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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 373 419
Rank change year-on-year -5 +46 +136
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 4 8 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.028% 0.051% 0.036%
As % of the Applications category 0.37% 0.80% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile - £332 -
25th Percentile £363 £360 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £451 £250
Median % change year-on-year -16.76% +80.20% -32.20%
75th Percentile £388 £541 £275
90th Percentile - £546 -
England median daily rate £350 £365 £325
% change year-on-year -4.11% +12.31% -9.09%
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 - £33.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year - -7.59% -9.38%

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 1,068 1,000 1,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.43% 6.36% 6.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 673 640 915
10th Percentile £250 £200 £200
25th Percentile £331 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -2.70% -2.63%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £725
England median daily rate £444 £406 £400
% change year-on-year +9.30% +1.50% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 21 34
10th Percentile £17.50 £15.26 £16.70
25th Percentile £18.31 £20.75 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.79 £29.24
Median % change year-on-year -2.48% -11.80% +24.43%
75th Percentile £27.83 £35.00 £42.06
90th Percentile £37.29 £43.75 £51.38
England median hourly rate £21.50 £24.35 £27.50
% change year-on-year -11.69% -11.47% +6.09%

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
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
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) HTTP
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
1 2 (50.00%) MPLS
1 2 (50.00%) SDH
1 2 (50.00%) SMTP
1 2 (50.00%) SSH
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Commissioning Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Signage
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) CAD
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared