CAD Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring CAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 66 68
Rank change year-on-year - +2 -
Contract jobs citing CAD 0 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham - 0.14% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.17% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £424
25th Percentile - - £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £488
75th Percentile - - £541
90th Percentile - - £561
West Midlands median daily rate £350 - £510
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +100.00% -
West Midlands median hourly rate - £18.50 £34.50
% change year-on-year - -46.38% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 596 594 639
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 91.13% 84.38% 82.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 388 420
10th Percentile £250 £196 £275
25th Percentile £383 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -3.06%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £606
90th Percentile £648 £750 £725
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -3.66% +3.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 11 22
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.70 £14.64
25th Percentile £13.25 £20.88 £25.31
Median hourly rate £18.87 £26.13 £30.52
Median % change year-on-year -27.77% -14.40% +64.97%
75th Percentile £24.64 £53.88 £67.50
90th Percentile £28.95 £57.25 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.34 £24.18 £27.50
% change year-on-year +0.66% -12.07% +55.19%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Birmingham

CAD
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing CAD

CAD
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing CAD