AutoCAD Contract Job Trends in Kent

Autodesk AutoCAD
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring AutoCAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.68% - -
As % of the Applications category 10.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £256 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 - -
75th Percentile £269 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £263 £365 £160
% change year-on-year -28.08% +128.13% -48.80%

All Software Application Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 10 25 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 6.76% 18.80% 6.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 9
10th Percentile £153 £135 £148
25th Percentile £166 £219 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £238 £205
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% +15.85% +9.33%
75th Percentile £328 £519 £215
90th Percentile £480 - £475
South East median daily rate £475 £411 £315
% change year-on-year +15.50% +30.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile £14.01 £51.90 £25.60
25th Percentile £14.40 £53.25 £26.12
Median hourly rate £15.06 £54.18 £26.99
Median % change year-on-year -72.21% +100.74% -50.88%
75th Percentile £15.71 £55.16 £32.87
90th Percentile £16.10 £56.59 £36.40
South East median hourly rate £16.18 £35.00 £24.25
% change year-on-year -53.77% +44.36% -23.25%

AutoCAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AutoCAD relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent.

AutoCAD job vacancy trend in Kent

AutoCAD
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing AutoCAD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing AutoCAD

AutoCAD
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing AutoCAD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing AutoCAD

AutoCAD
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AutoCAD within the Kent region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Maidstone - 1 £263 - 1
AutoCAD
South East

AutoCAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory