AutoCAD Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Autodesk AutoCAD
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring AutoCAD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 370 340 405
Rank change year-on-year -30 +65 +83
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 6 33 26
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.038% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Applications category 0.38% 2.20% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 9
10th Percentile £221 £240 £179
25th Percentile £260 £299 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £365 £375
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% -2.67% +33.33%
75th Percentile £375 £389 £456
90th Percentile - £405 -
UK median daily rate £350 £365 £400
% change year-on-year -4.11% -8.75% +13.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 8
10th Percentile £44.35 £28.50 £18.98
25th Percentile £44.88 £33.48 £23.94
Median hourly rate £47.00 £38.75 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +21.29% +14.81% +64.63%
75th Percentile £50.38 £46.25 £43.50
90th Percentile £51.65 £53.00 £49.13
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £36.25 £37.50
% change year-on-year -21.38% -3.33% +4.17%

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 1,573 1,497 1,978
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.06% 8.57% 9.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 821 773 1,188
10th Percentile £163 £150 £158
25th Percentile £256 £205 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £513 £500 £500
90th Percentile £600 £595 £600
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 229 233
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.16 £13.51
25th Percentile £15.44 £15.62 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.63 £16.23 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.43% -27.87% +3.97%
75th Percentile £37.00 £36.75 £44.50
90th Percentile £63.40 £62.73 £53.00
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £17.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +42.86% -30.00% +11.11%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AutoCAD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AutoCAD

AutoCAD
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AutoCAD in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AutoCAD in the UK excluding London

AutoCAD
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AutoCAD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AutoCAD

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 October 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
Midlands - 5 £350 - 28
West Midlands - 5 £350 - 22
East of England +3 1 £195 -18.75% 5
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 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Navisworks
1 4 (66.67%) Revit
2 2 (33.33%) MicroStation
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
General
1 2 (33.33%) Publishing
2 1 (16.67%) Automotive
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Communications Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Coordinator
1 2 (33.33%) Draughtsman
1 2 (33.33%) Senior
1 2 (33.33%) Senior Communications Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) CAD Technician
2 1 (16.67%) Project Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Project Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Building Information Modelling
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) CAD
3 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 2 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (33.33%) Information Management
3 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Cost Control
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (33.33%) HNC
2 2 (33.33%) HND
2 2 (33.33%) RIBA
3 1 (16.67%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Autodesk
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft