CAD Contracts in the South East

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 184 210
Rank change year-on-year +28 +26 +43
Contract jobs citing CAD 3 21 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.100% 0.38% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.45% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £393 £266
25th Percentile - £419 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +11.76% -6.18%
75th Percentile - £519 £500
90th Percentile - £538 £515
England median daily rate £527 £377 £350
% change year-on-year +39.79% +7.71% -23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 3
10th Percentile - - £18.03
25th Percentile £42.50 £23.63 £19.58
Median hourly rate £45.00 £37.50 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +69.22% -39.29%
75th Percentile £47.50 £57.50 £33.58
90th Percentile - - £40.43
England median hourly rate £60.00 £42.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +41.18% +30.77% -10.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing CAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for CAD in the South East

CAD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CAD in the South East.

Daily rate trend for CAD in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CAD in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for CAD in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Thames Valley +38 2 - - 24
Oxfordshire - 2 - - 10
Hampshire +22 1 - - 29
CAD
England

CAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) CATIA
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Revit
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Big Data
1 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (66.67%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) CAD Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) CAD Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) CATIA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Management
1 2 (66.67%) PLM
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 1 (33.33%) Bill of Materials
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (33.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
2 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Informatics
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft