CAD Contract Job Trends in Preston

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring CAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 9 -
Rank change year-on-year -19 - -
Contract jobs citing CAD 3 12 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 1.79% 15.38% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 16.90% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £564 - -
25th Percentile £566 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £447 -
Median % change year-on-year +31.43% - -
75th Percentile £616 - -
90th Percentile £621 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £588 £447 -
% change year-on-year +31.43% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77.25 - -
Median hourly rate £83.50 - -
75th Percentile £89.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £69.97 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 137 71 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 81.55% 91.03% 83.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 46 23
10th Percentile £290 £356 £223
25th Percentile £425 £407 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £552 £465 £585
Median % change year-on-year +18.76% -20.51% +33.71%
75th Percentile £651 £630 £648
90th Percentile £712 £675 £930
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £500 £497
% change year-on-year +10.00% +0.70% -0.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 14
10th Percentile £37.25 £23.32 -
25th Percentile £60.00 £26.88 -
Median hourly rate £69.50 £40.83 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +70.24% +154.20% -65.00%
75th Percentile £74.50 £47.12 £26.54
90th Percentile £80.00 £60.39 £44.71
Lancashire median hourly rate £61.57 £44.09 £37.84
% change year-on-year +39.65% +16.51% -18.05%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Preston

CAD
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing CAD

CAD
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing CAD

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) PLM
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Siemens
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) VMware