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 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 493 547
Rank change year-on-year -22 +54 +173
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 13 39 35
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.046% 0.12% 0.086%
As % of the Applications category 0.53% 1.81% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 12
10th Percentile £256 £253 £189
25th Percentile £269 £313 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £365 £400
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% -8.75% +11.89%
75th Percentile £388 £405 £456
90th Percentile £508 £491 £492
UK median daily rate £350 £365 £400
% change year-on-year -4.11% -8.75% +13.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 8
10th Percentile £44.35 £25.11 £25.88
25th Percentile £44.88 £28.47 £29.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.29% -6.67% -1.32%
75th Percentile £50.38 £40.63 £43.50
90th Percentile £51.65 £48.50 £49.13
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.57% -6.67% -1.32%

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 2,437 2,156 3,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.58% 6.79% 8.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,396 1,236 2,105
10th Percentile £188 £175 £174
25th Percentile £295 £257 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £402 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.85% -5.53% -5.56%
75th Percentile £544 £538 £550
90th Percentile £649 £641 £653
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 221 261
10th Percentile £13.25 £15.00 £14.18
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.62 £17.00
Median hourly rate £23.05 £21.46 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -16.53% +7.13%
75th Percentile £33.91 £36.75 £45.21
90th Percentile £63.40 £60.00 £52.50
UK median hourly rate £22.74 £21.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +5.74% -14.00% +8.70%

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 22 October 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 22 October 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 +12 7 £375 +6.99% 15
West Midlands -17 5 £350 - 13
Midlands -24 5 £350 - 15
East of England -7 1 £195 -18.75% 12
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 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Revit
2 4 (30.77%) Navisworks
3 2 (15.38%) MicroStation
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
4 1 (7.69%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) HTTP
1 3 (23.08%) Internet
1 3 (23.08%) SMTP
1 3 (23.08%) SSH
1 3 (23.08%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
2 2 (15.38%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (7.69%) Wireless
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Publishing
4 1 (7.69%) Automotive
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Commissioning Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Communications Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Coordinator
3 2 (15.38%) Draughtsman
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Communications Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Associate Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) CAD Technician
4 1 (7.69%) Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Network Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Project Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Project Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
2 3 (23.08%) Digital Signage
2 3 (23.08%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (15.38%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (38.46%) Building Information Modelling
3 4 (30.77%) CAD
4 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Business Continuity
5 2 (15.38%) Cyber Resilience
5 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (15.38%) Digital Engineering
5 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (15.38%) Information Management
5 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Project Management
6 1 (7.69%) Bill of Materials
6 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
6 1 (7.69%) Project Planning
6 1 (7.69%) Six Sigma
6 1 (7.69%) Task Automation
6 1 (7.69%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) HNC
2 2 (15.38%) HND
2 2 (15.38%) RIBA
3 1 (7.69%) BICSI Certification
3 1 (7.69%) BICSI RCDD
3 1 (7.69%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
1 2 (15.38%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Autodesk
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Nokia