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 31 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 327 382
Rank change year-on-year -64 +55 +89
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 24 15 11
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.12% 0.063%
As % of the Applications category 2.54% 1.56% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 10 5
10th Percentile £345 £263 -
25th Percentile £400 £278 £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £515 £313
Median % change year-on-year -15.07% +64.84% -34.21%
75th Percentile £488 £575 £325
90th Percentile £522 £576 £438
England median daily rate £419 £505 £240
% change year-on-year -17.12% +110.52% -43.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £42.50 -
England median hourly rate - £42.50 £25.25
% change year-on-year - +68.32% -26.28%

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 945 963 1,064
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 5.12% 7.86% 6.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 594 695
10th Percentile £266 £225 £188
25th Percentile £363 £319 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £446 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.44% +5.00% -12.37%
75th Percentile £586 £594 £575
90th Percentile £675 £738 £698
England median daily rate £450 £414 £400
% change year-on-year +8.76% +3.44% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 59 81
10th Percentile £16.70 £15.84 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.52 £16.50 £16.24
Median hourly rate £28.55 £24.66 £21.12
Median % change year-on-year +15.77% +16.79% -18.79%
75th Percentile £38.13 £33.88 £27.25
90th Percentile £53.00 £51.35 £53.50
England median hourly rate £22.63 £25.00 £16.23
% change year-on-year -9.48% +54.04% -42.37%

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 31 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 31 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
West London -25 4 £400 -23.81% 1
Central London - 4 £375 - 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 11 (45.83%) Revit
2 7 (29.17%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (8.33%) EPLAN
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) AWS
1 6 (25.00%) Azure
2 4 (16.67%) SaaS
3 2 (8.33%) GCP
4 1 (4.17%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) MPLS
2 2 (8.33%) BGP
2 2 (8.33%) Ethernet VPN
2 2 (8.33%) OSPF
2 2 (8.33%) SDH
2 2 (8.33%) SD-WAN
2 2 (8.33%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (8.33%) VPN
2 2 (8.33%) VXLAN
2 2 (8.33%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 16 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Manufacturing
3 5 (20.83%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) CAD Designer
1 5 (20.83%) Designer
2 4 (16.67%) Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Applications Support
2 4 (16.67%) Applications Support Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) AutoCAD Technician
2 4 (16.67%) CAD Operator
2 4 (16.67%) CAD Support
2 4 (16.67%) CAD Technician
2 4 (16.67%) Salesforce Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Salesforce Support
2 4 (16.67%) Support Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Transition Analyst
3 1 (4.17%) Architect
3 1 (4.17%) CAD Specialist
3 1 (4.17%) Design Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Project Manager
3 1 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (4.17%) Technical Manager
3 1 (4.17%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 4 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (8.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) CAD
2 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (29.17%) Building Information Modelling
4 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (20.83%) 3D Modelling
5 5 (20.83%) Time Management
6 4 (16.67%) API Integration
6 4 (16.67%) CRM
6 4 (16.67%) ITIL
6 4 (16.67%) ITSM
6 4 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
6 4 (16.67%) Operational Stability
6 4 (16.67%) Validation
7 2 (8.33%) AI
7 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
7 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Automation
7 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (8.33%) Network Design
7 2 (8.33%) Risk Register
7 2 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Adobe
1 4 (16.67%) Autodesk
1 4 (16.67%) Conga
1 4 (16.67%) DocuSign
1 4 (16.67%) MuleSoft
1 4 (16.67%) Salesforce
1 4 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (8.33%) Rockwell
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.17%) Planon