CAD Technician Contract Job Trends

Computer-Aided Design Technician (CAD Technician)
UK

The median Computer-Aided Design Technician (CAD Technician) daily rate in the UK is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 678 - 558
Rank change year-on-year - - +97
Contract jobs requiring a CAD Technician 5 0 12
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.009% - 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% - 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £265 - -
25th Percentile £269 - £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £240
75th Percentile £334 - £245
90th Percentile £340 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £240
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.03 - -
Median hourly rate £13.36 - £25.18
75th Percentile £13.68 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.36 - £25.18
% change year-on-year - - +0.72%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 49,872 29,645 35,352
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 91.14% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,754 18,681 22,225
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,620 1,543 1,776
10th Percentile £14.85 £13.61 £14.47
25th Percentile £20.50 £16.98 £20.24
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.85 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +12.50%

CAD Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'CAD Technician' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

CAD Technician job vacancy trend in the UK

CAD Technician
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for CAD Technician job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for CAD Technician job vacancies in the UK

CAD Technician
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for CAD Technician job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for CAD Technician job vacancies in the UK

CAD Technician
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 5 September 2026. 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
England - 4 £288 - 22
Work from Home - 2 £319 - 7
London - 2 £275 - 2
Midlands - 1 - - 4
West Midlands - 1 - - 1
UK excluding London - 1 - - 27

CAD Technician Skill Set
Top 4 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 September 2026, CAD Technician contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring CAD Technician in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) AutoCAD
2 4 (80.00%) CAD
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements

CAD Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 5 (100.00%) AutoCAD
General
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) CAD
2 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements