Autodesk AutoCAD
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 605 613 912
Rank change year-on-year +8 +299 +222
Permanent jobs citing AutoCAD 79 283 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.29% 0.072%
As % of the Applications category 1.23% 2.89% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 54 168 40
10th Percentile £32,500 £24,813 £31,850
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,188 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - +28.57% -15.15%
75th Percentile £57,500 £54,688 £43,563
90th Percentile £67,500 £65,250 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% +28.57% -17.65%

All Software Application Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 6,399 9,787 9,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.27% 9.95% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,206 6,127 4,993
10th Percentile £27,750 £24,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £27,847 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £44,666
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.04% -0.74%
75th Percentile £60,265 £53,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,432 £67,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +40.00% -6.67% -4.63%

AutoCAD
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing AutoCAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for AutoCAD in the UK

AutoCAD
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing AutoCAD.

Salary trend for AutoCAD in the UK

AutoCAD
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing AutoCAD over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for AutoCAD in the UK

AutoCAD
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AutoCAD within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England 0 65 £50,000 +11.11% 264
UK excluding London +37 63 £50,000 +11.11% 197
North of England +80 38 £41,000 +2.50% 47
North West +49 37 £41,000 +26.15% 23
Work from Home +151 17 £50,000 +11.11% 97
East of England +20 10 £50,000 +11.11% 20
London +72 5 £52,500 -17.32% 70
Midlands +16 5 £32,500 -18.75% 51
South West +97 4 £77,500 +127.94% 25
South East +53 3 £47,500 +5.56% 37
East Midlands +30 3 £32,500 -18.75% 18
Scotland +116 2 £54,250 +13.02% 15
West Midlands +25 2 £45,000 - 30
Yorkshire +50 1 - - 19
Wales +37 1 £65,000 - 4

AutoCAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.27%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 10 (12.66%) Revit
2 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (5.06%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.53%) SketchUp
5 1 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.27%) MicroStation
5 1 (1.27%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.27%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.27%) Azure
1 1 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (1.27%) Entra ID
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (1.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.53%) LAN
1 2 (2.53%) VPN
1 2 (2.53%) Wireless
2 1 (1.27%) 802.11
2 1 (1.27%) DHCP
2 1 (1.27%) DMVPN
2 1 (1.27%) DNS
2 1 (1.27%) HSRP
2 1 (1.27%) IPsec
2 1 (1.27%) LTE
2 1 (1.27%) MPLS
2 1 (1.27%) Multicast
2 1 (1.27%) OSPF
2 1 (1.27%) PPP
2 1 (1.27%) SDH
2 1 (1.27%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.27%) Spanning Tree
2 1 (1.27%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.27%) VoIP
2 1 (1.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.27%) GIS
General
1 31 (39.24%) Social Skills
2 22 (27.85%) Finance
3 14 (17.72%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (17.72%) Manufacturing
4 9 (11.39%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (6.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.06%) Automotive
7 3 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.80%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.53%) Electronics
9 1 (1.27%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.27%) Legal
9 1 (1.27%) Marketing
9 1 (1.27%) Military
9 1 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.27%) Retail
9 1 (1.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (27.85%) Civil Engineer
1 22 (27.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 18 (22.78%) Senior
3 14 (17.72%) Project Manager
4 11 (13.92%) Project Engineer
5 7 (8.86%) Designer
5 7 (8.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (7.59%) Design Engineer
6 6 (7.59%) Mechanical Engineer
7 5 (6.33%) Manufacturing Engineer
7 5 (6.33%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
7 5 (6.33%) Systems Designer
8 4 (5.06%) Associate Engineer
8 4 (5.06%) AutoCAD Designer
8 4 (5.06%) CAD Designer
8 4 (5.06%) CAD Technician
8 4 (5.06%) Systems Engineer
9 2 (2.53%) Engineering Manager
9 2 (2.53%) Technical Engineer
9 2 (2.53%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.53%) .NET
1 2 (2.53%) .NET Framework
1 2 (2.53%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (1.27%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.27%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.27%) WinForms
2 1 (1.27%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.13%) Home Automation
1 8 (10.13%) Smart Home
2 6 (7.59%) Driving Licence
3 5 (6.33%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (5.06%) SCADA
5 3 (3.80%) NHS
6 2 (2.53%) CCTV
6 2 (2.53%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.53%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.27%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (1.27%) IoT
7 1 (1.27%) Motion Graphics
7 1 (1.27%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.27%) PKI
7 1 (1.27%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.27%) Social Media
7 1 (1.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.27%) Windows
1 1 (1.27%) Windows Server
1 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (31.65%) Project Management
2 22 (27.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 15 (18.99%) CAD
3 15 (18.99%) Project Delivery
4 14 (17.72%) Mentoring
5 11 (13.92%) Commercial Awareness
6 10 (12.66%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
6 10 (12.66%) Design for Manufacturing
6 10 (12.66%) Finite Element Analysis
7 8 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (7.59%) Budgeting
8 6 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (7.59%) Feasibility Study
9 5 (6.33%) Gantt Chart
9 5 (6.33%) Performance Management
10 3 (3.80%) 3D Modelling
10 3 (3.80%) Agile
10 3 (3.80%) Collaborative Culture
10 3 (3.80%) Decision-Making
11 2 (2.53%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.80%) C#
2 2 (2.53%) VBA
3 1 (1.27%) Scala
3 1 (1.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 50 (63.29%) Degree
2 13 (16.46%) Master's Degree
3 9 (11.39%) RIBA
4 4 (5.06%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (3.80%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.80%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.53%) PMP
7 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.27%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.06%) QA
2 2 (2.53%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (1.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (12.66%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.27%) Adobe
2 1 (1.27%) Autodesk
2 1 (1.27%) Avaya
2 1 (1.27%) CheckPoint
2 1 (1.27%) ESRI
2 1 (1.27%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (1.27%) F5
2 1 (1.27%) SAP
2 1 (1.27%) Vectorworks
2 1 (1.27%) VMware