AutoCAD Contracts in the UK excluding London

Autodesk AutoCAD
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 326 363 437
Rank change year-on-year +37 +74 +61
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 10 36 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.078% 0.17% 0.10%
As % of the Applications category 0.79% 1.76% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 11
10th Percentile £167 £235 £183
25th Percentile £182 £236 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £214 £240 £330
Median % change year-on-year -10.94% -27.27% +3.94%
75th Percentile £245 £365 £375
90th Percentile £259 £405 -
UK median daily rate £550 £240 £350
% change year-on-year +129.17% -31.43% -5.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 10 8
10th Percentile - £21.35 £19.03
25th Percentile £17.50 £22.97 £28.44
Median hourly rate £19.00 £25.25 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.75% -26.28% -6.16%
75th Percentile £20.50 £33.75 £38.25
90th Percentile - £38.13 £49.50
UK median hourly rate £30.75 £25.25 £34.25
% change year-on-year +21.78% -26.28% -13.84%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 1,265 2,042 2,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.91% 9.83% 9.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 697 859 1,400
10th Percentile £161 £150 £164
25th Percentile £225 £200 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 £391
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.54% +4.33%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £500
90th Percentile £578 £625 £600
UK median daily rate £413 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 531 198
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.07 £13.29
25th Percentile £15.32 £13.75 £17.32
Median hourly rate £22.50 £16.06 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +40.10% -50.28% +70.00%
75th Percentile £45.98 £38.85 £52.86
90th Percentile £76.13 £57.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £23.59 £17.72 £36.50
% change year-on-year +33.13% -51.45% +69.77%

AutoCAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing AutoCAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for AutoCAD in the UK excluding London

AutoCAD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AutoCAD in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for AutoCAD in the UK excluding London

AutoCAD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AutoCAD in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for AutoCAD in the UK excluding London

AutoCAD
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South East +47 4 £165 - 49
North of England +18 4 - - 63
Yorkshire - 4 - - 25
South West +30 1 £263 - 29
Midlands +17 1 - - 57
East Midlands +8 1 - - 18
AutoCAD
UK

AutoCAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (10.00%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 4 (40.00%) SketchUp
2 2 (20.00%) Revit
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (10.00%) GIS
1 1 (10.00%) QGIS
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
1 4 (40.00%) Retail
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Architect
1 3 (30.00%) AutoCAD Designer
1 3 (30.00%) CAD Designer
1 3 (30.00%) Designer
1 3 (30.00%) Trainer
2 1 (10.00%) AutoCAD Technician
2 1 (10.00%) Cabling Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) CAD Manager
2 1 (10.00%) CAD Technician
2 1 (10.00%) Data Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Geospatial Technician
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Trainer
2 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Project Office Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Lidar
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) 3D Visualisation
1 4 (40.00%) Visualisation
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) 3D Modelling
3 1 (10.00%) Break/Fix
3 1 (10.00%) CAD
3 1 (10.00%) Data Management
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
3 1 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Adobe
2 3 (30.00%) Autodesk
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft