CAD Contracts in the South West

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 104 117 158
Rank change year-on-year +13 +41 +10
Contract jobs citing CAD 7 40 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.42% 1.25% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 1.51% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - £293 £351
25th Percentile £575 £316 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £363 £363
Median % change year-on-year +65.52% - -4.92%
75th Percentile £625 £1,329 £378
90th Percentile - £1,643 £384
England median daily rate £527 £377 £350
% change year-on-year +39.79% +7.71% -23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 32 6
10th Percentile £56.50 £36.63 £23.13
25th Percentile £58.75 £42.81 £31.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £45.00 £40.75
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% +10.44% +25.37%
75th Percentile £78.75 £51.25 £53.50
90th Percentile £85.50 - £57.50
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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for CAD in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for CAD in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for CAD in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CAD in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CAD in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Dorset - 4 £600 - 3
Devon +15 2 - - 3
Bristol -13 1 - - 12
CAD
England

CAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Axure RP
1 1 (14.29%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Design Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Human Factors Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Design Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Integration Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) AngularJS
1 4 (57.14%) CSS
1 4 (57.14%) HTML
1 4 (57.14%) jQuery
1 4 (57.14%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
1 4 (57.14%) ITSM
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (57.14%) Web Development
2 3 (42.86%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Community of Practice
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) Machine Learning
2 3 (42.86%) Operational Stability
2 3 (42.86%) Responsive Web Design
2 3 (42.86%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) Service Management
2 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) User Experience
2 3 (42.86%) UX Design
2 3 (42.86%) Visualisation
3 1 (14.29%) Human-Centred Design
3 1 (14.29%) Situational Awareness
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (14.29%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) Def Stans
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) ServiceNow