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 21 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 606 631 911
Rank change year-on-year +25 +280 +196
Permanent jobs citing AutoCAD 81 275 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.28% 0.074%
As % of the Applications category 1.30% 2.85% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 53 159 46
10th Percentile £32,500 £24,250 £32,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,000 £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 £56,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% +28.57% -18.60%

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 6,244 9,652 9,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.97% 9.94% 8.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,162 6,112 5,104
10th Percentile £28,500 £24,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £27,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £60,265 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +42.86% -6.67% -2.60%

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 21 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 21 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 -12 68 £50,000 +11.11% 219
UK excluding London +50 67 £50,000 +11.11% 153
North of England +81 40 £41,000 +2.50% 39
North West +37 39 £41,000 +26.15% 22
Work from Home +128 16 £50,000 +11.11% 75
East of England +31 10 £50,000 +11.11% 15
Midlands +29 6 £32,500 -18.75% 30
South West +103 4 £77,500 +127.94% 22
London +59 4 £52,500 -18.29% 80
South East +53 4 £47,500 +5.56% 35
East Midlands +45 3 £32,500 -18.75% 9
West Midlands +17 3 £45,000 - 20
Scotland +119 2 £54,250 +13.02% 9
Yorkshire +64 1 - - 15
Wales +49 1 £65,000 -

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 (1.23%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 10 (12.35%) Revit
2 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (4.94%) SOLIDWORKS
4 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (2.47%) SketchUp
6 1 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (1.23%) MicroStation
6 1 (1.23%) MS Visio
6 1 (1.23%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.23%) Azure
1 1 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (1.23%) Entra ID
1 1 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (1.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.47%) LAN
1 2 (2.47%) TCP/IP
1 2 (2.47%) VPN
1 2 (2.47%) Wireless
2 1 (1.23%) 802.11
2 1 (1.23%) BGP
2 1 (1.23%) CDMA
2 1 (1.23%) DHCP
2 1 (1.23%) DNS
2 1 (1.23%) IPsec
2 1 (1.23%) MPLS
2 1 (1.23%) OSPF
2 1 (1.23%) PPP
2 1 (1.23%) SDH
2 1 (1.23%) SS7
2 1 (1.23%) TACACS
2 1 (1.23%) VoIP
2 1 (1.23%) VRRP
2 1 (1.23%) WAN
2 1 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.23%) GIS
General
1 33 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 22 (27.16%) Finance
3 16 (19.75%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (19.75%) Manufacturing
4 9 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (4.94%) Automotive
5 4 (4.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.70%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.47%) Electronics
8 1 (1.23%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.23%) Legal
8 1 (1.23%) Marketing
8 1 (1.23%) Military
8 1 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.23%) Retail
8 1 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (27.16%) Civil Engineer
1 22 (27.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (25.93%) Senior
3 14 (17.28%) Project Engineer
3 14 (17.28%) Project Manager
4 8 (9.88%) Mechanical Engineer
5 7 (8.64%) Designer
5 7 (8.64%) Manufacturing Engineer
5 7 (8.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (8.64%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
6 6 (7.41%) Design Engineer
7 5 (6.17%) Systems Designer
8 4 (4.94%) Associate Engineer
8 4 (4.94%) AutoCAD Designer
8 4 (4.94%) CAD Designer
8 4 (4.94%) CAD Technician
9 3 (3.70%) Electrical Engineer
9 3 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
10 2 (2.47%) Support Engineer
10 2 (2.47%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.47%) .NET
1 2 (2.47%) .NET Framework
1 2 (2.47%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (1.23%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.23%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.23%) WinForms
2 1 (1.23%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.88%) Home Automation
1 8 (9.88%) Smart Home
2 7 (8.64%) Driving Licence
3 5 (6.17%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (6.17%) SCADA
4 2 (2.47%) CCTV
4 2 (2.47%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.47%) IoT
4 2 (2.47%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.47%) NHS
5 1 (1.23%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (1.23%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.23%) PKI
5 1 (1.23%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.23%) Windows
1 1 (1.23%) Windows Server
1 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (30.86%) Project Management
2 22 (27.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 15 (18.52%) CAD
3 15 (18.52%) Project Delivery
4 13 (16.05%) Mentoring
5 12 (14.81%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
5 12 (14.81%) Design for Manufacturing
5 12 (14.81%) Finite Element Analysis
6 11 (13.58%) Commercial Awareness
7 8 (9.88%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (7.41%) Budgeting
8 6 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (7.41%) Feasibility Study
9 5 (6.17%) Gantt Chart
9 5 (6.17%) Performance Management
10 3 (3.70%) 3D Modelling
10 3 (3.70%) Agile
10 3 (3.70%) Customer Service
10 3 (3.70%) Decision-Making
11 2 (2.47%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.70%) C#
2 2 (2.47%) VBA
3 1 (1.23%) Scala
3 1 (1.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 52 (64.20%) Degree
2 15 (18.52%) Master's Degree
3 9 (11.11%) RIBA
4 3 (3.70%) Chartered Engineer
4 3 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.70%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.47%) PMP
6 1 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.23%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.70%) QA
2 2 (2.47%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (1.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (13.58%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.23%) Autodesk
2 1 (1.23%) Avaya
2 1 (1.23%) CheckPoint
2 1 (1.23%) ESRI
2 1 (1.23%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (1.23%) F5
2 1 (1.23%) SAP
2 1 (1.23%) VMware