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 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 546 656
Rank change year-on-year +50 +110 +161
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 34 46 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.11% 0.059%
As % of the Applications category 1.34% 1.43% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 14
10th Percentile £263 £168 £190
25th Percentile £281 £235 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £240 £378
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -36.42% +7.86%
75th Percentile £556 £345 £499
90th Percentile £575 £405 £509
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £240 £330
% change year-on-year +45.83% -27.27% +1.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 7
10th Percentile £18.38 £18.55 £14.94
25th Percentile £26.25 £22.75 £17.88
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.32% +1.00% -32.43%
75th Percentile £48.13 £36.25 £37.50
90th Percentile - £47.88 £45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.50 £25.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year +24.75% +1.00% -10.71%

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 2,541 3,226 4,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.42% 7.41% 7.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,465 1,630 2,667
10th Percentile £194 £164 £185
25th Percentile £275 £220 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £541 £538 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £393 £369 £400
% change year-on-year +6.42% -7.68% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 653 253
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.70 £14.27
25th Percentile £15.84 £14.00 £17.70
Median hourly rate £24.66 £16.66 £26.48
Median % change year-on-year +48.02% -37.08% +18.21%
75th Percentile £43.13 £36.75 £49.00
90th Percentile £60.25 £57.50 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.55 £16.06 £25.00
% change year-on-year +46.64% -35.76% +29.89%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 25 June 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 +57 28 £375 +56.25% 388
London +52 17 £440 +40.84% 103
UK excluding London +23 11 £350 +45.83% 290
Work from Home +47 7 £575 +234.01% 127
Midlands +12 5 £350 +45.83% 63
West Midlands +8 4 £350 +45.83% 40
South East +47 3 £165 - 50
North of England +17 3 - - 59
Yorkshire - 3 - - 18
East Midlands +4 1 - - 23

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 2 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.94%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 16 (47.06%) Revit
2 4 (11.76%) MS Visio
3 3 (8.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (8.82%) SketchUp
4 2 (5.88%) MicroStation
5 1 (2.94%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (23.53%) Structured Cabling
2 5 (14.71%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (11.76%) Wireless
4 3 (8.82%) HTTP
4 3 (8.82%) Internet
4 3 (8.82%) SMTP
4 3 (8.82%) SSH
4 3 (8.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (2.94%) GIS
1 1 (2.94%) QGIS
General
1 13 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.71%) Finance
4 3 (8.82%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (8.82%) Retail
5 2 (5.88%) Publishing
5 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (20.59%) Audio Visual Engineer
2 6 (17.65%) Design Engineer
2 6 (17.65%) Designer
3 5 (14.71%) Communications Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Senior
3 5 (14.71%) Senior Communications Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Architect
4 4 (11.76%) AutoCAD Designer
4 4 (11.76%) CAD Designer
5 3 (8.82%) Commissioning Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Electrical Design Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Electrical Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Cabling Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Coordinator
6 2 (5.88%) Draughtsman
6 2 (5.88%) Trainer
7 1 (2.94%) Analyst
7 1 (2.94%) Consultant
7 1 (2.94%) IT Consultant
7 1 (2.94%) Network Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.82%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Fibre Optics
2 6 (17.65%) Digital Signage
3 5 (14.71%) Management Information System
3 5 (14.71%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (11.76%) Data Centre
5 3 (8.82%) SCADA
6 2 (5.88%) Driving Licence
7 1 (2.94%) Lidar
7 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (23.53%) Project Management
3 6 (17.65%) Project Delivery
4 5 (14.71%) CAD
4 5 (14.71%) Digital Engineering
4 5 (14.71%) Information Management
5 3 (8.82%) 3D Visualisation
5 3 (8.82%) Bill of Materials
5 3 (8.82%) Conflict Management
5 3 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (8.82%) Problem Management
5 3 (8.82%) Service Delivery
5 3 (8.82%) Translating Business Requirements
5 3 (8.82%) Visualisation
6 2 (5.88%) Business Continuity
6 2 (5.88%) Cyber Resilience
6 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (5.88%) Process Improvement
7 1 (2.94%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.94%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) Degree
2 7 (20.59%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (20.59%) Security Cleared
3 5 (14.71%) RIBA
4 4 (11.76%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) BICSI Certification
5 2 (5.88%) DBS Check
5 2 (5.88%) HNC
5 2 (5.88%) HND
6 1 (2.94%) BICSI RCDD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.88%) QA
3 1 (2.94%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.71%) Autodesk
2 5 (14.71%) Cisco
3 3 (8.82%) Adobe
4 2 (5.88%) Nokia
4 2 (5.88%) Siemens
5 1 (2.94%) Fujitsu
5 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow