CAD Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring CAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 78 94
Rank change year-on-year -37 +16 +16
Contract jobs citing CAD 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.11% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.12% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £700 £450 -
% change year-on-year +55.56% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £31.18
25th Percentile - - £35.56
Median hourly rate - - £45.75
75th Percentile - - £55.56
90th Percentile - - £59.73
North West median hourly rate £56.44 - £45.75
% change year-on-year - - +11.37%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,500 816 1,245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.61% 88.89% 85.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 910 556 828
10th Percentile £300 £312 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £650 £668 £694
North West median daily rate £475 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 26 81
10th Percentile £21.00 £14.16 £12.50
25th Percentile £37.50 £26.61 £14.13
Median hourly rate £56.25 £60.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +130.77% +15.56%
75th Percentile £77.50 £74.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £86.63 £72.50
North West median hourly rate £55.00 £31.76 £28.00
% change year-on-year +73.17% +13.43% -8.32%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Manchester

CAD
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CAD

CAD
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing CAD

CAD
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 10 June 2026. 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
Bury - 1 - -
CAD
North West

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (50.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) MicroStation
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) TOWER Software