AutoCAD Contract Job Trends in England

Autodesk AutoCAD
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring AutoCAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 536 500 547
Rank change year-on-year -36 +47 +177
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 8 22 34
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.026% 0.070% 0.086%
As % of the Applications category 0.31% 1.01% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 13
10th Percentile £260 £296 £167
25th Percentile £325 £313 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £365 £375
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +4.90%
75th Percentile £388 £376 £456
90th Percentile £463 £540 £488
UK median daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +4.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 9
10th Percentile - £21.25 £26.00
25th Percentile £47.50 £25.09 £30.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £33.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.25% -4.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £52.50 £38.13 £38.75
90th Percentile - £40.25 £46.15
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £33.50 £33.75
% change year-on-year -14.93% -0.74% -11.18%

All Software Application Skills
England

AutoCAD falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,568 2,171 3,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.45% 6.91% 8.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,484 1,266 2,010
10th Percentile £194 £175 £165
25th Percentile £300 £263 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £406 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +1.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £545 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £658
UK median daily rate £425 £402 £400
% change year-on-year +5.79% +0.44% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 217 255
10th Percentile £12.89 £15.24 £14.17
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.62 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £24.00 £26.99
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -11.08% +6.24%
75th Percentile £32.68 £42.50 £46.47
90th Percentile £51.50 £65.00 £50.90
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £23.59 £26.00
% change year-on-year -4.62% -9.27% +5.61%

AutoCAD
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

AutoCAD job vacancy trend in England

AutoCAD
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing AutoCAD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing AutoCAD

AutoCAD
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AutoCAD in England over the 6 months to 23 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AutoCAD in England

AutoCAD
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing AutoCAD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing AutoCAD

AutoCAD
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AutoCAD within the England region over the 6 months to 23 November 2025. 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
West Midlands -16 4 £350 - 14
Midlands -27 4 £350 - 18
London +8 3 £375 -0.27% 6
East of England -14 1 £195 - 6
AutoCAD
UK

AutoCAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Revit
2 3 (37.50%) Navisworks
3 2 (25.00%) MicroStation
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
4 1 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) HTTP
1 2 (25.00%) Internet
1 2 (25.00%) SMTP
1 2 (25.00%) SSH
1 2 (25.00%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (12.50%) Wireless
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Publishing
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Automotive
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Commissioning Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Coordinator
1 2 (25.00%) Draughtsman
2 1 (12.50%) CAD Technician
2 1 (12.50%) Communications Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Designer
2 1 (12.50%) Network Designer
2 1 (12.50%) Project Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Project Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Communications Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Digital Signage
1 2 (25.00%) Fibre Optics
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Building Information Modelling
1 4 (50.00%) CAD
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Bill of Materials
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Information Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) HNC
2 2 (25.00%) HND
3 1 (12.50%) BICSI Certification
3 1 (12.50%) BICSI RCDD
3 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (12.50%) RIBA
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Autodesk
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Nokia