CAD Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring CAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CAD 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.26% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £312 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £337 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £325 £445 £363
% change year-on-year -27.08% +22.76% -3.46%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 648 400 533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 82.97% 90.91% 83.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 254 390
10th Percentile £363 £308 £363
25th Percentile £461 £470 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.23% -2.18%
75th Percentile £631 £640 £650
90th Percentile £725 £693 £738
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 19 8
10th Percentile £13.45 £18.80 -
25th Percentile £17.25 £18.87 -
Median hourly rate £37.43 £22.50 £12.79
Median % change year-on-year +66.34% +75.92% -78.68%
75th Percentile £85.25 £25.15 -
90th Percentile - £25.83 -
South West median hourly rate £62.25 £25.15 £67.50
% change year-on-year +147.51% -62.74% +6.18%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CAD relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

CAD job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

CAD
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing CAD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing CAD

CAD
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing CAD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing CAD

CAD
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 8 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
Malmesbury - 1 £325 - 1
Swindon - 1 - - 1
CAD
South West

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 2 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 2 (100.00%) Siemens NX
2 1 (50.00%) 3ds Max
2 1 (50.00%) InDesign
2 1 (50.00%) Maya
2 1 (50.00%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) 3D Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Industrial Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Illustrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Animation
1 1 (50.00%) Vector Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) 3D Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Design Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Global Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Industrial Design
1 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) Alias
2 1 (50.00%) Siemens