AutoCAD Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Autodesk AutoCAD
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring AutoCAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 435 468 469
Rank change year-on-year +33 +1 +169
Permanent jobs citing AutoCAD 194 90 274
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.27% 0.37%
As % of the Applications category 4.76% 2.28% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 94 53 158
10th Percentile - £29,250 £25,525
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £54,688 £55,000 £51,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £57,500
UK median annual salary £44,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.71% -5.56% +12.50%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 4,072 3,953 7,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.69% 11.70% 10.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,102 1,725 4,197
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +11.11% -4.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £55,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £66,274 £62,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -10.45%

AutoCAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

AutoCAD job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

AutoCAD
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AutoCAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing AutoCAD

AutoCAD
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing AutoCAD in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for AutoCAD in the UK excluding London

AutoCAD
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AutoCAD within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 July 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
Northern Ireland - 95 - -
South West -44 31 £30,000 -45.45% 13
East of England -8 19 £30,000 -49.45% 4
North of England -46 18 £70,000 +40.00% 13
West Midlands -25 14 £44,500 +18.67% 6
Midlands -33 14 £44,500 +20.27% 9
South East -26 11 £36,250 -27.50% 16
Yorkshire -23 10 £70,000 - 2
North West -24 8 £42,500 -5.56% 6
Scotland +14 5 £30,000 -44.70% 6
Wales -53 1 £45,500 - 2
AutoCAD
UK

AutoCAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.06%) PowerFactory
Applications
1 39 (20.10%) Revit
2 9 (4.64%) Civil 3D
3 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.55%) Autodesk Inventor
4 3 (1.55%) EPLAN
4 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.55%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.55%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (1.03%) InDesign
5 2 (1.03%) SketchUp
6 1 (0.52%) Fusion 360
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.52%) Azure
1 1 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (0.52%) Entra ID
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 95 (48.97%) TETRA
2 3 (1.55%) NFC
2 3 (1.55%) RFID
3 1 (0.52%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.52%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.52%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.52%) VPN
3 1 (0.52%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Git
General
1 18 (9.28%) Documentation Skills
2 15 (7.73%) Legal
3 9 (4.64%) Manufacturing
3 9 (4.64%) Social Skills
4 8 (4.12%) Telecoms
5 4 (2.06%) Electronics
5 4 (2.06%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.55%) Retail
7 2 (1.03%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.03%) Games
7 2 (1.03%) Local Government
7 2 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.03%) Social Housing
8 1 (0.52%) Aeronautics
8 1 (0.52%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.52%) Aviation
8 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 56 (28.87%) Design Engineer
2 46 (23.71%) Lead
2 46 (23.71%) Project Engineer
3 33 (17.01%) Technical Engineer
4 32 (16.49%) Technical Design Engineer
5 20 (10.31%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 20 (10.31%) RF Engineer
6 17 (8.76%) RF Design Engineer
7 16 (8.25%) Graduate
8 15 (7.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (7.73%) Technical Design Leader
8 15 (7.73%) Technical Leader
9 11 (5.67%) Systems Engineer
10 10 (5.15%) Junior
11 9 (4.64%) Civil Engineer
12 8 (4.12%) Designer
12 8 (4.12%) Senior
13 7 (3.61%) AutoCAD Designer
13 7 (3.61%) CAD Designer
13 7 (3.61%) Telecoms Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.06%) Flash
2 1 (0.52%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.79%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.09%) Driving Licence
3 3 (1.55%) Contactless
3 3 (1.55%) SCADA
3 3 (1.55%) Smartcard
4 1 (0.52%) 3D Printing
4 1 (0.52%) Acoustics
4 1 (0.52%) CCTV
4 1 (0.52%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (0.52%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.52%) Windows
1 1 (0.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (48.97%) Logistics
2 61 (31.44%) Mentoring
3 56 (28.87%) Project Delivery
4 46 (23.71%) Technical Leadership
5 19 (9.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (8.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (8.76%) Performance Optimisation
6 17 (8.76%) System Testing
6 17 (8.76%) Technology Strategy
7 13 (6.70%) CAD
8 6 (3.09%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (2.58%) Customer Requirements
9 5 (2.58%) Validation
10 4 (2.06%) Agile
10 4 (2.06%) Building Information Modelling
10 4 (2.06%) Change Management
10 4 (2.06%) Network Design
10 4 (2.06%) Project Management
10 4 (2.06%) Systems Analysis
10 4 (2.06%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.52%) C
1 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
1 1 (0.52%) Ladder Logic
1 1 (0.52%) PHP
1 1 (0.52%) VB
1 1 (0.52%) VB6
Qualifications
1 22 (11.34%) Degree
2 8 (4.12%) HNC
3 3 (1.55%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.03%) HND
4 2 (1.03%) NVQ Level 3
4 2 (1.03%) RIBA
5 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (17.53%) QA
2 2 (1.03%) GDPR
3 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.06%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (8.76%) Motorola
2 5 (2.58%) Allen-Bradley
3 4 (2.06%) DIgSILENT
3 4 (2.06%) Microsoft
4 3 (1.55%) Autodesk
4 3 (1.55%) Siemens
5 2 (1.03%) Adobe
5 2 (1.03%) Wonderware
6 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow