CAD Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Scotland > Edinburgh

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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CAD 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.62% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
Scotland median daily rate £600 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 691 629 746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.63% 95.16% 85.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 330 421
10th Percentile £350 £225 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £463 £458
Median % change year-on-year +0.22% +1.15% -3.68%
75th Percentile £547 £533 £550
90th Percentile £636 £600 £650
Scotland median daily rate £453 £463 £453
% change year-on-year -2.21% +2.21% -4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 15 32
10th Percentile £16.67 - £13.21
25th Percentile £50.00 £17.30 £15.96
Median hourly rate £52.50 £19.37 £18.77
Median % change year-on-year +171.11% +3.16% -41.49%
75th Percentile £75.00 £37.09 £58.31
90th Percentile £81.24 £63.00 £60.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.33 £20.00 £20.62
% change year-on-year -3.35% -2.98% +35.22%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

CAD
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing CAD

CAD
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing CAD

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow Architect
1 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) AngularJS
1 3 (60.00%) HTML
1 3 (60.00%) REST
1 3 (60.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) ITSM
2 3 (60.00%) IT Asset Management
2 3 (60.00%) Service Catalogue
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management
4 1 (20.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) GRC
2 1 (20.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) ServiceNow