Autodesk AutoCAD
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for AutoCAD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited AutoCAD over the 6 months to 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 525 655 807
Rank change year-on-year +130 +152 -128
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 51 33 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.059% 0.055%
As % of the Applications category 1.57% 0.79% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 16 25
10th Percentile £176 £195 £241
25th Percentile £235 £210 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £340 £325
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +4.62% -25.71%
75th Percentile £405 £497 £500
90th Percentile £459 £506 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £240 £330 £288
% change year-on-year -27.27% +14.78% +64.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 5
10th Percentile £19.95 £19.03 £31.60
25th Percentile £22.75 £27.69 £37.00
Median hourly rate £25.25 £34.25 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.28% -19.41% +70.00%
75th Percentile £33.75 £38.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £46.50 £45.00 £56.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.25 £34.25 £37.00
% change year-on-year -26.28% -7.43% +68.18%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 3,246 4,164 6,487
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.61% 7.38% 7.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,655 2,705 4,347
10th Percentile £165 £188 £161
25th Percentile £213 £281 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £438
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £650 £684 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £387 £375
% change year-on-year -9.56% +3.20% +8.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 632 259 415
10th Percentile £11.52 £14.24 £11.19
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.13 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.66 £31.27 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.72% +45.44% +21.13%
75th Percentile £38.43 £52.01 £46.88
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.06 £26.49 £19.35
% change year-on-year -39.37% +36.88% +10.59%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AutoCAD.

Daily rate trend for AutoCAD in the UK

AutoCAD
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AutoCAD over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for AutoCAD in the UK

AutoCAD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AutoCAD.

Hourly rate trend for AutoCAD in the UK

AutoCAD
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AutoCAD over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for AutoCAD in the UK

AutoCAD
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AutoCAD within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +116 49 £240 -38.06% 481
UK excluding London +71 37 £240 -27.27% 447
South West +29 18 - - 58
London +90 12 £313 -34.21% 74
Work from Home +118 9 £242 -26.57% 118
Midlands +35 5 £240 -31.43% 104
North of England +32 5 £405 +22.73% 112
North West +24 5 £405 +22.73% 55
South East +12 4 - - 89
East of England - 4 £240 - 56
East Midlands +16 3 - - 41
West Midlands +12 2 £240 - 62
Scotland +27 1 - - 28

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 1 (1.96%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.96%) Documentum
Applications
1 15 (29.41%) Revit
2 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.92%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (3.92%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.96%) EPLAN
4 1 (1.96%) Houdini
4 1 (1.96%) Maya
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (3.92%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) Modbus
1 1 (1.96%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) Power BI
1 2 (3.92%) Tableau
2 1 (1.96%) GIS
General
1 8 (15.69%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.92%) Finance
3 2 (3.92%) Fire and Rescue
3 2 (3.92%) Local Government
4 1 (1.96%) Marketing
4 1 (1.96%) Military
4 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.96%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (35.29%) Architect
2 6 (11.76%) Senior
3 5 (9.80%) Design Engineer
4 4 (7.84%) CAD Technician
4 4 (7.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (7.84%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) Senior Design Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (3.92%) Audio Visual Engineer
6 2 (3.92%) AutoCAD Technician
6 2 (3.92%) Consultant
6 2 (3.92%) Network Engineer
6 2 (3.92%) Project Engineer
6 2 (3.92%) Support Engineer
7 1 (1.96%) Analyst
7 1 (1.96%) Developer
7 1 (1.96%) Field Engineer
7 1 (1.96%) Graduate
7 1 (1.96%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.96%) .NET
1 1 (1.96%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.96%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (1.96%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.80%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.92%) iPad
3 2 (3.92%) iPhone
3 2 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.96%) Animation
4 1 (1.96%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.96%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.92%) Android
1 2 (3.92%) Windows
1 2 (3.92%) Windows 10
1 2 (3.92%) Windows Server
1 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (35.29%) Validation
2 10 (19.61%) CAD
3 7 (13.73%) 3D Modelling
4 6 (11.76%) Project Management
5 5 (9.80%) Data Management
5 5 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (7.84%) CAE
6 4 (7.84%) Data Collection
6 4 (7.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (7.84%) Strategic Planning
7 3 (5.88%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 3 (5.88%) Business Case
7 3 (5.88%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (5.88%) Contract Negotiation
7 3 (5.88%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (3.92%) Decision-Making
8 2 (3.92%) Network Design
8 2 (3.92%) Performance Metrics
8 2 (3.92%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.96%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (43.14%) Security Cleared
2 18 (35.29%) DV Cleared
3 11 (21.57%) Degree
4 4 (7.84%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.96%) BICSI Certification
5 1 (1.96%) BICSI RCDD
5 1 (1.96%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.92%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.96%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (3.92%) Autodesk
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft
1 2 (3.92%) ServiceNow
2 1 (1.96%) ESRI
2 1 (1.96%) IBM
2 1 (1.96%) Kepware
2 1 (1.96%) Perforce
2 1 (1.96%) Rockwell
2 1 (1.96%) Siemens
2 1 (1.96%) VMware
2 1 (1.96%) Wonderware