CAD Contracts in London

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring CAD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CAD over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 340 363 474
Rank change year-on-year +23 +111 +99
Contract jobs citing CAD 13 28 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.10% 0.16% 0.070%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.18% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 7
10th Percentile £450 £161 £167
25th Percentile £506 £209 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £377 £325
Median % change year-on-year +52.52% +16.00% -23.53%
75th Percentile £613 £541 £433
90th Percentile £675 £633 £535
England median daily rate £527 £377 £350
% change year-on-year +39.79% +7.71% -23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £11.95 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - -52.20% -
75th Percentile - - £50.75
90th Percentile - - £92.50
England median hourly rate £60.00 £42.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +41.18% +30.77% -10.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing CAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for CAD in London

CAD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CAD in London.

Daily rate trend for CAD in London

CAD
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CAD in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CAD in London

CAD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CAD in London.

Hourly rate trend for CAD in London

CAD
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London +2 4 £625 +150.00% 8
West London - 1 £575 - 1
CAD
England

CAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (15.38%) AutoCAD
1 2 (15.38%) Siemens NX
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
2 1 (7.69%) PTC Creo
2 1 (7.69%) Revit
2 1 (7.69%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) SAP PLM
2 2 (15.38%) Teamcenter
3 1 (7.69%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) SaaS
1 2 (15.38%) Veeva
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Modbus
1 1 (7.69%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (7.69%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Qt Creator
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Marketing
4 2 (15.38%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
5 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Developer
2 7 (53.85%) ServiceNow Developer
3 2 (15.38%) IT Manager
3 2 (15.38%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Qt Developer
4 1 (7.69%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) SAP PLM Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Software Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) CSS
1 5 (38.46%) HTML
2 4 (30.77%) RESTful
3 3 (23.08%) AngularJS
3 3 (23.08%) jQuery
4 1 (7.69%) DirectX
4 1 (7.69%) ONNX
4 1 (7.69%) OpenGL
4 1 (7.69%) PyTorch
4 1 (7.69%) QML
4 1 (7.69%) Qt
4 1 (7.69%) Qt Quick
4 1 (7.69%) REST
4 1 (7.69%) SOAP
4 1 (7.69%) TensorFlow
4 1 (7.69%) Vulkan
4 1 (7.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Algorithms
2 1 (7.69%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (7.69%) CMDB
2 1 (7.69%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (7.69%) Hedge funds
2 1 (7.69%) Life Science
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) ITSM
1 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Agile
2 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
3 3 (23.08%) PLM
3 3 (23.08%) Service Management
3 3 (23.08%) Web Development
4 2 (15.38%) Bill of Materials
4 2 (15.38%) Budget Management
4 2 (15.38%) Budgeting
4 2 (15.38%) Data Privacy
4 2 (15.38%) Global Marketing
4 2 (15.38%) Operational Stability
4 2 (15.38%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (15.38%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (15.38%) Visualisation
4 2 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.69%) C#
2 1 (7.69%) C++
2 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) ServiceNow
2 3 (23.08%) SAP
3 2 (15.38%) Siemens
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco
4 1 (7.69%) Fujitsu
4 1 (7.69%) Nokia