CAD Contracts in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 308 382 464
Rank change year-on-year +74 +82 -87
Contract jobs citing CAD 91 56 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.44% 0.25% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.28% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 37 30
10th Percentile £250 £193 £300
25th Percentile £319 £308 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £330 £495
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -33.33% +65.00%
75th Percentile - £376 £500
90th Percentile £1,206 £500 £644
UK median daily rate £377 £350 £483
% change year-on-year +7.71% -27.46% +43.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 12 10
10th Percentile £23.63 £17.52 £21.94
25th Percentile £35.95 £28.98 £22.42
Median hourly rate £45.00 £41.08 £29.16
Median % change year-on-year +9.55% +40.88% +35.62%
75th Percentile £51.25 £46.04 £40.47
90th Percentile - £54.40 £46.63
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £42.16 £32.50
% change year-on-year +6.75% +29.71% +51.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,325 20,337 27,186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.38% 89.23% 89.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,289 13,953 19,001
10th Percentile £250 £260 £238
25th Percentile £375 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,130 1,241 1,347
10th Percentile £12.42 £10.63 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.40
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.50 £62.35
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%

CAD
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

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 31 May 2024.

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 31 May 2024.

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 31 May 2024. 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 West +43 41 £363 - 100
South East +18 19 £475 -5.00% 154
Midlands +6 12 £450 +36.36% 179
West Midlands +15 11 £450 +28.57% 108
Scotland +42 9 - - 34
East of England +11 6 - - 93
North of England +28 4 - - 153
North West +19 2 - - 80
Yorkshire - 2 - - 51
East Midlands -1 1 - - 71
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 6 (6.59%) CMS
2 1 (1.10%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 19 (20.88%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (17.58%) Acrobat
3 10 (10.99%) Adobe Illustrator
3 10 (10.99%) Autodesk Inventor
4 6 (6.59%) AutoCAD
4 6 (6.59%) Photoshop
4 6 (6.59%) PTC Creo
4 6 (6.59%) Siemens NX
5 4 (4.40%) Simulink
5 4 (4.40%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (3.30%) Windchill
7 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
8 1 (1.10%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.10%) SmartPlant
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.69%) Data Mining
2 2 (2.20%) GIS
3 1 (1.10%) Geospatial Data
General
1 46 (50.55%) Social Skills
2 22 (24.18%) Manufacturing
3 18 (19.78%) Aerospace
4 9 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (8.79%) Multimedia
6 5 (5.49%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.40%) Finance
7 4 (4.40%) Publishing
8 3 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.20%) Electronics
9 2 (2.20%) French Language
9 2 (2.20%) German Language
9 2 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (29.67%) Author
1 27 (29.67%) Technical Author
2 11 (12.09%) CAD Technician
3 9 (9.89%) Technical Illustrator
4 7 (7.69%) Architect
4 7 (7.69%) Data Architect
5 5 (5.49%) Project Manager
5 5 (5.49%) Senior
6 4 (4.40%) CAD Engineer
7 3 (3.30%) Coordinator
7 3 (3.30%) Programmer
7 3 (3.30%) Technical Writer
8 2 (2.20%) Applications Engineer
8 2 (2.20%) Design Engineer
8 2 (2.20%) Project Controller
9 1 (1.10%) GIS Analyst
9 1 (1.10%) GIS Specialist
9 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing Engineer
9 1 (1.10%) Senior Design Engineer
9 1 (1.10%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (27.47%) XML
2 12 (13.19%) SGML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (21.98%) Animation
2 5 (5.49%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.30%) 3D Graphics
5 2 (2.20%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.10%) Analogue Electronics
6 1 (1.10%) CCTV
6 1 (1.10%) Life Science
6 1 (1.10%) STB
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.10%) Linux
1 1 (1.10%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (19.78%) 3D Modelling
1 18 (19.78%) Data Management
2 11 (12.09%) Project Delivery
3 9 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (6.59%) Computer Science
4 6 (6.59%) Content Management
4 6 (6.59%) Project Management
4 6 (6.59%) Systems Engineering
5 5 (5.49%) Migration
6 4 (4.40%) 3D Animation
6 4 (4.40%) Analytical Modelling
6 4 (4.40%) Desktop Publishing
6 4 (4.40%) Physics
6 4 (4.40%) Systems Analysis
6 4 (4.40%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (4.40%) Validation
7 3 (3.30%) Business Case
7 3 (3.30%) Data Collection
7 3 (3.30%) Decision-Making
7 3 (3.30%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.40%) MATLAB
2 1 (1.10%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 27 (29.67%) Security Cleared
2 22 (24.18%) Degree
3 9 (9.89%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.59%) DV Cleared
5 5 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.20%) ACCA
6 2 (2.20%) CIMA
7 1 (1.10%) HND
7 1 (1.10%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.10%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.19%) Def Stans
2 5 (5.49%) QA
3 1 (1.10%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (1.10%) MOM
Vendors
1 16 (17.58%) Adobe
2 14 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 9 (9.89%) Autodesk
4 5 (5.49%) Siemens
5 3 (3.30%) PTC
5 3 (3.30%) SAP
6 1 (1.10%) AVEVA
6 1 (1.10%) Openreach