AutoCAD Job Trends in the North West

Autodesk AutoCAD
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring AutoCAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 154 201
Rank change year-on-year -9 +47 +99
Permanent jobs citing AutoCAD 23 51 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.36% 1.01% 0.045%
As % of the Applications category 4.42% 9.66% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3 25 1
10th Percentile £40,291 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £43,727 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,636 £41,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.94% +2.50% +30.08%
75th Percentile £60,659 £52,500 £42,500
90th Percentile £64,764 - -
England median annual salary £39,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.89% -13.64% +57.14%

All Software Application Skills
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 520 528 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.16% 10.45% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 209 266 198
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £21,800
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +32.81% -13.10%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £50,419
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,859 £66,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% +19.21% -13.51%

AutoCAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

AutoCAD job vacancy trend in the North West

AutoCAD
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing AutoCAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing AutoCAD

AutoCAD
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing AutoCAD in the North West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for AutoCAD in the North West

AutoCAD
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AutoCAD within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Cumbria +26 17 £51,636 -
Manchester +8 2 - - 6
Merseyside -7 2 - - 1
Cheshire -40 2 £51,500 +25.61%
AutoCAD
England

AutoCAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 8 (34.78%) SOLIDWORKS
2 4 (17.39%) Revit
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Ethernet
1 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
General
1 11 (47.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (34.78%) Manufacturing
3 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Senior
2 8 (34.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (34.78%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 8 (34.78%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Design Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Mechanical Design Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Mechanical Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Service Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Active Directory Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Active Directory Support
5 1 (4.35%) Active Directory Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Electrical Design Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Electrical Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) IT Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) IT Support
5 1 (4.35%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Windows Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
1 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Project Management
1 10 (43.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (39.13%) Feasibility Study
3 8 (34.78%) Business Case
3 8 (34.78%) Facilities Management
3 8 (34.78%) Manufacturing Engineering
3 8 (34.78%) Project Delivery
4 2 (8.70%) Building Information Modelling
4 2 (8.70%) Mentoring
4 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.35%) ITSM
5 1 (4.35%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (4.35%) Web Filtering
5 1 (4.35%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 13 (56.52%) Chartered Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (34.78%) HNC
3 8 (34.78%) RIBA
4 4 (17.39%) Degree
5 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) AVEVA
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow