AutoCAD Contracts in the Midlands

Autodesk AutoCAD
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring AutoCAD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AutoCAD over the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 131 153
Rank change year-on-year -4 +22 -
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 5 5 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.21% 0.17% 0.094%
As % of the Applications category 1.85% 1.98% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 £235 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £240 £375
Median % change year-on-year +45.83% -36.00% -
75th Percentile £375 £245 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £350 £313 £425
% change year-on-year +12.00% -26.47% +18.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £44.35 £11.55 £21.18
25th Percentile £44.88 £15.75 £21.81
Median hourly rate £47.00 £23.50 £23.25
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% +1.08% -
75th Percentile £50.38 £24.25 £24.31
90th Percentile £51.65 - £24.73
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.18 £36.00
% change year-on-year +68.78% -30.06% +10.77%

All Software Application Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 270 253 270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.17% 8.79% 8.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 148 173
10th Percentile £200 £170 £164
25th Percentile £235 £212 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £391 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.43% -2.38% +10.34%
75th Percentile £525 £496 £488
90th Percentile £600 £575 £593
England median daily rate £425 £400 £430
% change year-on-year +6.25% -6.98% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 50 18
10th Percentile £15.03 £11.05 £12.50
25th Percentile £21.94 £12.81 £14.40
Median hourly rate £32.09 £15.33 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +109.36% -30.34% +28.62%
75th Percentile £50.00 £29.97 £26.33
90th Percentile - £58.75 £42.25
England median hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £25.71
% change year-on-year +42.86% -31.93% +14.78%

AutoCAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for AutoCAD in the Midlands

AutoCAD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AutoCAD in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for AutoCAD in the Midlands

AutoCAD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AutoCAD in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for AutoCAD in the Midlands

AutoCAD
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AutoCAD within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 July 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 Midlands +10 4 £350 +45.83% 47
East Midlands -2 1 - - 28
AutoCAD
England

AutoCAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Revit
2 2 (40.00%) MicroStation
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (40.00%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (20.00%) GIS
1 1 (20.00%) QGIS
General
1 2 (40.00%) Publishing
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Communications Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Coordinator
1 2 (40.00%) Draughtsman
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Communications Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) AutoCAD Technician
2 1 (20.00%) CAD Technician
2 1 (20.00%) Geospatial Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (20.00%) Lidar
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) CAD
3 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Digital Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (40.00%) Information Management
3 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) 3D Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Cost Control
4 1 (20.00%) Data Management
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (40.00%) HNC
1 2 (40.00%) HND
1 2 (40.00%) RIBA
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Autodesk