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 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 548 460 530
Rank change year-on-year -88 +70 +133
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 8 26 29
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.024% 0.10% 0.076%
As % of the Applications category 0.32% 1.27% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 12
10th Percentile £258 £246 £161
25th Percentile £261 £284 £162
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £371 £225
Median % change year-on-year -8.91% +64.67% -36.84%
75th Percentile £438 £569 £456
90th Percentile £505 £575 -
UK median daily rate £400 £371 £250
% change year-on-year +7.96% +48.20% -28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 11
10th Percentile - £20.31 £22.75
25th Percentile - £26.69 £23.19
Median hourly rate - £34.25 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year - +35.64% -29.86%
75th Percentile - £38.44 £33.75
90th Percentile - £40.63 £37.50
UK median hourly rate - £34.25 £25.25
% change year-on-year - +35.64% -29.86%

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 2,528 2,051 3,277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.53% 7.94% 8.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,480 1,177 1,842
10th Percentile £203 £178 £163
25th Percentile £313 £250 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £402 £400
Median % change year-on-year +12.04% +0.41% -9.09%
75th Percentile £552 £538 £550
90th Percentile £674 £649 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 183 479
10th Percentile £12.95 £15.44 £12.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.24 £14.15
Median hourly rate £19.34 £27.50 £20.58
Median % change year-on-year -29.68% +33.62% -41.20%
75th Percentile £29.61 £43.75 £42.57
90th Percentile £63.75 £82.25 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £19.14 £27.13 £20.00
% change year-on-year -29.45% +35.63% -38.46%

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 10 February 2026.

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 10 February 2026. 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
London -42 6 £400 -27.27% 24
South East -24 1 £263 -0.94% 9
West Midlands -47 1 - - 9
Midlands -56 1 - - 13
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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Google Ads
1 1 (12.50%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) MPLS
1 2 (25.00%) SDH
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) CAD Technician
2 2 (25.00%) AutoCAD Technician
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) CAD Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Design Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) CAD
2 3 (37.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Planon