AutoCAD Contract Job Trends in London

Autodesk AutoCAD
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring AutoCAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 337 383
Rank change year-on-year -53 +46 +107
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 19 11 10
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.11% 0.088% 0.056%
As % of the Applications category 1.96% 1.10% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 3
10th Percentile £276 £281 -
25th Percentile £400 £347 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £550 £172
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +219.49% -58.27%
75th Percentile £511 £575 £348
90th Percentile £535 £581 £447
England median daily rate £400 £429 £240
% change year-on-year -6.81% +78.85% -31.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £42.50 -
England median hourly rate - £30.75 £25.25
% change year-on-year - +21.78% -29.86%

All Software Application Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 969 997 1,162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 5.46% 7.93% 6.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 611 627 755
10th Percentile £275 £213 £188
25th Percentile £382 £314 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -10.62%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £668 £738 £712
England median daily rate £450 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -6.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 50 86
10th Percentile £17.50 £15.84 £13.09
25th Percentile £21.03 £16.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.03 £24.66 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.65% +17.43% -34.21%
75th Percentile £38.71 £34.51 £27.19
90th Percentile £49.63 £52.18 £51.75
England median hourly rate £20.35 £24.66 £17.50
% change year-on-year -17.48% +40.91% -52.70%

AutoCAD
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

AutoCAD job vacancy trend in London

AutoCAD
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing AutoCAD

AutoCAD
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AutoCAD in London over the 6 months to 3 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for AutoCAD in London

AutoCAD
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing AutoCAD

AutoCAD
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AutoCAD within the London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Central London - 4 £375 - 7
West London -25 3 £400 -8.57% 1
AutoCAD
England

AutoCAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 8 (42.11%) Revit
2 5 (26.32%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (10.53%) EPLAN
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) AWS
1 3 (15.79%) Azure
1 3 (15.79%) SaaS
2 1 (5.26%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) MPLS
1 2 (10.53%) SDH
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
General
1 11 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Manufacturing
3 3 (15.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) CAD Designer
1 5 (26.32%) Designer
2 4 (21.05%) AutoCAD Technician
2 4 (21.05%) CAD Technician
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Applications Support
3 3 (15.79%) Applications Support Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) CAD Support
3 3 (15.79%) Salesforce Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Salesforce Support
3 3 (15.79%) Support Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) Transition Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) CAD Operator
5 1 (5.26%) Architect
5 1 (5.26%) CAD Specialist
5 1 (5.26%) Design Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Technical Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
2 2 (10.53%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (10.53%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) CAD
2 5 (26.32%) Building Information Modelling
2 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (15.79%) 3D Modelling
3 3 (15.79%) API Integration
3 3 (15.79%) CRM
3 3 (15.79%) ITIL
3 3 (15.79%) ITSM
3 3 (15.79%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (15.79%) Operational Stability
3 3 (15.79%) Time Management
4 2 (10.53%) Data Protection
4 2 (10.53%) Mentoring
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (10.53%) Validation
4 2 (10.53%) Visualisation
5 1 (5.26%) Migration
5 1 (5.26%) Project Management
5 1 (5.26%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) DV Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Adobe
1 3 (15.79%) Autodesk
1 3 (15.79%) Conga
1 3 (15.79%) DocuSign
1 3 (15.79%) MuleSoft
1 3 (15.79%) Salesforce
1 3 (15.79%) ServiceNow
2 2 (10.53%) Rockwell
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.26%) Planon