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 23 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 356 373
Rank change year-on-year -69 +17 +76
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 33 13 9
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.16% 0.096% 0.055%
As % of the Applications category 3.26% 1.21% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 8 5
10th Percentile - £263 £309
25th Percentile £400 £281 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £375 £325
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +15.38% -31.58%
75th Percentile £475 £513 £513
90th Percentile £492 £553 £528
England median daily rate £438 £350 £325
% change year-on-year +25.00% +7.69% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - - £25.75
25th Percentile - £41.25 £26.88
Median hourly rate - £42.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +41.67% -20.00%
75th Percentile - £43.75 £34.38
90th Percentile - - £36.25
England median hourly rate £39.00 £42.50 £30.09
% change year-on-year -8.24% +41.24% -19.76%

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 1,011 1,078 891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 5.01% 8.00% 5.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 594 689 589
10th Percentile £213 £250 £210
25th Percentile £350 £319 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +6.94% +5.88% -13.27%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £540
90th Percentile £688 £738 £666
England median daily rate £450 £425 £405
% change year-on-year +5.88% +4.94% -4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 68 40
10th Percentile £16.52 £15.84 £20.45
25th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £20.75
Median hourly rate £25.50 £25.15 £26.97
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% -6.75% +4.90%
75th Percentile £33.75 £28.95 £37.81
90th Percentile £54.25 £43.75 £50.75
England median hourly rate £22.64 £23.10 £16.23
% change year-on-year -2.01% +42.33% -29.65%

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 23 August 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 23 August 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 -13 10 £400 -27.27% 1
Central London - 3 £475 - 5
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 23 (69.70%) Revit
2 15 (45.45%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (6.06%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 13 (39.39%) AWS
1 13 (39.39%) Azure
2 10 (30.30%) SaaS
3 3 (9.09%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) BGP
1 3 (9.09%) Ethernet VPN
1 3 (9.09%) MPLS
1 3 (9.09%) OSPF
1 3 (9.09%) SD-WAN
1 3 (9.09%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (9.09%) VPN
1 3 (9.09%) VXLAN
1 3 (9.09%) WAN
Development Applications
1 10 (30.30%) JIRA
General
1 29 (87.88%) Social Skills
2 15 (45.45%) Manufacturing
3 5 (15.15%) Telecoms
4 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (36.36%) CAD Operator
2 10 (30.30%) Analyst
2 10 (30.30%) Transition Analyst
3 8 (24.24%) Applications Support
3 8 (24.24%) Applications Support Analyst
3 8 (24.24%) CAD Support
3 8 (24.24%) Salesforce Analyst
3 8 (24.24%) Salesforce Support
3 8 (24.24%) Support Analyst
4 5 (15.15%) CAD Designer
4 5 (15.15%) Designer
5 2 (6.06%) AutoCAD Technician
5 2 (6.06%) CAD Technician
6 1 (3.03%) Service Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Service Transition Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 8 (24.24%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (15.15%) Data Centre
3 2 (6.06%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (54.55%) CAD
2 15 (45.45%) Building Information Modelling
3 13 (39.39%) 3D Modelling
3 13 (39.39%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (39.39%) Time Management
4 10 (30.30%) CRM
4 10 (30.30%) ITIL
4 10 (30.30%) ITSM
4 10 (30.30%) Knowledge Transfer
4 10 (30.30%) Operational Stability
4 10 (30.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (24.24%) API Integration
6 5 (15.15%) Validation
7 3 (9.09%) AI
7 3 (9.09%) Change Control
7 3 (9.09%) Decision-Making
7 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Automation
7 3 (9.09%) Network Design
7 3 (9.09%) Performance Engineering
7 3 (9.09%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 15 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 14 (42.42%) DV Cleared
3 10 (30.30%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) MuleSoft
1 10 (30.30%) Salesforce
1 10 (30.30%) ServiceNow
2 8 (24.24%) Adobe
2 8 (24.24%) Autodesk
2 8 (24.24%) Conga
2 8 (24.24%) DocuSign
3 2 (6.06%) Rockwell