CAD Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Computer-Aided Design Engineer (CAD Engineer)
UK > UK excluding London

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Computer-Aided Design Engineer (CAD Engineer) daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 333 395 453
Rank change year-on-year +62 +58 +55
Contract jobs requiring a CAD Engineer 3 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.023% 0.019% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.021% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £375 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% -
75th Percentile - £425 £500
90th Percentile - - £515
UK median daily rate £500 £367 £425
% change year-on-year +36.24% -13.65% +61.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £32.63
25th Percentile - - £34.69
Median hourly rate - - £38.75
75th Percentile - - £42.19
90th Percentile - - £43.88
UK median hourly rate - - £38.75
% change year-on-year - - +7.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

CAD Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured CAD Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CAD Engineer in the UK excluding London

CAD Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CAD Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CAD Engineer in the UK excluding London

CAD Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CAD Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CAD Engineer in the UK excluding London

CAD Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD Engineer within the UK excluding London 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
South East +44 2 - - 1
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
CAD Engineer
UK

CAD Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, CAD Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring CAD Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) CAD
1 3 (100.00%) Automotive
1 3 (100.00%) CATIA
1 3 (100.00%) PLM
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Bill of Materials
2 2 (66.67%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Statistics
3 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Informatics
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
3 1 (33.33%) Tableau
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Big Data
3 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving

CAD Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (100.00%) CATIA
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Teamcenter
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Big Data
1 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CAD
1 3 (100.00%) PLM
2 2 (66.67%) Bill of Materials
2 2 (66.67%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Benchmarking
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (33.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
3 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Informatics
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft