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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 496 627
Rank change year-on-year +33 +131 +113
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 22 46 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.090% 0.12% 0.052%
As % of the Applications category 1.06% 1.55% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 14
10th Percentile £227 £161 £222
25th Percentile £270 £235 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £240 £350
Median % change year-on-year +129.17% -31.43% +0.72%
75th Percentile £575 £405 £375
90th Percentile £579 £477 £503
UK median daily rate £550 £240 £350
% change year-on-year +129.17% -31.43% -5.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 7
10th Percentile £16.56 £21.35 £18.45
25th Percentile £17.50 £22.97 £26.00
Median hourly rate £30.75 £25.25 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.78% -29.86% -9.43%
75th Percentile £43.75 £33.75 £40.50
90th Percentile - £38.13 £51.00
UK median hourly rate £30.75 £25.25 £34.25
% change year-on-year +21.78% -26.28% -13.84%

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 2,069 2,972 3,850
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.50% 7.99% 7.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,209 1,493 2,546
10th Percentile £188 £160 £194
25th Percentile £258 £213 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £400 £429
Median % change year-on-year +5.75% -6.76% +0.94%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £662 £688
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 584 229
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.69 £14.24
25th Percentile £15.62 £14.00 £19.35
Median hourly rate £24.40 £17.50 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.44% -55.13% +81.40%
75th Percentile £44.63 £38.75 £52.97
90th Percentile £74.88 £57.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £23.59 £17.72 £36.50
% change year-on-year +33.13% -51.45% +69.77%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +39 11 £550 +219.49% 74
South East +47 4 £165 - 44
North of England +18 4 - - 48
Yorkshire - 4 - - 21
South West +30 1 £263 - 28
Midlands +17 1 - - 54
East Midlands +8 1 - - 18
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 1 (4.55%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 8 (36.36%) Revit
2 4 (18.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (18.18%) SketchUp
3 3 (13.64%) MS Visio
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (4.55%) Photoshop
4 1 (4.55%) PTC Creo
4 1 (4.55%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) SAP EHS
1 1 (4.55%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) Wireless
2 2 (9.09%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (4.55%) GIS
1 1 (4.55%) QGIS
1 1 (4.55%) Spatial Data
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Finance
2 4 (18.18%) Retail
3 3 (13.64%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
4 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Design Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Architect
2 4 (18.18%) Designer
3 3 (13.64%) AutoCAD Designer
3 3 (13.64%) CAD Designer
3 3 (13.64%) Electrical Design Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Electrical Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Trainer
4 2 (9.09%) Audio Visual Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) AutoCAD Technician
4 2 (9.09%) Cabling Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) CAD Technician
4 2 (9.09%) Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) IT Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Project Office Manager
5 1 (4.55%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Data Centre
2 3 (13.64%) Digital Signage
2 3 (13.64%) SCADA
2 3 (13.64%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (9.09%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (4.55%) Lidar
4 1 (4.55%) Life Science
4 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (27.27%) Project Management
3 4 (18.18%) 3D Visualisation
3 4 (18.18%) CAD
3 4 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 4 (18.18%) Visualisation
4 3 (13.64%) Bill of Materials
4 3 (13.64%) Conflict Management
4 3 (13.64%) Problem Management
4 3 (13.64%) Service Delivery
4 3 (13.64%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (9.09%) Data Management
5 2 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (4.55%) Break/Fix
6 1 (4.55%) IT Strategy
6 1 (4.55%) Mentoring
6 1 (4.55%) Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
6 1 (4.55%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (4.55%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) BICSI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Adobe
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) Autodesk
2 4 (18.18%) Cisco
3 1 (4.55%) Fujitsu
3 1 (4.55%) Nokia
3 1 (4.55%) SAP
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow