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 27 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 312 380 464
Rank change year-on-year +68 +84 -69
Contract jobs citing CAD 86 59 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.26% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.29% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 36 29
10th Percentile £239 £191 £300
25th Percentile £303 £308 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £350 £490
Median % change year-on-year +17.86% -28.57% +63.33%
75th Percentile £450 £389 £500
90th Percentile £1,524 £503 £640
UK median daily rate £377 £350 £451
% change year-on-year +7.71% -22.39% +40.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 14 9
10th Percentile £23.63 £15.60 £19.61
25th Percentile £35.80 £22.25 £22.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £36.25 £25.28
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% +43.42% +17.56%
75th Percentile £51.25 £45.04 £37.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £53.20 £43.30
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £25.28
% change year-on-year +12.50% +58.26% +17.56%

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 17,499 20,331 27,445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.79% 89.01% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,272 13,870 19,174
10th Percentile £250 £263 £250
25th Percentile £380 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £694 £672
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,167 1,259 1,359
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.56 £15.57 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +66.67% +2.44%
75th Percentile £61.80 £63.75 £48.66
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% +38.46% +13.04%

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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 27 June 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 27 June 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 27 June 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 +33 39 £363 -3.33% 75
Midlands +3 15 £450 +36.36% 144
West Midlands +16 14 £450 +28.57% 76
South East +5 14 - - 126
Scotland +40 9 - - 28
East of England +6 6 - - 54
North of England +28 3 - - 119
North West +11 2 - - 57
East Midlands -2 1 - - 68
Yorkshire - 1 - - 47
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 (6.98%) CMS
2 1 (1.16%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 17 (19.77%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (18.60%) Acrobat
3 10 (11.63%) Adobe Illustrator
3 10 (11.63%) Autodesk Inventor
4 6 (6.98%) Photoshop
4 6 (6.98%) PTC Creo
5 5 (5.81%) AutoCAD
6 4 (4.65%) Simulink
6 4 (4.65%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (3.49%) Windchill
8 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
8 2 (2.33%) Siemens NX
9 1 (1.16%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.81%) Data Mining
2 2 (2.33%) GIS
3 1 (1.16%) Geospatial Data
General
1 44 (51.16%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.09%) Manufacturing
3 18 (20.93%) Aerospace
4 8 (9.30%) Multimedia
5 7 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.81%) Finance
7 4 (4.65%) Publishing
8 3 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.49%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.33%) Electronics
9 2 (2.33%) French Language
9 2 (2.33%) German Language
9 2 (2.33%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (29.07%) Author
1 25 (29.07%) Technical Author
2 11 (12.79%) CAD Technician
3 9 (10.47%) Technical Illustrator
4 6 (6.98%) Architect
4 6 (6.98%) Senior
5 5 (5.81%) Data Architect
5 5 (5.81%) Project Manager
6 4 (4.65%) Programmer
7 3 (3.49%) Technical Writer
8 2 (2.33%) Applications Engineer
8 2 (2.33%) Coordinator
8 2 (2.33%) Design Engineer
8 2 (2.33%) Manufacturing Engineer
8 2 (2.33%) Project Controller
9 1 (1.16%) Analyst
9 1 (1.16%) Consultant
9 1 (1.16%) Senior Architect
9 1 (1.16%) Senior Design Engineer
9 1 (1.16%) Strategic Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (26.74%) XML
2 12 (13.95%) SGML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (23.26%) Animation
2 4 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.49%) 3D Graphics
4 2 (2.33%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.16%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (1.16%) CCTV
5 1 (1.16%) Life Science
5 1 (1.16%) NHS
5 1 (1.16%) STB
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.16%) Linux
1 1 (1.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (19.77%) Data Management
2 12 (13.95%) 3D Modelling
3 11 (12.79%) Project Delivery
4 7 (8.14%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (6.98%) Content Management
5 6 (6.98%) Systems Engineering
6 5 (5.81%) Computer Science
6 5 (5.81%) Project Management
7 4 (4.65%) 3D Animation
7 4 (4.65%) Analytical Modelling
7 4 (4.65%) Desktop Publishing
7 4 (4.65%) Migration
7 4 (4.65%) Physics
7 4 (4.65%) Systems Analysis
7 4 (4.65%) Threat Modelling
7 4 (4.65%) Validation
8 3 (3.49%) Business Case
8 3 (3.49%) FMEA
8 3 (3.49%) Incident Response
8 3 (3.49%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.65%) MATLAB
2 3 (3.49%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.16%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 23 (26.74%) Security Cleared
2 22 (25.58%) Degree
3 10 (11.63%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.33%) ACCA
5 2 (2.33%) CIMA
5 2 (2.33%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.16%) HND
6 1 (1.16%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.16%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.95%) Def Stans
2 5 (5.81%) QA
3 1 (1.16%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (1.16%) MOM
Vendors
1 16 (18.60%) Adobe
2 11 (12.79%) Microsoft
3 9 (10.47%) Autodesk
4 3 (3.49%) PTC
4 3 (3.49%) SAP
4 3 (3.49%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.49%) Snow
5 1 (1.16%) AVEVA
5 1 (1.16%) Openreach