CAD Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England 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 97 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CAD 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.14% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £53 - -
England median daily rate £450 £400 £376
% change year-on-year +12.50% +6.38% +6.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,269 1,053 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.43% 80.14% 88.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 549 418 900
10th Percentile £194 £225 £225
25th Percentile £363 £316 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £556 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £725
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 224 369
10th Percentile £13.89 £15.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £26.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +31.25% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.63 £70.00 £76.30
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.07 £44.50
% change year-on-year -33.94% -14.45% +27.14%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

CAD job vacancy trend in the East of England

CAD
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CAD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CAD

CAD
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CAD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CAD

CAD
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the East of England 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
Cambridgeshire - 1 - - 3
Essex - 1 £53 - 2
CAD
England

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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%) PTC Creo
2 1 (50.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Mechanical Design Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Mechanical Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Design Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Finite Element Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) PLM
1 1 (50.00%) Product Requirements
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ANSYS
1 1 (50.00%) EMC
1 1 (50.00%) PTC
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens