CAD Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring CAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 115 141
Rank change year-on-year +3 +26 +25
Contract jobs citing CAD 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.063% 0.059% 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.072% 0.067% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +100.00%
75th Percentile £638 - £688
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £450 £402 £388
% change year-on-year +12.08% +3.48% +12.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,396 1,495 2,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.30% 88.20% 91.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 792 870 1,357
10th Percentile £238 £213 £250
25th Percentile £386 £371 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £588
90th Percentile £625 £664 £689
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 46 54
10th Percentile £14.83 £15.11 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.95 £18.77 £16.13
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.94 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.81% +16.14% +9.06%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £56.05
90th Percentile £53.75 £31.44 £70.38
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Scotland

CAD
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CAD

CAD
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CAD

CAD
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 December 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow - 1 £625 - 4
CAD
UK

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow