CAD Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring CAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CAD 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 1.41% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 - -
North West median daily rate £450 £350 £575
% change year-on-year +28.57% -39.13% +21.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 179 123 204
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 84.04% 82.55% 91.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 58 117
10th Percentile £165 £270 £390
25th Percentile £363 £417 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £516 £623
Median % change year-on-year -11.86% -17.07% +19.71%
75th Percentile £567 £559 £717
90th Percentile £673 £624 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 20 53
10th Percentile £25.15 £24.65 £20.58
25th Percentile £41.94 £29.36 £45.88
Median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -1.56% - +15.39%
75th Percentile £64.83 £52.23 £50.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.93 £60.75
North West median hourly rate £31.75 £31.25 £35.50
% change year-on-year +1.60% -11.97% +33.81%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Lancashire

CAD
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CAD

CAD
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing CAD

CAD
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Preston - 3 £447 - 36
CAD
North West

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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
General
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Configuration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) PLM
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (66.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Siemens