CAD Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire citing CAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	49	-	17
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing CAD	3	0	1
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire	0.67%	-	0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.85%	-	0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted	1	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£331	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£338	-	-
75^th Percentile	£344	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
South East median daily rate	£575	£420	£402
% change year-on-year	+36.90%	+4.61%	-27.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	£38.63	-	-
25^th Percentile	£42.19	-	-
Median hourly rate	£48.75	-	-
75^th Percentile	£54.69	-	-
90^th Percentile	£57.88	-	-
South East median hourly rate	£45.00	-	£55.00
% change year-on-year	-	-	+22.22%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 citing process or methodology skills in Oxfordshire.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	355	139	113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire	79.06%	89.68%	77.93%
Number of daily rates quoted	177	81	76
10^th Percentile	£226	£176	£210
25^th Percentile	£400	£250	£353
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£450	£450
Median % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£675	£550	£528
90^th Percentile	£793	£625	£644
South East median daily rate	£525	£500	£511
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-2.12%	-2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted	76	22	5
10^th Percentile	£12.84	£18.87	£15.99
25^th Percentile	£15.36	£19.10	£22.50
Median hourly rate	£29.07	£25.15	£25.99
Median % change year-on-year	+15.59%	-3.23%	-19.59%
75^th Percentile	£55.31	£26.73	£67.50
90^th Percentile	£77.50	£88.97	£83.25
South East median hourly rate	£41.56	£20.71	£58.30
% change year-on-year	+100.65%	-64.48%	+11.05%

CAD Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

CAD Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

CAD Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

CAD Hourly Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing CAD in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CAD in Oxfordshire

CAD Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 24 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Abingdon	-	1	£338	-	11
Oxford	-	1	-	-	13
CAD South East

CAD Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing CAD also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Oxfordshire region citing CAD.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Confluence	66.7%	2
1	Degree	66.7%	2
1	JIRA	66.7%	2
1	Project Management	66.7%	2
5	Agile	33.3%	1
5	Bill of Materials	33.3%	1
5	Budgeting and Resource Allocation	33.3%	1
5	CATIA	33.3%	1
5	Change Management	33.3%	1
5	Customer Requirements	33.3%	1
5	Design for Manufacturing	33.3%	1
5	ENOVIA	33.3%	1
5	HNC	33.3%	1
5	HND	33.3%	1
5	Microsoft Project	33.3%	1
5	PDM	33.3%	1
5	PLM	33.3%	1
5	Problem-Solving	33.3%	1
5	Programme Management	33.3%	1
5	Project Delivery	33.3%	1
5	Resource Allocation	33.3%	1
5	Security Cleared	33.3%	1
5	Smartsheet	33.3%	1
5	Stakeholder Management	33.3%	1
5	Teamcenter	33.3%	1
5	V-Model	33.3%	1
5	Windchill	33.3%	1

CAD Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Project Management	66.7%	2
2	Agile	33.3%	1
2	Bill of Materials	33.3%	1
2	Budgeting and Resource Allocation	33.3%	1
2	Change Management	33.3%	1
2	Customer Requirements	33.3%	1
2	Design for Manufacturing	33.3%	1
2	PDM	33.3%	1
2	PLM	33.3%	1
2	Problem-Solving	33.3%	1
2	Programme Management	33.3%	1
2	Project Delivery	33.3%	1
2	Resource Allocation	33.3%	1
2	Stakeholder Management	33.3%	1
2	V-Model	33.3%	1