Autodesk Contract Job Trends in the North West

Autodesk
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring knowledge or experience of Autodesk products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Autodesk over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Autodesk, Inc.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 133 125
Rank change year-on-year -30 -8 +18
Contract jobs citing Autodesk 7 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.18% 0.045% 0.12%
As % of the Vendors category 0.42% 0.091% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £205
25th Percentile - - £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £225
75th Percentile - - £238
90th Percentile - - £245
England median daily rate £500 £600 £450
% change year-on-year -16.67% +33.33% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £31.36 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.47% -10.40% -12.50%
75th Percentile £48.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £47.50 £33.89 £35.00
% change year-on-year +40.18% -3.19% -12.50%

All Vendors
North West

Autodesk falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,664 1,103 948
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 43.00% 49.84% 39.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 998 710 537
10th Percentile £260 £302 £300
25th Percentile £400 £384 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £590 £576 £600
90th Percentile £662 £675 £675
England median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 74 88
10th Percentile £17.18 £13.00 £10.95
25th Percentile £22.68 £19.07 £11.05
Median hourly rate £29.48 £26.26 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +12.26% +63.51% -51.33%
75th Percentile £60.75 £54.12 £37.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.18 £55.79
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £29.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -13.28% -26.68%

Autodesk
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Autodesk job vacancy trend in the North West

Autodesk
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Autodesk.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Autodesk

Autodesk
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Autodesk.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Autodesk

Autodesk
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Autodesk within the North West region over the 6 months to 20 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
Manchester - 4 £400 - 4
Lancashire - 3 £400 - 4
Autodesk
England

Autodesk
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Revit
2 4 (57.14%) ProjectWise
3 3 (42.86%) AutoCAD
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (42.86%) Navisworks
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Power BI
General
1 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (14.29%) Document Controller
1 1 (14.29%) Information Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Building Information Modelling
2 3 (42.86%) Asset Management
2 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) CAFM
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) Data Extraction
2 3 (42.86%) Digital Twin
2 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
2 3 (42.86%) Process Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Validation
3 2 (28.57%) Facilities Management
3 2 (28.57%) Information Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Information Management
3 2 (28.57%) Workflow
3 2 (28.57%) Workflow Development
4 1 (14.29%) Document Management
4 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO 19650
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft