AutoCAD Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Autodesk AutoCAD
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring AutoCAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 - 162
Rank change year-on-year - - +28
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 10 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.13% - 0.15%
As % of the Applications category 2.79% - 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £405
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.73%
England median daily rate £438 £350 £345
% change year-on-year +25.00% +1.45% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £36.38
25th Percentile £38.50 - £36.56
Median hourly rate £39.00 - £38.75
75th Percentile £39.50 - £41.56
90th Percentile - - £42.13
England median hourly rate £39.00 £42.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year -8.24% +17.24% -3.33%

All Software Application Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 358 374 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 4.70% 9.54% 5.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 220 125
10th Percentile £250 £199 £161
25th Percentile £347 £295 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £413 £378
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +9.13% +12.00%
75th Percentile £544 £474 £489
90th Percentile £694 £538 £580
England median daily rate £450 £425 £408
% change year-on-year +5.88% +4.29% -4.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 41 28
10th Percentile £14.12 £18.10 £16.18
25th Percentile £16.97 £19.07 £18.23
Median hourly rate £25.08 £22.63 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.83% -24.57% +42.82%
75th Percentile £35.72 £35.50 £55.79
90th Percentile £73.29 £63.40 £68.38
England median hourly rate £20.33 £25.00 £16.65
% change year-on-year -18.70% +50.15% -27.83%

AutoCAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AutoCAD relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

AutoCAD job vacancy trend in the North of England

AutoCAD
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing AutoCAD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing AutoCAD

AutoCAD
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing AutoCAD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing AutoCAD

AutoCAD
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AutoCAD within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 September 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
North West - 5 £400 - 41
North East - 4 - - 14
Yorkshire - 3 £400 - 39
AutoCAD
England

AutoCAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 9 (90.00%) Revit
2 8 (80.00%) Navisworks
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (60.00%) ProjectWise
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (10.00%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Legal
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Designer
2 2 (20.00%) Information Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Building Information Modelling
2 7 (70.00%) Validation
3 6 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (60.00%) CAFM
3 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (50.00%) Asset Management
4 5 (50.00%) Data Extraction
4 5 (50.00%) Digital Twin
4 5 (50.00%) Facilities Management
4 5 (50.00%) Information Management
4 5 (50.00%) Mentoring
4 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (40.00%) CAD
5 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (40.00%) Information Governance
5 4 (40.00%) Process Improvement
5 4 (40.00%) Project Delivery
5 4 (40.00%) Workflow
5 4 (40.00%) Workflow Development
6 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (10.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) ISO 19650
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (60.00%) Autodesk
3 1 (10.00%) TOWER Software