The first table below looks at the demand for AutoCAD skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited AutoCAD over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Applications category.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Autodesk AutoCAD
Rank 818 856 820
Rank change year-on-year
+38 -36
Permanent jobs citing AutoCAD 46 44 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.042% 0.036% 0.041%
As % of the Applications category 0.277% 0.268% 0.297%
Number of salaries quoted 32 31 45
Average salary £32,500 £28,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.07% -34.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,200 £23,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £28,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+19.64% -6.66%
All Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Applications category
16631 16429 16815
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 15.29% 13.39% 13.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13689 14189 14311
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%

AutoCAD
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing AutoCAD within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

AutoCAD Jobs Demand Trend

AutoCAD
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing AutoCAD within the UK.

AutoCAD Salary Trend

AutoCAD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing AutoCAD over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

AutoCAD Salary Histogram

AutoCAD
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AutoCAD within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +31 38 £32,500 +18.18%
South East +20 19 £40,000 +42.85%
Berkshire +14 11 £40,000 +53.84%
Reading - 9 £40,000 -
London +40 5 £26,500 -3.63%
North West -8 4 £28,250 +6.60%
City of London +22 3 £25,500 -
East of England +9 3 £30,000 -3.22%
Scotland -2 3 £32,500 -18.75%
Manchester -4 3 £30,000 +30.43%
Kent - 3 £42,000 -
Yorkshire - 3 £28,500 -
East Midlands 0 2 £37,500 -
South West 0 2 £35,000 +27.27%
Glasgow - 2 - -
Wokingham - 2 - -
Barnsley - 2 £36,750 -
South Yorkshire - 2 £36,750 -
Surrey +16 1 - -
Cambridgeshire +9 1 £27,500 -45.00%
Hertfordshire +6 1 £19,000 -5.00%
Hampshire +6 1 £32,500 -43.47%
North East +5 1 £17,000 -
Oxfordshire -18 1 £25,000 -10.71%
Norfolk - 1 £30,000 -
Leicestershire - 1 £37,500 -
East Sussex - 1 - -
Durham - 1 £17,000 -
Witney - 1 £25,000 -
Wakefield - 1 £27,500 -

AutoCAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing AutoCAD also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited AutoCAD.

1 41 (52.56%) CAD
2 26 (33.33%) Degree
3 18 (23.08%) SolidWorks
3 18 (23.08%) Microsoft
4 13 (16.67%) MS Office
4 13 (16.67%) MS Excel
5 12 (15.38%) HNC
5 12 (15.38%) Manufacturing
6 11 (14.10%) Revit
6 11 (14.10%) Autodesk
7 8 (10.26%) QA
7 8 (10.26%) SketchUp
7 8 (10.26%) 3D Modelling
8 7 (8.974%) GIS
9 6 (7.692%) Windows
9 6 (7.692%) C++
9 6 (7.692%) Google
9 6 (7.692%) Electronics
9 6 (7.692%) 3ds Max
10 5 (6.410%) Telecoms
10 5 (6.410%) Marketing
10 5 (6.410%) Spreadsheet
10 5 (6.410%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (6.410%) C#
10 5 (6.410%) ArcGIS
10 5 (6.410%) Mapinfo
10 5 (6.410%) Windows Server 2003
10 5 (6.410%) CAE
10 5 (6.410%) Windows 7
11 4 (5.128%) Augmented Reality

AutoCAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing AutoCAD also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited AutoCAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (2.564%) .NET
2 1 (1.282%) OpenGL
Application Platforms
1 5 (6.410%) ArcGIS
2 4 (5.128%) MS Exchange
3 2 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (2.564%) Lotus Notes
3 2 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 13 (16.67%) MS Office
1 13 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 11 (14.10%) Revit
3 8 (10.26%) SketchUp
4 6 (7.692%) 3ds Max
5 5 (6.410%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (5.128%) Pro/ENGINEER
6 4 (5.128%) Maya
7 3 (3.846%) MS Project
7 3 (3.846%) Vectorworks
8 2 (2.564%) MicroStation
8 2 (2.564%) Photoshop
8 2 (2.564%) MS Visio
8 2 (2.564%) CINEMA 4D
8 2 (2.564%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (1.282%) ArchiCAD
9 1 (1.282%) MS PowerPoint
9 1 (1.282%) FreeHand
Business Applications
1 1 (1.282%) Maximo
1 1 (1.282%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.846%) Ethernet
1 3 (3.846%) TCP/IP
1 3 (3.846%) DNS
2 2 (2.564%) VSAT
2 2 (2.564%) LAN
3 1 (1.282%) Broadband
3 1 (1.282%) Firewall
3 1 (1.282%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.974%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.282%) LabVIEW
1 1 (1.282%) Rational DOORS
General
1 12 (15.38%) Manufacturing
2 6 (7.692%) Electronics
3 5 (6.410%) Telecoms
3 5 (6.410%) Marketing
4 4 (5.128%) Games
5 2 (2.564%) Retail
5 2 (2.564%) Automotive
5 2 (2.564%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (19.23%) Design Engineer
2 12 (15.38%) Designer
3 6 (7.692%) Systems Integrator
4 5 (6.410%) GIS Technician
4 5 (6.410%) CAD Designer
5 4 (5.128%) IT Support
5 4 (5.128%) Development Engineer
5 4 (5.128%) 3D Animator
5 4 (5.128%) Animator
6 3 (3.846%) Technical Engineer
6 3 (3.846%) Test Development Engineer
6 3 (3.846%) Test Engineer
6 3 (3.846%) Developer
6 3 (3.846%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (3.846%) Support Engineer
6 3 (3.846%) Support Technician
7 2 (2.564%) Coordinator
7 2 (2.564%) Software Developer
7 2 (2.564%) Architect
7 2 (2.564%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.128%) Augmented Reality
1 4 (5.128%) Mobile App
1 4 (5.128%) Animation
2 3 (3.846%) Mechatronics
2 3 (3.846%) Mathematics
2 3 (3.846%) Fat Client
2 3 (3.846%) Thin Client
2 3 (3.846%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (2.564%) Firmware
3 2 (2.564%) SCADA
3 2 (2.564%) Robotics
3 2 (2.564%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.282%) VHDL
4 1 (1.282%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 1 (1.282%) Physics
4 1 (1.282%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.282%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.282%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.692%) Windows
2 5 (6.410%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (6.410%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (6.410%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.282%) Android
3 1 (1.282%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (52.56%) CAD
2 8 (10.26%) 3D Modelling
3 5 (6.410%) CAE
4 4 (5.128%) Benchmarking
4 4 (5.128%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (3.846%) Project Management
6 2 (2.564%) ITIL
6 2 (2.564%) CRM
6 2 (2.564%) Industrial Design
7 1 (1.282%) Validation
7 1 (1.282%) Finite Element Analysis
7 1 (1.282%) Business Development
7 1 (1.282%) RDF
7 1 (1.282%) Data Modelling
7 1 (1.282%) OOD
7 1 (1.282%) UML
7 1 (1.282%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.692%) C++
2 5 (6.410%) C#
3 4 (5.128%) C
3 4 (5.128%) VC++
4 3 (3.846%) VB
5 1 (1.282%) VB.NET
5 1 (1.282%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 26 (33.33%) Degree
2 12 (15.38%) HNC
3 4 (5.128%) HND
4 1 (1.282%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.26%) QA
2 3 (3.846%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.564%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.846%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (3.846%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.846%) vSphere
Vendors
1 18 (23.08%) SolidWorks
1 18 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 11 (14.10%) Autodesk
3 6 (7.692%) Google
4 5 (6.410%) Mapinfo
5 4 (5.128%) HP
6 3 (3.846%) VMware
6 3 (3.846%) Dell
6 3 (3.846%) Citrix
7 2 (2.564%) Allen-Bradley
7 2 (2.564%) Siemens
7 2 (2.564%) Lotus
7 2 (2.564%) Apple
7 2 (2.564%) Adobe
8 1 (1.282%) Agilent
8 1 (1.282%) IBM
8 1 (1.282%) EMC
8 1 (1.282%) Freescale
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