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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 372 425
Rank change year-on-year +19 +53 +155
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 7 10 10
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.053% 0.063% 0.048%
As % of the Applications category 0.70% 1.09% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 3
10th Percentile £263 £309 £278
25th Percentile £275 £316 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £351 £493
Median % change year-on-year +6.99% -28.83% +31.33%
75th Percentile £446 £478 £498
90th Percentile £518 £525 £499
England median daily rate £350 £365 £400
% change year-on-year -4.11% -8.75% +11.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £25.75 -
25th Percentile - £26.88 £36.25
Median hourly rate - £30.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% -
75th Percentile - £34.38 £38.75
90th Percentile - £36.25 -
England median hourly rate £47.00 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +34.29% -6.67% +4.17%

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 994 915 1,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.48% 5.73% 7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 626 574 1,012
10th Percentile £250 £209 £200
25th Percentile £325 £313 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £443 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -6.84% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £601
90th Percentile £700 £689 £700
England median daily rate £425 £403 £425
% change year-on-year +5.46% -5.18% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 21 36
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.34 £16.74
25th Percentile £18.25 £22.00 £20.19
Median hourly rate £25.15 £27.00 £25.71
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% +5.02% +0.82%
75th Percentile £27.83 £35.00 £40.75
90th Percentile £35.00 £43.75 £46.31
England median hourly rate £23.10 £20.24 £25.86
% change year-on-year +14.16% -21.74% +7.73%

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 19 October 2025.

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 19 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
West London - 1 £525 -
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 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
1 1 (14.29%) Revit
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) HTTP
1 3 (42.86%) Internet
1 3 (42.86%) SMTP
1 3 (42.86%) SSH
1 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (14.29%) Wireless
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Commissioning Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Associate Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Digital Signage
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (14.29%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Bill of Materials
3 1 (14.29%) Building Information Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) CAD
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma
3 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BICSI Certification
1 1 (14.29%) BICSI RCDD
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Nokia