AutoCAD Jobs in the UK excluding London

Autodesk AutoCAD
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring AutoCAD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited AutoCAD over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 494 529 704
Rank change year-on-year +35 +175 +76
Permanent jobs citing AutoCAD 63 239 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.34% 0.068%
As % of the Applications category 1.41% 3.32% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 45 130 26
10th Percentile £32,270 £23,500 £30,625
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +28.57% -17.65%
75th Percentile £57,500 £50,250 £37,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £43,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year - +28.57% -15.15%

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 4,468 7,190 5,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.13% 10.23% 9.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2,440 4,557 2,894
10th Percentile £27,250 £23,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £36,999 £26,250 £28,824
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -6.67% -4.63%
75th Percentile £58,000 £48,750 £51,250
90th Percentile £66,200 £61,250 £65,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £37,500 £44,666
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.04% -0.74%

AutoCAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing AutoCAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for AutoCAD in the UK excluding London

AutoCAD
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AutoCAD in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for AutoCAD in the UK excluding London

AutoCAD
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing AutoCAD in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +81 38 £41,000 +2.50% 48
North West +48 37 £41,000 +26.15% 23
East of England +18 10 £50,000 +11.11% 21
Midlands +37 5 £32,500 -18.75% 54
South West +89 4 £77,500 +127.94% 28
South East +49 3 £47,500 +5.56% 43
East Midlands +31 3 £32,500 -18.75% 18
Scotland +120 2 £54,250 +13.02% 15
West Midlands +24 2 £45,000 - 32
Yorkshire +56 1 - - 21
Wales +43 1 £65,000 - 4
AutoCAD
UK

AutoCAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (1.59%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 7 (11.11%) Revit
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (6.35%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.17%) SketchUp
4 1 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.59%) MicroStation
4 1 (1.59%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.59%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.59%) Azure
1 1 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (1.59%) Entra ID
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.17%) LAN
1 2 (3.17%) VPN
1 2 (3.17%) Wireless
2 1 (1.59%) 802.11
2 1 (1.59%) DHCP
2 1 (1.59%) DMVPN
2 1 (1.59%) DNS
2 1 (1.59%) HSRP
2 1 (1.59%) IPsec
2 1 (1.59%) LTE
2 1 (1.59%) MPLS
2 1 (1.59%) Multicast
2 1 (1.59%) OSPF
2 1 (1.59%) PPP
2 1 (1.59%) SDH
2 1 (1.59%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.59%) Spanning Tree
2 1 (1.59%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.59%) VoIP
2 1 (1.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) GIS
General
1 26 (41.27%) Social Skills
2 20 (31.75%) Finance
3 14 (22.22%) Manufacturing
4 11 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.35%) Automotive
7 3 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.76%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.17%) Electronics
8 2 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.59%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.59%) Legal
9 1 (1.59%) Marketing
9 1 (1.59%) Military
9 1 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (34.92%) Civil Engineer
1 22 (34.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 18 (28.57%) Senior
3 11 (17.46%) Project Engineer
4 10 (15.87%) Project Manager
5 7 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (9.52%) Design Engineer
6 6 (9.52%) Mechanical Engineer
7 5 (7.94%) Manufacturing Engineer
7 5 (7.94%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
8 4 (6.35%) Associate Engineer
9 3 (4.76%) CAD Technician
10 2 (3.17%) Electrical Engineer
10 2 (3.17%) Support Engineer
10 2 (3.17%) Technical Engineer
10 2 (3.17%) Technical Support
10 2 (3.17%) Technical Support Engineer
11 1 (1.59%) Administrator
11 1 (1.59%) Senior Network Engineer
11 1 (1.59%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) .NET
1 2 (3.17%) .NET Framework
1 2 (3.17%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (1.59%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.59%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.59%) WinForms
2 1 (1.59%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.52%) Driving Licence
2 4 (6.35%) Renewable Energy
2 4 (6.35%) SCADA
3 2 (3.17%) CCTV
3 2 (3.17%) Home Automation
3 2 (3.17%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.17%) Smart Home
4 1 (1.59%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.59%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (1.59%) IoT
4 1 (1.59%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.59%) PKI
4 1 (1.59%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.59%) Windows
1 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
1 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (34.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (33.33%) Project Management
3 15 (23.81%) Project Delivery
4 11 (17.46%) Commercial Awareness
4 11 (17.46%) Mentoring
5 10 (15.87%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
5 10 (15.87%) Design for Manufacturing
5 10 (15.87%) Finite Element Analysis
6 8 (12.70%) CAD
7 6 (9.52%) Budgeting
7 6 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (9.52%) Feasibility Study
7 6 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (4.76%) 3D Modelling
8 3 (4.76%) Agile
8 3 (4.76%) Decision-Making
8 3 (4.76%) Gantt Chart
8 3 (4.76%) Performance Management
9 2 (3.17%) Contract Negotiation
9 2 (3.17%) Cost Reduction
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.76%) C#
2 1 (1.59%) Scala
2 1 (1.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (71.43%) Degree
2 11 (17.46%) Master's Degree
3 9 (14.29%) RIBA
4 3 (4.76%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.76%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.59%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (1.59%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.59%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (7.94%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.59%) Autodesk
2 1 (1.59%) Avaya
2 1 (1.59%) CheckPoint
2 1 (1.59%) ESRI
2 1 (1.59%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (1.59%) F5
2 1 (1.59%) SAP
2 1 (1.59%) VMware