Autodesk Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Autodesk
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 10 March 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
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 108 142
Rank change year-on-year -30 +34 +5
Contract jobs citing Autodesk 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.11% 0.13% 0.071%
As % of the Vendors category 0.22% 0.26% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £453 - -
25th Percentile £455 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 - -
75th Percentile £462 - -
90th Percentile £464 - -
South East median daily rate £459 £250 -
% change year-on-year +83.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £19.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £19.00 -

All Vendors
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,374 772 1,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 51.91% 49.55% 50.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 967 494 891
10th Percentile £274 £300 £205
25th Percentile £406 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £529 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.44% +5.75% -2.44%
75th Percentile £596 £631 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £668
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 32 82
10th Percentile £15.85 £14.20 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.79 £19.56 £22.61
Median hourly rate £65.00 £37.65 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +72.64% -20.74% +5.56%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.62 £61.60
90th Percentile £93.42 £69.75 £63.29
South East median hourly rate £29.61 £26.92 £31.25
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.86% -30.56%

Autodesk
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Autodesk job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Autodesk
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Autodesk.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Autodesk

Autodesk
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Autodesk.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Autodesk

Autodesk
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Autodesk within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 March 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
Buckinghamshire -14 3 £459 -
Autodesk
South East

Autodesk
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (100.00%) PaperCut
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft