CAD Contracts in the West Midlands

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 94 116
Rank change year-on-year -19 +22 -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing CAD 3 12 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.17% 0.64% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.78% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile - - £255
25th Percentile £325 £235 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £240 £510
Median % change year-on-year +45.83% -52.94% -
75th Percentile £375 £245 £581
90th Percentile - - £593
England median daily rate £465 £377 £470
% change year-on-year +23.34% -19.79% +17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
10th Percentile - £15.25 £25.95
25th Percentile - £15.75 £27.38
Median hourly rate - £18.50 £29.75
Median % change year-on-year - -37.82% -
75th Percentile - £19.75 £32.13
90th Percentile - £36.13 £33.55
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +28.57% +59.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,542 1,851
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.26% 81.85% 85.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 962 1,039 1,258
10th Percentile £235 £269 £263
25th Percentile £382 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% - -
75th Percentile £575 £625 £605
90th Percentile £650 £725 £725
England median daily rate £511 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.64% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 58 41
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.13 £14.36
25th Percentile £14.01 £14.78 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.34 £21.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.91% -19.44% +54.29%
75th Percentile £34.71 £37.50 £30.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.38 £43.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £40.59
% change year-on-year -41.51% +5.94% +50.44%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for CAD in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CAD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CAD

CAD
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CAD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CAD

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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warwickshire -7 3 £350 +45.83% 19
CAD
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) AutoCAD
1 2 (66.67%) MicroStation
1 2 (66.67%) Revit
General
1 2 (66.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Coordinator
1 2 (66.67%) Draughtsman
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (33.33%) IT Asset Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) HNC
1 2 (66.67%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Autodesk
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow