CAD Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 308 357
Rank change year-on-year +9 +49 +114
Contract jobs citing CAD 63 81 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.40% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.48% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 9 39
10th Percentile £396 £235 £197
25th Percentile £438 £273 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £350 £350
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% - -28.57%
75th Percentile £558 £400 £467
90th Percentile £735 £1,643 £568
UK median daily rate £475 £377 £350
% change year-on-year +25.99% +7.71% -22.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 48 15
10th Percentile £32.25 £22.80 £15.80
25th Percentile £34.50 £36.25 £22.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +81.82%
75th Percentile £56.88 £51.25 £47.02
90th Percentile £60.00 £57.50 £69.40
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £41.08
% change year-on-year -22.22% +9.55% +86.72%

All Process and 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 13,272 16,878 20,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.25% 82.90% 88.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,026 10,042 13,836
10th Percentile £235 £250 £263
25th Percentile £367 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,223 1,950 1,258
10th Percentile £13.82 £12.75 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.99 £17.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £38.20 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.16% -4.51% +86.05%
75th Percentile £50.00 £62.96 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.75 £75.99
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £40.25
% change year-on-year -34.02% -5.29% +52.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CAD in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CAD in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CAD in the UK excluding London

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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 18 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CAD in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CAD in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CAD in the UK excluding London

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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 18 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CAD in the UK excluding London

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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 18 July 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +41 38 £450 - 75
North West +42 36 £450 - 54
Midlands 0 13 £700 +191.67% 75
East Midlands +12 10 £700 - 19
South West +5 5 £600 +65.52% 69
South East +24 3 £423 +5.63% 91
East of England +10 3 - - 42
West Midlands -3 3 £350 +45.83% 56
Yorkshire -3 2 £388 - 18
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 10
CAD
UK

CAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (4.76%) Mendix
1 3 (4.76%) Resin
2 2 (3.17%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.59%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 33 (52.38%) Siemens NX
2 4 (6.35%) Fusion 360
2 4 (6.35%) PTC Creo
3 3 (4.76%) AutoCAD
3 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.76%) Revit
4 2 (3.17%) MicroStation
5 1 (1.59%) CATIA
5 1 (1.59%) NASTRAN
5 1 (1.59%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 37 (58.73%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.59%) ENOVIA
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.35%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (1.59%) GIS
1 1 (1.59%) QGIS
General
1 15 (23.81%) Manufacturing
2 14 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (15.87%) Social Skills
4 9 (14.29%) Aerospace
5 3 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.17%) Publishing
7 1 (1.59%) Law
7 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (25.40%) Applications Engineer
1 16 (25.40%) Configuration Engineer
2 10 (15.87%) Architect
3 8 (12.70%) Test Manager
4 6 (9.52%) Developer
5 5 (7.94%) Design Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Senior
6 4 (6.35%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.76%) CAD Designer
7 3 (4.76%) CAD Developer
7 3 (4.76%) Consultant
7 3 (4.76%) Designer
7 3 (4.76%) Portfolio Manager
7 3 (4.76%) Portfolio Test Manager
7 3 (4.76%) ServiceNow Developer
8 2 (3.17%) CAD Manager
8 2 (3.17%) PCB Design Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) PCB Designer
8 2 (3.17%) PCB Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) Security Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (26.98%) XML
2 4 (6.35%) AngularJS
2 4 (6.35%) CSS
2 4 (6.35%) HTML
2 4 (6.35%) jQuery
2 4 (6.35%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.76%) 3D Printing
3 3 (4.76%) Algorithms
4 2 (3.17%) Robotics
5 1 (1.59%) 3D Graphics
5 1 (1.59%) Derivative
5 1 (1.59%) Lidar
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (58.73%) PLM
2 20 (31.75%) User Experience
3 17 (26.98%) Data Governance
4 11 (17.46%) Visualisation
5 10 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (15.87%) Use Case
6 8 (12.70%) Enterprise Architecture
6 8 (12.70%) Knowledge Transfer
6 8 (12.70%) Process Improvement
6 8 (12.70%) Translating Business Requirements
6 8 (12.70%) User Stories
7 7 (11.11%) Coaching
7 7 (11.11%) ITSM
7 7 (11.11%) Knowledge Management
7 7 (11.11%) Mentoring
8 6 (9.52%) Agile
8 6 (9.52%) Data Management
8 6 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (7.94%) Web Development
10 4 (6.35%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.94%) JavaScript
2 2 (3.17%) Python
3 1 (1.59%) Tcl
3 1 (1.59%) TypeScript
3 1 (1.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (53.97%) Security Cleared
2 24 (38.10%) SC Cleared
3 7 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.17%) Degree
4 2 (3.17%) HNC
4 2 (3.17%) HND
5 1 (1.59%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (26.98%) Data Quality
2 6 (9.52%) QA
3 2 (3.17%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 15 (23.81%) Siemens
2 7 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 6 (9.52%) Autodesk
4 2 (3.17%) Facebook
4 2 (3.17%) Microsoft