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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 389 433
Rank change year-on-year +32 +44 +164
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 11 9 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.083% 0.056% 0.059%
As % of the Applications category 1.05% 1.00% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 5
10th Percentile £263 £309 £235
25th Percentile £275 £313 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £325 £475
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -31.58% +26.67%
75th Percentile £446 £513 £500
90th Percentile £518 £528 £508
England median daily rate £350 £365 £375
% change year-on-year -4.11% -2.67% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile - £25.75 -
25th Percentile £41.25 £26.88 £36.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £30.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £43.75 £34.38 £38.75
90th Percentile - £36.25 -
England median hourly rate £42.50 £36.25 £37.50
% change year-on-year +17.24% -3.33% +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 1,044 904 1,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.83% 5.64% 7.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 665 580 1,084
10th Percentile £250 £213 £209
25th Percentile £325 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £540 £600
90th Percentile £725 £676 £700
England median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 31 42
10th Percentile £15.84 £20.00 £16.61
25th Percentile £20.24 £21.63 £19.01
Median hourly rate £25.15 £26.97 £25.86
Median % change year-on-year -6.75% +4.31% -1.84%
75th Percentile £31.60 £34.25 £42.06
90th Percentile £42.75 £43.75 £52.55
England median hourly rate £25.00 £17.00 £23.37
% change year-on-year +47.06% -27.26% +3.87%

AutoCAD
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing AutoCAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for AutoCAD 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Revit
2 1 (9.09%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) HTTP
1 3 (27.27%) Internet
1 3 (27.27%) SMTP
1 3 (27.27%) SSH
1 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
2 2 (18.18%) Wireless
3 1 (9.09%) Structured Cabling
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Commissioning Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Design Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Electrical Design Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Electrical Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Associate Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Designer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Network Designer
3 1 (9.09%) Support Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
1 3 (27.27%) Digital Signage
1 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
1 3 (27.27%) SCADA
2 2 (18.18%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (9.09%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Building Information Modelling
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Bill of Materials
3 1 (9.09%) CAD
3 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (9.09%) ITSM
3 1 (9.09%) Project Planning
3 1 (9.09%) Six Sigma
3 1 (9.09%) Task Automation
3 1 (9.09%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) BICSI Certification
1 1 (9.09%) BICSI RCDD
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) Nokia
2 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow