AutoCAD Contracts

Autodesk AutoCAD
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 554 679
Rank change year-on-year +58 +125 +122
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 23 46 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.079% 0.11% 0.057%
As % of the Applications category 0.95% 1.33% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 18
10th Percentile £227 £161 £200
25th Percentile £270 £235 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £240 £350
Median % change year-on-year +129.17% -31.43% -5.41%
75th Percentile £575 £405 £375
90th Percentile £579 £419 £504
UK excluding London median daily rate £214 £240 £330
% change year-on-year -10.94% -27.27% +3.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 8
10th Percentile £16.56 £21.35 £19.03
25th Percentile £17.50 £22.97 £28.44
Median hourly rate £30.75 £25.25 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year +21.78% -26.28% -13.84%
75th Percentile £43.75 £33.75 £38.25
90th Percentile - £38.13 £49.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £25.25 £34.25
% change year-on-year -24.75% -26.28% -6.16%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,424 3,448 4,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.29% 7.91% 7.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,446 1,743 2,896
10th Percentile £188 £163 £188
25th Percentile £261 £213 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -0.76%
75th Percentile £541 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £684
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £350 £391
% change year-on-year +7.14% -10.54% +4.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 635 264
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.57 £13.94
25th Percentile £15.62 £14.00 £18.48
Median hourly rate £23.59 £17.80 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% -51.23% +69.77%
75th Percentile £43.75 £39.92 £53.45
90th Percentile £70.00 £57.50 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £16.06 £32.30
% change year-on-year +40.10% -50.28% +70.00%

AutoCAD
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing AutoCAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for AutoCAD in the UK

AutoCAD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AutoCAD.

Daily rate trend for AutoCAD in the UK

AutoCAD
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AutoCAD over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AutoCAD in the UK

AutoCAD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AutoCAD.

Hourly rate trend for AutoCAD in the UK

AutoCAD
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AutoCAD over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for AutoCAD in the UK

AutoCAD
Top 10 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +41 22 £550 +129.17% 264
London +37 11 £550 +219.49% 70
UK excluding London +29 10 £214 -10.94% 197
Work from Home +48 5 £563 +226.75% 97
South East +44 4 £165 - 37
North of England +27 4 - - 47
Yorkshire - 4 - - 19
South West +30 1 £263 - 25
Midlands +19 1 - - 51
East Midlands +8 1 - - 18

AutoCAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (4.35%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 8 (34.78%) Revit
2 4 (17.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (17.39%) SketchUp
3 3 (13.04%) MS Visio
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (4.35%) Photoshop
4 1 (4.35%) PTC Creo
4 1 (4.35%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) SAP EHS
1 1 (4.35%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Wireless
2 2 (8.70%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (4.35%) GIS
1 1 (4.35%) QGIS
1 1 (4.35%) Spatial Data
General
1 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Finance
2 4 (17.39%) Retail
3 3 (13.04%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Design Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Designer
3 4 (17.39%) Architect
3 4 (17.39%) AutoCAD Designer
3 4 (17.39%) CAD Designer
4 3 (13.04%) Electrical Design Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Electrical Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Trainer
5 2 (8.70%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) AutoCAD Technician
5 2 (8.70%) Cabling Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) CAD Technician
5 2 (8.70%) Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) CAD Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Data Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Geospatial Technician
6 1 (4.35%) IT Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) SAP Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Data Centre
2 3 (13.04%) Digital Signage
2 3 (13.04%) SCADA
2 3 (13.04%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (8.70%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (4.35%) Lidar
4 1 (4.35%) Life Science
4 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (26.09%) Project Management
3 4 (17.39%) 3D Visualisation
3 4 (17.39%) CAD
3 4 (17.39%) Project Delivery
3 4 (17.39%) Visualisation
4 3 (13.04%) Bill of Materials
4 3 (13.04%) Conflict Management
4 3 (13.04%) Problem Management
4 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
4 3 (13.04%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (8.70%) Data Management
5 2 (8.70%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (4.35%) Break/Fix
6 1 (4.35%) IT Strategy
6 1 (4.35%) Mentoring
6 1 (4.35%) Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
6 1 (4.35%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (4.35%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) BICSI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Adobe
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) Autodesk
2 4 (17.39%) Cisco
3 1 (4.35%) Fujitsu
3 1 (4.35%) Nokia
3 1 (4.35%) SAP
3 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow