CAD Contracts in the North West

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 124 144
Rank change year-on-year +21 +20 +43
DemandTrendContract jobs citing CAD 30 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.36% 0.12% 0.068%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.54% 0.15% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £438 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £463 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £465 £377 £470
% change year-on-year +23.34% -19.79% +17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile - £31.18 £36.55
25th Percentile £34.50 £35.56 £37.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.75 £39.83
Median % change year-on-year -23.50% +14.87% -0.43%
75th Percentile £35.50 £55.56 £43.48
90th Percentile - £59.73 £44.43
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +28.57% +59.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,953 2,029 2,592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.73% 84.05% 88.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,262 1,214 1,778
10th Percentile £282 £313 £285
25th Percentile £375 £406 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £668 £680 £663
England median daily rate £511 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.64% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 165 159
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.06 £18.50
Median hourly rate £27.19 £35.00 £30.76
Median % change year-on-year -22.32% +13.80% +41.21%
75th Percentile £55.37 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.13 £70.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £40.59
% change year-on-year -41.51% +5.94% +50.44%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing CAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for CAD in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CAD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CAD

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CAD in the North West over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CAD in the North West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CAD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CAD

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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the North West region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cumbria - 22 £450 - 3
Lancashire - 14 £447 - 16
Manchester -3 4 - - 24
CAD
England

CAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (13.33%) Resin
Applications
1 26 (86.67%) Siemens NX
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (13.33%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 26 (86.67%) Teamcenter
General
1 15 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (46.67%) Manufacturing
3 10 (33.33%) Aerospace
4 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (46.67%) Applications Engineer
1 14 (46.67%) Configuration Engineer
2 9 (30.00%) Architect
3 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (3.33%) CAD Designer
4 1 (3.33%) Designer
4 1 (3.33%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (50.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (36.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (13.33%) 3D Printing
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (86.67%) PLM
2 15 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 15 (50.00%) User Experience
3 11 (36.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 11 (36.67%) Use Case
3 11 (36.67%) Visualisation
4 10 (33.33%) Coaching
4 10 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
4 10 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 4 (13.33%) Process Improvement
5 4 (13.33%) Prototyping
5 4 (13.33%) Rapid Prototyping
Qualifications
1 21 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 20 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) Siemens
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft