAD 1 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 0.56% 5.68% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 7.25% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - £465 -
25th Percentile £575 £675 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -
75th Percentile £625 £825 -
90th Percentile - £833 -
Derbyshire median daily rate £600 £700 -
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 131 69 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 73.60% 78.41% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 40 52
10th Percentile £224 £170 £251
25th Percentile £440 £342 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £533 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% +6.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £588
90th Percentile £651 £728 £626
Derbyshire median daily rate £513 £515 £498
% change year-on-year -0.49% +3.52% +4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 9 4
10th Percentile - £25.04 -
25th Percentile £12.76 - -
Median hourly rate £22.81 £25.15 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% +47.94% -4.06%
75th Percentile £25.75 - -
90th Percentile £30.25 - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £18.60 £25.15 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.04% -49.70% +81.82%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Derby

CAD
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing CAD

CAD
Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing CAD

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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 (100.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens