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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 325 371 466
Rank change year-on-year +46 +95 +106
Contract jobs citing CAD 16 25 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.14% 0.051%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.16% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 6
10th Percentile £413 £161 £157
25th Percentile £456 £269 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £377 £394
Median % change year-on-year +52.52% -4.25% +21.15%
75th Percentile £613 £445 £588
90th Percentile £675 £558 £600
England median daily rate £504 £377 £350
% change year-on-year +33.55% +7.71% -23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - - £35.40
25th Percentile - - £50.25
Median hourly rate £23.45 £11.95 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +96.23% -84.07% -
75th Percentile - - £96.88
90th Percentile - - £110.00
England median hourly rate £60.00 £45.00 £42.16
% change year-on-year +33.33% +6.75% +13.93%

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 11,178 15,459 23,168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.22% 88.48% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,507 11,105 16,762
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £431 £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 £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 316 266
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.72 £18.25
25th Percentile £23.78 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.81 £28.00 £39.63
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% -29.34% +12.29%
75th Percentile £49.75 £48.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.10 £66.88 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.00 £37.18 £37.32
% change year-on-year -24.69% -0.38% +49.28%

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 29 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 29 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 +8 4 £625 -
West London - 1 £575 - 12
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 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (12.50%) Revit
2 1 (6.25%) AutoCAD
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) MS Visio
2 1 (6.25%) Siemens NX
2 1 (6.25%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) SAP PLM
1 2 (12.50%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) SaaS
1 2 (12.50%) Veeva
2 1 (6.25%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Modbus
1 1 (6.25%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (6.25%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Qt Creator
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Finance
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Marketing
4 2 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.25%) Financial Institution
5 1 (6.25%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (6.25%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Developer
2 7 (43.75%) ServiceNow Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) IT Manager
3 2 (12.50%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Data Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Designer
4 1 (6.25%) Implementation Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Network Support
4 1 (6.25%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Security Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Software Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Software Developer
4 1 (6.25%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) CSS
1 5 (31.25%) HTML
2 4 (25.00%) RESTful
3 3 (18.75%) AngularJS
3 3 (18.75%) jQuery
4 1 (6.25%) DirectX
4 1 (6.25%) ONNX
4 1 (6.25%) OpenGL
4 1 (6.25%) PyTorch
4 1 (6.25%) QML
4 1 (6.25%) Qt
4 1 (6.25%) Qt Quick
4 1 (6.25%) REST
4 1 (6.25%) SOAP
4 1 (6.25%) TensorFlow
4 1 (6.25%) Vulkan
4 1 (6.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Algorithms
1 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (6.25%) CCTV
2 1 (6.25%) Client/Server
2 1 (6.25%) CMDB
2 1 (6.25%) Digital Signage
2 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.25%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (6.25%) Hedge funds
2 1 (6.25%) NHS
2 1 (6.25%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (43.75%) ITSM
3 4 (25.00%) Agile
3 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (18.75%) Budget Management
4 3 (18.75%) CI/CD
4 3 (18.75%) Service Management
4 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (18.75%) Web Development
5 2 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (12.50%) Budgeting
5 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) Data Security
5 2 (12.50%) Global Marketing
5 2 (12.50%) Operational Stability
5 2 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (12.50%) PLM
5 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.25%) C#
2 1 (6.25%) C++
2 1 (6.25%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
1 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) SAP
2 2 (12.50%) Siemens
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco
3 1 (6.25%) Fujitsu
3 1 (6.25%) Nokia