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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 536 486 538
Rank change year-on-year -50 +52 +165
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 8 21 33
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.026% 0.069% 0.086%
As % of the Applications category 0.31% 0.96% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 12
10th Percentile £247 £296 £165
25th Percentile £325 £346 £187
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £365 £325
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +12.31% -9.09%
75th Percentile £388 £416 £456
90th Percentile - £541 -
UK median daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +6.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 8
10th Percentile - £21.25 £25.88
25th Percentile - £25.09 £30.00
Median hourly rate - £33.50 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year - -7.59% -9.38%
75th Percentile - £38.13 £39.81
90th Percentile - £40.25 £47.73
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £33.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -16.42% -4.29% -7.89%

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 2,594 2,193 3,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.38% 7.23% 8.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,504 1,268 1,932
10th Percentile £195 £170 £164
25th Percentile £304 £256 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £410 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.45% +2.38% -11.11%
75th Percentile £549 £538 £550
90th Percentile £668 £650 £664
UK median daily rate £435 £403 £408
% change year-on-year +7.94% -1.33% -8.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 217 256
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.24 £14.22
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.62 £17.67
Median hourly rate £21.48 £25.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.08% -9.09% +5.77%
75th Percentile £30.08 £43.75 £46.05
90th Percentile £53.38 £70.50 £50.00
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £24.19 £26.37
% change year-on-year -11.12% -8.27% +5.48%

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 7 December 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 7 December 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 -8 4 £375 -16.76% 8
West Midlands -24 3 £350 - 14
Midlands -30 3 £350 - 17
East of England -13 1 £195 - 4
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 2 (25.00%) MicroStation
1 2 (25.00%) Navisworks
1 2 (25.00%) Revit
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) HTTP
1 2 (25.00%) Internet
1 2 (25.00%) MPLS
1 2 (25.00%) SDH
1 2 (25.00%) SMTP
1 2 (25.00%) SSH
1 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Publishing
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Automotive
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%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) CAD Technician
2 1 (12.50%) Design Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Project Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Project Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Signage
2 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) CAD
2 3 (37.50%) Data Protection
3 2 (25.00%) Building Information Modelling
3 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) HNC
2 2 (25.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Autodesk
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft