Autodesk Contract Job Trends

Autodesk
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 17 December 2025, 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
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 556 543 587
Rank change year-on-year -13 +44 +201
Contract jobs citing Autodesk 31 9 18
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.084% 0.026% 0.041%
As % of the Vendors category 0.18% 0.057% 0.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 2
10th Percentile £469 £325 £235
25th Percentile £538 £428 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £600 £300
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +100.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £775 £650 £350
90th Percentile £854 £680 £365
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £263 £250
% change year-on-year +109.52% +5.00% -28.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 6
10th Percentile £23.38 £32.30 £31.88
25th Percentile £26.75 £34.63 £37.50
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.50 £41.25
Median % change year-on-year -27.85% -4.24% +26.92%
75th Percentile £31.08 £44.63 £43.75
90th Percentile £40.68 £47.10 £50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.36 £39.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -20.61% -1.25% +23.08%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 17,400 15,733 19,829
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.29% 45.73% 45.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,059 9,393 12,594
10th Percentile £293 £284 £252
25th Percentile £408 £411 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - +0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 866 473 663
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.85
25th Percentile £18.00 £19.59 £19.88
Median hourly rate £23.83 £29.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.84% -35.56% +75.03%
75th Percentile £44.69 £61.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £27.13 £45.00
% change year-on-year -18.89% -39.72% +100.00%

Autodesk
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Autodesk job vacancy trend in the UK

Autodesk
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Autodesk

Autodesk
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Autodesk over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Autodesk in the UK

Autodesk
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Autodesk

Autodesk
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Autodesk over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Autodesk in the UK

Autodesk
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Autodesk within the UK over the 6 months to 17 December 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 -19 25 £650 +35.06% 12
UK excluding London -45 16 £550 +109.52% 10
Work from Home +11 15 £558 -14.23% 9
Midlands -21 11 £750 - 1
West Midlands -25 10 £750 - 1
London -1 8 £825 +17.86% 3
South East - 3 £459 - 4
South West -1 1 - -
North West -28 1 - - 3
North of England -47 1 - - 4
East Midlands - 1 - -

Autodesk
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (9.68%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (29.03%) Revit
2 7 (22.58%) Navisworks
3 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (12.90%) ProjectWise
5 3 (9.68%) AutoCAD
5 3 (9.68%) Maya
6 2 (6.45%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (3.23%) 3ds Max
7 1 (3.23%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (3.23%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (3.23%) Blender
7 1 (3.23%) NUKE
7 1 (3.23%) Photoshop
7 1 (3.23%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (12.90%) Azure
2 4 (12.90%) SaaS
3 1 (3.23%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (3.23%) AWS
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) EDMS
1 1 (3.23%) Metadata
General
1 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Law
4 2 (6.45%) Games
4 2 (6.45%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.23%) Automotive
5 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (19.35%) IT Support
2 5 (16.13%) Architect
2 5 (16.13%) Hardware Specialist
2 5 (16.13%) IT Support Specialist
2 5 (16.13%) Support Specialist
3 4 (12.90%) Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) Consultant
4 3 (9.68%) Agile Business Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Business Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Coordinator
4 3 (9.68%) Digital Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Digital Business Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Document Controller
4 3 (9.68%) SaaS Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) SaaS Business Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Data Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Lead
5 2 (6.45%) Senior
6 1 (3.23%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (3.23%) CSS
2 1 (3.23%) Django
2 1 (3.23%) HTML
2 1 (3.23%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (3.23%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.68%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (9.68%) Tandem
3 2 (6.45%) Animation
3 2 (6.45%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.23%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.23%) Motion Graphics
4 1 (3.23%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.90%) Windows
2 1 (3.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Building Information Modelling
2 7 (22.58%) Digital Twin
3 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (16.13%) Data Governance
4 5 (16.13%) Data Management
4 5 (16.13%) Data Modelling
4 5 (16.13%) Visualisation
5 4 (12.90%) 3D Visualisation
5 4 (12.90%) Agile
5 4 (12.90%) Project Management
5 4 (12.90%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (12.90%) Risk Management
6 3 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (9.68%) Information Security
6 3 (9.68%) Kanban
6 3 (9.68%) Requirements Workshops
6 3 (9.68%) Target Operating Model
6 3 (9.68%) User Stories
6 3 (9.68%) Waterfall
6 3 (9.68%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.23%) C++
2 1 (3.23%) Java
2 1 (3.23%) R
2 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) Degree
2 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
2 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) ISO 19650
2 1 (3.23%) GDPR
2 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.23%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (9.68%) PaperCut
1 3 (9.68%) SCCM
2 1 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
1 5 (16.13%) ServiceNow
2 4 (12.90%) Adobe
3 3 (9.68%) Citrix