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 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 488 490 583
Rank change year-on-year +2 +93 +162
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 19 38 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.069% 0.11% 0.074%
As % of the Applications category 0.78% 1.79% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 10
10th Percentile £263 £236 £248
25th Percentile £275 £240 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £325 £353
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.80% -1.40%
75th Percentile £446 £405 £482
90th Percentile £538 £491 £501
UK median daily rate £350 £345 £330
% change year-on-year +1.45% +4.55% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 9
10th Percentile £29.38 £27.91 £19.60
25th Percentile £41.25 £32.01 £25.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.09 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.01% +6.91% -6.25%
75th Percentile £43.94 £49.42 £43.00
90th Percentile £48.25 £54.27 £47.75
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £40.09 £33.75
% change year-on-year -28.91% +18.79% -15.63%

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 2,424 2,119 3,428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.75% 6.37% 7.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,383 1,187 2,234
10th Percentile £198 £170 £185
25th Percentile £296 £256 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £575
90th Percentile £655 £638 £675
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 361 228
10th Percentile £14.10 £11.79 £14.18
25th Percentile £15.84 £15.00 £16.63
Median hourly rate £23.54 £17.50 £23.07
Median % change year-on-year +34.51% -24.14% +2.53%
75th Percentile £38.06 £43.75 £42.63
90th Percentile £61.75 £57.50 £53.21
UK median hourly rate £22.74 £18.00 £22.64
% change year-on-year +26.31% -20.49% +2.91%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 15 August 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 +20 13 £375 -6.25% 64
West Midlands -7 4 £350 +45.83% 44
Midlands -7 4 £350 +45.83% 63
South East +24 1 - - 70
East of England +7 1 £195 -18.75% 40
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 (10.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (57.89%) Revit
2 2 (10.53%) MicroStation
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
3 1 (5.26%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (15.79%) HTTP
2 3 (15.79%) Internet
2 3 (15.79%) SMTP
2 3 (15.79%) SSH
2 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
2 3 (15.79%) Wireless
3 2 (10.53%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Publishing
4 1 (5.26%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Commissioning Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Design Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Electrical Design Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Electrical Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Communications Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Coordinator
3 2 (10.53%) Designer
3 2 (10.53%) Draughtsman
3 2 (10.53%) Senior
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Communications Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) IT Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Network Designer
4 1 (5.26%) Project Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Support Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Management Information System
2 4 (21.05%) Fibre Optics
3 3 (15.79%) Data Centre
3 3 (15.79%) Digital Signage
3 3 (15.79%) SCADA
4 2 (10.53%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (21.05%) CAD
3 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
4 2 (10.53%) Bill of Materials
4 2 (10.53%) Business Continuity
4 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (10.53%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (10.53%) Digital Engineering
4 2 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (10.53%) Information Management
4 2 (10.53%) Process Improvement
4 2 (10.53%) Project Management
5 1 (5.26%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (5.26%) ITSM
5 1 (5.26%) Project Planning
5 1 (5.26%) Roadmaps
5 1 (5.26%) Six Sigma
5 1 (5.26%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (5.26%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
1 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (10.53%) HNC
2 2 (10.53%) HND
2 2 (10.53%) RIBA
3 1 (5.26%) BICSI Certification
3 1 (5.26%) BICSI RCDD
3 1 (5.26%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) Accessibility
2 2 (10.53%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) Autodesk
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco
3 2 (10.53%) Nokia
4 1 (5.26%) Fujitsu
4 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow