AutoCAD Contracts in England

Autodesk AutoCAD
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring AutoCAD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AutoCAD over the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 513 623
Rank change year-on-year +34 +110 +121
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 25 44 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.094% 0.12% 0.054%
As % of the Applications category 1.09% 1.63% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 10
10th Percentile £263 £168 £246
25th Percentile £278 £235 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £240 £444
Median % change year-on-year +51.04% -45.92% +25.44%
75th Percentile £529 £345 £499
90th Percentile £575 £405 £513
UK median daily rate £363 £240 £425
% change year-on-year +51.04% -43.53% +20.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 6
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.55 £17.88
25th Percentile £29.38 £22.75 £21.81
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.22 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.55% -8.31% -25.68%
75th Percentile £43.88 £36.25 £41.25
90th Percentile £47.40 £47.88 £45.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.22 £25.00
% change year-on-year +68.55% +0.86% -32.43%

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 2,298 2,704 3,652
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.64% 7.27% 7.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,315 1,387 2,405
10th Percentile £200 £165 £190
25th Percentile £280 £230 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £550 £525 £575
90th Percentile £650 £640 £685
UK median daily rate £423 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +5.75% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 583 230
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.71 £14.35
25th Percentile £15.84 £14.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £16.23 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year +54.04% -36.87% +14.27%
75th Percentile £43.75 £35.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £63.17 £57.50 £58.13
UK median hourly rate £24.59 £17.39 £25.71
% change year-on-year +41.35% -32.35% +16.86%

AutoCAD
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for AutoCAD in England

AutoCAD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for AutoCAD in England

AutoCAD
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AutoCAD in England over the 6 months to 7 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AutoCAD in England

AutoCAD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for AutoCAD in England

AutoCAD
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AutoCAD in England over the 6 months to 7 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for AutoCAD in England

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 7 July 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
London +36 16 £375 +20.00% 93
Midlands +10 5 £350 +45.83% 88
West Midlands +5 4 £350 +45.83% 53
South East +47 3 £165 - 94
North of England 0 1 - - 90
East Midlands -1 1 - - 35
Yorkshire - 1 - - 27
AutoCAD
UK

AutoCAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 13 (52.00%) Revit
2 3 (12.00%) MS Visio
3 2 (8.00%) MicroStation
4 1 (4.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (4.00%) Photoshop
4 1 (4.00%) SketchUp
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (16.00%) Wireless
3 3 (12.00%) HTTP
3 3 (12.00%) Internet
3 3 (12.00%) SMTP
3 3 (12.00%) SSH
3 3 (12.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (8.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (4.00%) GIS
1 1 (4.00%) QGIS
General
1 12 (48.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Publishing
3 2 (8.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.00%) Finance
4 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 5 (20.00%) Design Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Commissioning Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Designer
3 3 (12.00%) Electrical Design Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Electrical Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Cabling Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Communications Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Coordinator
4 2 (8.00%) Draughtsman
4 2 (8.00%) Senior
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Communications Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Trainer
5 1 (4.00%) Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) IT Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Network Designer
5 1 (4.00%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Digital Signage
1 5 (20.00%) Fibre Optics
1 5 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (16.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (16.00%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (12.00%) SCADA
4 1 (4.00%) Lidar
4 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.00%) CAD
2 5 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 4 (16.00%) Project Management
4 3 (12.00%) Bill of Materials
4 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (8.00%) Business Continuity
5 2 (8.00%) Conflict Management
5 2 (8.00%) Cyber Resilience
5 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (8.00%) Digital Engineering
5 2 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (8.00%) Information Management
5 2 (8.00%) Problem Management
5 2 (8.00%) Process Improvement
5 2 (8.00%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.00%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (4.00%) 3D Modelling
6 1 (4.00%) Project Planning
6 1 (4.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.00%) BICSI Certification
3 2 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (8.00%) HNC
3 2 (8.00%) HND
3 2 (8.00%) RIBA
4 1 (4.00%) BICSI RCDD
4 1 (4.00%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (8.00%) QA
3 1 (4.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.00%) Autodesk
3 4 (16.00%) Cisco
4 2 (8.00%) Nokia
5 1 (4.00%) Adobe
5 1 (4.00%) Fujitsu
5 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow