CAD Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring CAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 27 18
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 -
Contract jobs citing CAD 7 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 4.93% 0.60% 4.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.88% 0.78% 5.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 6
10th Percentile - - £188
25th Percentile £675 - £247
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £363
75th Percentile £825 - £376
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £700 - £363

All Process and Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 119 128 132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 83.80% 77.11% 84.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 56 89
10th Percentile £144 £250 £160
25th Percentile £263 £322 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £650 £588 £610
90th Percentile £770 £641 £664
East Midlands median daily rate £418 £445 £480
% change year-on-year -6.18% -7.29% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 14
10th Percentile £16.13 - £15.99
25th Percentile £17.84 £17.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.08 £24.18 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +1.81% +53.23%
75th Percentile £25.15 £50.00 £53.75
90th Percentile - - £54.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £23.25 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.84% +3.33% +32.86%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

CAD
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing CAD

CAD
Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing CAD

CAD
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 3 November 2025. 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
Derby +2 3 £700 - 3
CAD
East Midlands

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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 7 (100.00%) Siemens NX
2 3 (42.86%) Fusion 360
Business Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
1 3 (42.86%) CAD Developer
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
1 3 (42.86%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 7 (100.00%) PLM
1 7 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 7 (100.00%) User Stories
2 4 (57.14%) Data Management
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Siemens
2 3 (42.86%) Autodesk