AutoCAD Job Trends in the Midlands

Autodesk AutoCAD
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring AutoCAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 220 257
Rank change year-on-year -26 +37 +49
Permanent jobs citing AutoCAD 13 8 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.098% 0.17% 0.46%
As % of the Applications category 1.90% 1.44% 3.76%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 39
10th Percentile £31,875 - £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £23,690 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -18.75% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £36,250 £56,500
90th Percentile - £42,250 £61,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.38% +4.44% +12.50%

All Software Application Skills
Midlands

AutoCAD falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 685 557 1,515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.17% 11.50% 12.27%
Number of salaries quoted 344 271 855
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,625 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,531 £28,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +7.14% -10.54%
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,375 £48,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £38,250
% change year-on-year -11.11% +17.65% -15.00%

AutoCAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AutoCAD relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

AutoCAD job vacancy trend in the Midlands

AutoCAD
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing AutoCAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing AutoCAD

AutoCAD
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing AutoCAD in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 May 2026.

Salary histogram for AutoCAD in the Midlands

AutoCAD
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AutoCAD within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 May 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -25 13 £52,000 +26.06% 4
AutoCAD
England

AutoCAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (30.77%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Revit
2 1 (7.69%) 3ds Max
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
General
1 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.69%) Aerospace
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Electronics
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) CAD Designer
2 3 (23.08%) Control Systems Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Designer
3 2 (15.38%) AutoCAD Designer
3 2 (15.38%) Telecoms Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Electrical Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Embedded Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Junior
4 1 (7.69%) Junior Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Systems Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
1 1 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Agile
1 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
1 4 (30.77%) Network Design
1 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
1 4 (30.77%) Systems Analysis
1 4 (30.77%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (23.08%) Change Management
3 2 (15.38%) CAD
4 1 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (7.69%) Facilities Management
4 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.69%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) C
1 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.69%) PHP
1 1 (7.69%) VB
1 1 (7.69%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 3 (23.08%) HNC
3 1 (7.69%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) DIgSILENT
2 3 (23.08%) Allen-Bradley
3 1 (7.69%) Rockwell
3 1 (7.69%) Siemens