CAD Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring CAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 388 299 311
Rank change year-on-year -89 +12 +78
Contract jobs citing CAD 41 41 86
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.32% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.35% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 18 21
10th Percentile £409 £438 £273
25th Percentile £463 £440 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £478 £400
Median % change year-on-year +9.95% +19.38% +21.21%
75th Percentile £598 £540 £450
90th Percentile £675 £580 £688
UK median daily rate £519 £527 £376
% change year-on-year -1.57% +40.16% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 48
10th Percentile £30.38 £15.00 £23.63
25th Percentile £32.50 £35.63 £36.10
Median hourly rate £35.00 £60.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.67% +33.33% +9.55%
75th Percentile £37.50 £65.63 £51.25
90th Percentile £46.97 £74.25 -
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £60.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -41.67% +33.33% +38.46%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 19,255 11,589 17,632
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.51% 90.48% 84.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,698 7,302 10,612
10th Percentile £284 £238 £245
25th Percentile £400 £380 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £487 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -2.65% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £663 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.72% -0.05% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,021 818 2,030
10th Percentile £14.47 £14.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.10 £15.17
Median hourly rate £41.86 £28.00 £35.58
Median % change year-on-year +49.48% -21.29% -4.62%
75th Percentile £66.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £29.07 £35.00
% change year-on-year +37.60% -16.94% -6.67%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

CAD job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CAD
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CAD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CAD

CAD
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CAD in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CAD in the UK excluding London

CAD
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CAD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CAD

CAD
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CAD in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CAD in the UK excluding London

CAD
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
South East -48 19 £513 - 31
South West -38 10 £525 -12.50% 18
North West -55 6 £700 +47.37% 14
North of England -85 6 £700 +47.37% 24
Midlands -58 5 £538 -8.51% 32
East Midlands -33 4 £575 -2.13% 7
Scotland +7 1 £625 -
West Midlands -57 1 £300 - 25
CAD
UK

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.44%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (19.51%) Siemens NX
2 2 (4.88%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (4.88%) CATIA
2 2 (4.88%) Maya
2 2 (4.88%) Photoshop
3 1 (2.44%) AutoCAD
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.44%) MicroStation
3 1 (2.44%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Teamcenter
2 1 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (29.27%) Azure
1 12 (29.27%) GCP
2 10 (24.39%) AWS
3 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (7.32%) Google App Engine
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Git
1 3 (7.32%) GitLab
2 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 8 (19.51%) Manufacturing
1 8 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.07%) Aerospace
3 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
3 4 (9.76%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.88%) Automotive
4 2 (4.88%) Finance
4 2 (4.88%) Marketing
4 2 (4.88%) Retail
5 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Banking
5 1 (2.44%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Architect
1 9 (21.95%) ServiceNow Architect
2 8 (19.51%) Developer
2 8 (19.51%) ServiceNow Developer
3 7 (17.07%) Lead
4 4 (9.76%) CAD Designer
4 4 (9.76%) Designer
4 4 (9.76%) Technical Leader
5 3 (7.32%) Senior
5 3 (7.32%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.32%) Team Leader
6 2 (4.88%) Consultant
6 2 (4.88%) Contracts Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Platform Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Technical Architect
7 1 (2.44%) Hardware Test Engineer
7 1 (2.44%) Information Manager
7 1 (2.44%) Technical Developer
7 1 (2.44%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (51.22%) REST
1 21 (51.22%) SOAP
2 3 (7.32%) HTML
2 3 (7.32%) OAuth
3 2 (4.88%) CSS
3 2 (4.88%) JSON
3 2 (4.88%) XML
4 1 (2.44%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (31.71%) CMDB
2 2 (4.88%) Animation
2 2 (4.88%) Client/Server
2 2 (4.88%) EPoS
2 2 (4.88%) Vector Graphics
3 1 (2.44%) PMI
3 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.44%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (48.78%) ITSM
2 17 (41.46%) Data Modelling
3 14 (34.15%) Agile
4 11 (26.83%) IT Asset Management
4 11 (26.83%) ITIL
4 11 (26.83%) Security Operations
5 9 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (19.51%) Roadmaps
6 8 (19.51%) Scrum
6 8 (19.51%) Technical Leadership
7 7 (17.07%) Enterprise Architecture
7 7 (17.07%) Translating Business Requirements
8 6 (14.63%) PLM
8 6 (14.63%) Service Management
8 6 (14.63%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (9.76%) Data Governance
9 4 (9.76%) Migration
9 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (9.76%) Technical Architecture
9 4 (9.76%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 16 (39.02%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (19.51%) Security Cleared
2 7 (17.07%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (2.44%) Degree
3 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (19.51%) GRC
Vendors
1 23 (56.10%) ServiceNow
2 7 (17.07%) Siemens
3 3 (7.32%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.88%) Adobe
5 1 (2.44%) Autodesk
5 1 (2.44%) BMC
5 1 (2.44%) Remedy
5 1 (2.44%) TOWER Software