Autodesk AutoCAD
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for AutoCAD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited AutoCAD over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 625 896 1130
Rank change year-on-year +271 +234 -295
Permanent jobs citing AutoCAD 298 56 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.058% 0.064%
As % of the Applications category 2.99% 0.65% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 185 23 54
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -6.98% +28.36%
75th Percentile £52,500 £45,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £55,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +12.50%

All Software Application Skills
UK

AutoCAD is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 9,968 8,573 14,165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.71% 8.81% 8.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6,053 4,742 7,170
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £27,965 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% - +3.19%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £39,322
% change year-on-year -6.67% -4.63% -1.70%

AutoCAD
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing AutoCAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for AutoCAD in the UK

AutoCAD
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AutoCAD.

Salary trend for AutoCAD in the UK

AutoCAD
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing AutoCAD over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for AutoCAD in the UK

AutoCAD
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AutoCAD within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +293 276 £45,000 +12.50% 456
UK excluding London +193 254 £45,000 +12.50% 420
South East +46 64 £45,000 +12.50% 83
East of England +53 58 £50,000 +17.65% 43
Midlands +47 57 £40,000 - 100
Work from Home +84 49 £45,000 +34.33% 110
North of England +88 42 £40,000 -13.04% 105
West Midlands +45 37 £41,250 - 62
London +165 35 £63,500 +82.73% 60
South West -6 22 £34,000 - 59
Yorkshire +98 21 £45,000 -2.17% 38
North West - 21 £32,500 - 51
East Midlands +2 20 £40,000 - 38
Scotland -43 14 £48,000 - 28
Wales +6 4 - - 15

AutoCAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 15 (5.03%) ArcGIS
2 6 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.01%) Smallworld
4 1 (0.34%) Apache
4 1 (0.34%) IIS
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 60 (20.13%) Revit
2 52 (17.45%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (11.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (6.04%) MS Visio
5 15 (5.03%) Autodesk Inventor
6 11 (3.69%) SOLIDWORKS
7 9 (3.02%) Microsoft Project
8 7 (2.35%) 3ds Max
8 7 (2.35%) Fusion 360
8 7 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 6 (2.01%) Photoshop
9 6 (2.01%) Solid Edge
10 4 (1.34%) EPLAN
10 4 (1.34%) SketchUp
11 3 (1.01%) InDesign
12 2 (0.67%) ALPHACAM
13 1 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 1 (0.34%) MicroStation
13 1 (0.34%) ProjectWise
13 1 (0.34%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 10 (3.36%) NEC Housing
2 3 (1.01%) SAP CRM
2 3 (1.01%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 7 (2.35%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 3 (1.01%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.34%) AWS
3 1 (0.34%) Azure
3 1 (0.34%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.34%) Entra ID
3 1 (0.34%) GCP
3 1 (0.34%) IaaS
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.34%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.01%) Wireless
2 4 (1.34%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (1.34%) TETRA
3 3 (1.01%) LAN
3 3 (1.01%) WLAN
4 1 (0.34%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.68%) GIS
2 4 (1.34%) Geospatial Data
2 4 (1.34%) Spatial Data
3 3 (1.01%) Power BI
4 2 (0.67%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.34%) QGIS
5 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.34%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Chocolatey
1 1 (0.34%) Git
1 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
General
1 100 (33.56%) Social Skills
2 77 (25.84%) Legal
3 73 (24.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (18.46%) Local Government
5 35 (11.74%) Manufacturing
6 33 (11.07%) Finance
7 32 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
8 20 (6.71%) Organisational Skills
8 20 (6.71%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (6.04%) Retail
10 15 (5.03%) Games
11 12 (4.03%) Marketing
12 11 (3.69%) Public Sector
13 10 (3.36%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.34%) Electronics
15 3 (1.01%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.01%) Automotive
16 2 (0.67%) Advertising
16 2 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
17 1 (0.34%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 49 (16.44%) Coordinator
1 49 (16.44%) Technical Coordinator
2 41 (13.76%) Senior
3 38 (12.75%) Project Manager
4 22 (7.38%) Designer
5 18 (6.04%) Design Engineer
5 18 (6.04%) Programmer
5 18 (6.04%) Systems Engineer
6 17 (5.70%) CAD Technician
6 17 (5.70%) Technical Manager
7 16 (5.37%) AutoCAD Designer
7 16 (5.37%) CAD Designer
7 16 (5.37%) Systems Designer
7 16 (5.37%) Systems Programmer
8 12 (4.03%) Applications Engineer
8 12 (4.03%) Senior Manager
8 12 (4.03%) Senior Project Manager
8 12 (4.03%) Technical Assistant
9 11 (3.69%) Hardware Engineer
9 11 (3.69%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.69%) V-Ray
2 7 (2.35%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (0.34%) .NET
3 1 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.34%) PostGIS
3 1 (0.34%) XML
3 1 (0.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (17.79%) Housing Association
2 20 (6.71%) Renewable Energy
3 16 (5.37%) Home Automation
3 16 (5.37%) Smart Home
4 14 (4.70%) Operational Technology
4 14 (4.70%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (3.69%) CCTV
5 11 (3.69%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.69%) Virtual Reality
6 10 (3.36%) Driving Licence
6 10 (3.36%) Video Conferencing
7 8 (2.68%) Augmented Reality
8 7 (2.35%) e-Learning
8 7 (2.35%) HoloLens
8 7 (2.35%) HTC Vive
8 7 (2.35%) Oculus
8 7 (2.35%) Robotics
9 6 (2.01%) FMCG
10 5 (1.68%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.68%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 28 (9.40%) Windows
2 3 (1.01%) Android
2 3 (1.01%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (29.19%) CAD
2 78 (26.17%) Time Management
3 77 (25.84%) Agile
4 57 (19.13%) Project Management
5 46 (15.44%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (14.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 31 (10.40%) Project Delivery
8 27 (9.06%) Mathematics
9 25 (8.39%) Mentoring
10 22 (7.38%) Creative Thinking
11 13 (4.36%) Project Planning
11 13 (4.36%) Risk Management
12 12 (4.03%) Software Engineering
13 11 (3.69%) Budgeting
14 10 (3.36%) 3D Modelling
14 10 (3.36%) Cost Control
14 10 (3.36%) Software Testing
15 8 (2.68%) 3D Rendering
15 8 (2.68%) Business Intelligence
15 8 (2.68%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.37%) R
2 1 (0.34%) Bash
2 1 (0.34%) C#
2 1 (0.34%) MATLAB
2 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.34%) Python
Qualifications
1 97 (32.55%) HND
2 84 (28.19%) Degree
3 82 (27.52%) HNC
4 10 (3.36%) Security Cleared
5 9 (3.02%) SC Cleared
6 7 (2.35%) Chartered Engineer
7 6 (2.01%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.68%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.68%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.68%) RIBA
9 4 (1.34%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.67%) BICSI Certification
10 2 (0.67%) BICSI RCDD
10 2 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.34%) MCSA
11 1 (0.34%) MCSE
11 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.05%) GDPR
2 11 (3.69%) NEBOSH
3 7 (2.35%) QA
4 6 (2.01%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.34%) ISO 14001
5 4 (1.34%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.01%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.67%) COSHH
System Software
1 4 (1.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (0.34%) Ansible
1 1 (0.34%) SCCM
1 1 (0.34%) SCOM
1 1 (0.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 59 (19.80%) Microsoft
2 35 (11.74%) SAP
3 29 (9.73%) Autodesk
4 13 (4.36%) Adobe
5 11 (3.69%) Siemens
6 10 (3.36%) NEC
7 4 (1.34%) Allen-Bradley
7 4 (1.34%) EMC
8 3 (1.01%) Epicor
9 1 (0.34%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.34%) BT
9 1 (0.34%) IBM
9 1 (0.34%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle
9 1 (0.34%) PTC
9 1 (0.34%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.34%) TOWER Software
9 1 (0.34%) Vectorworks