CAD Contract Job Trends in Reading

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Berkshire > Reading

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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - 87
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs citing CAD 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.26% - 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% - 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £393
25th Percentile £506 - £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - £475
75th Percentile £519 - £519
90th Percentile - - £538
Berkshire median daily rate £425 - £475
% change year-on-year - - +35.71%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 667 793 966
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 87.19% 92.21% 93.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 475 429 610
10th Percentile £325 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £416 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £620 £640 £615
90th Percentile £664 £675 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -0.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 7 25
10th Percentile £15.70 £27.90 £26.10
25th Percentile £58.00 £35.75 £52.90
Median hourly rate £81.00 £61.76 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year +31.15% +0.19% -18.35%
75th Percentile £95.00 £69.80 £65.00
90th Percentile £105.80 £75.80 £67.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.00 £61.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -5.68% +2.49% -

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Reading

CAD
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing CAD

CAD
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing CAD

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow