CAD Contracts with Work from Home Options

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for CAD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CAD over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 314 446 571
Rank change year-on-year +132 +125 -121
Contract jobs citing CAD 32 25 49
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.098% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.11% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 35
10th Percentile £161 £265 £279
25th Percentile £194 £325 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £292 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.71% -30.00% +17.99%
75th Percentile £485 £475 £675
90th Percentile £619 £908 £732
UK median daily rate £377 £350 £490
% change year-on-year +7.71% -28.57% +41.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 7 2
10th Percentile £35.25 £24.16 £32.00
25th Percentile £36.25 £28.38 £33.13
Median hourly rate £47.50 £40.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +6.67% +74.42%
75th Percentile £51.25 £57.50 £43.13
90th Percentile £56.25 £69.92 £45.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £36.25 £36.00
% change year-on-year +17.24% +0.69% +67.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

CAD is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,390 22,975 40,674
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.75% 91.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,954 16,256 29,514
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £720
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 528 541
10th Percentile £15.17 £19.00 £13.75
25th Percentile £25.00 £30.54 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing CAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CAD trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CAD.

CAD daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CAD over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

CAD daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CAD.

CAD hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CAD over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

CAD hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 21 (65.63%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (15.63%) Revit
3 4 (12.50%) Acrobat
3 4 (12.50%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (9.38%) AutoCAD
5 1 (3.13%) Siemens NX
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Power BI
1 2 (6.25%) Tableau
General
1 20 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Finance
2 4 (12.50%) Multimedia
2 4 (12.50%) Publishing
3 3 (9.38%) Manufacturing
3 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
3 3 (9.38%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Automotive
4 2 (6.25%) French Language
4 2 (6.25%) German Language
4 2 (6.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (40.63%) Author
1 13 (40.63%) Technical Author
2 4 (12.50%) Technical Illustrator
3 3 (9.38%) Lead
3 3 (9.38%) Senior
4 2 (6.25%) Consultant
4 2 (6.25%) Coordinator
4 2 (6.25%) Project Controller
4 2 (6.25%) Senior Technician
5 1 (3.13%) Architect
5 1 (3.13%) Data Centre Consultant
5 1 (3.13%) Data Technician
5 1 (3.13%) ICT Consultant
5 1 (3.13%) Information Manager
5 1 (3.13%) IT Architect
5 1 (3.13%) Mechanical Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) Senior Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (37.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Animation
2 3 (9.38%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.13%) CCTV
3 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.13%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.75%) 3D Modelling
2 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
2 4 (12.50%) Desktop Publishing
3 3 (9.38%) Data Management
4 2 (6.25%) Business Forecasting
4 2 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (6.25%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (6.25%) Data Analysis
4 2 (6.25%) Ergonomics
4 2 (6.25%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (6.25%) Process Improvement
4 2 (6.25%) Statistics
5 1 (3.13%) Agile
5 1 (3.13%) Architectural Design
5 1 (3.13%) CAFM
5 1 (3.13%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (3.13%) PLM
5 1 (3.13%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (3.13%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 16 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (31.25%) Degree
3 3 (9.38%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.25%) ACCA
4 2 (6.25%) CIMA
4 2 (6.25%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.25%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.13%) BICSI Certification
5 1 (3.13%) BICSI RCDD
5 1 (3.13%) HND
5 1 (3.13%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.13%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) MOM
Vendors
1 14 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) Adobe
3 2 (6.25%) SAP
4 1 (3.13%) AVEVA
4 1 (3.13%) Openreach
4 1 (3.13%) Siemens