Autodesk AutoCAD
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for AutoCAD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited AutoCAD over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 550 678 799
Rank change year-on-year +128 +121 -143
Contract jobs citing AutoCAD 48 34 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.057% 0.061%
As % of the Applications category 1.39% 0.78% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 23
10th Percentile £161 £200 £239
25th Percentile £235 £220 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £350 £370
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% -5.41% -15.43%
75th Percentile £405 £375 £506
90th Percentile £477 £504 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £240 £330 £318
% change year-on-year -27.27% +3.94% +81.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 6
10th Percentile £21.35 £19.03 £31.75
25th Percentile £22.97 £28.44 £35.88
Median hourly rate £25.25 £34.25 £39.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.28% -13.84% +59.00%
75th Percentile £33.75 £38.25 £49.06
90th Percentile £38.13 £49.50 £55.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.25 £34.25 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.28% -6.16% +65.91%

All Software Application Skills
UK

AutoCAD is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 3,443 4,376 6,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.91% 7.35% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,731 2,872 4,310
10th Percentile £163 £188 £160
25th Percentile £213 £284 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £428
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -0.70% +7.00%
75th Percentile £538 £573 £549
90th Percentile £650 £684 £649
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £390 £375
% change year-on-year -10.26% +4.00% +8.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 638 260 438
10th Percentile £11.63 £13.99 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.00 £18.48 £14.25
Median hourly rate £17.72 £35.75 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.43% +66.28% +16.22%
75th Percentile £38.90 £52.81 £44.45
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.75 £55.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.06 £31.27 £19.00
% change year-on-year -48.64% +64.58% +2.70%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AutoCAD.

Daily rate trend for AutoCAD in the UK

AutoCAD
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AutoCAD over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for AutoCAD in the UK

AutoCAD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AutoCAD.

Hourly rate trend for AutoCAD in the UK

AutoCAD
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing AutoCAD over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for AutoCAD in the UK

AutoCAD
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AutoCAD within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +152 46 £240 -31.43% 435
UK excluding London +58 36 £240 -27.27% 396
South West +31 17 - - 47
London +102 10 £172 -58.27% 69
Work from Home +123 7 £172 -49.37% 109
Midlands +30 6 £240 -31.43% 103
North of England +31 5 £405 +22.73% 99
North West +28 5 £405 +22.73% 52
East of England - 4 £240 - 46
West Midlands +29 3 £240 -36.00% 65
East Midlands +18 3 - - 38
South East +15 3 - - 82
Scotland +33 1 - - 25

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:

Applications
1 17 (35.42%) Revit
2 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (4.17%) MS Visio
5 1 (2.08%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (2.08%) EPLAN
5 1 (2.08%) Houdini
5 1 (2.08%) Maya
5 1 (2.08%) MicroStation
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (4.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.08%) Modbus
1 1 (2.08%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) Power BI
1 2 (4.17%) Tableau
General
1 6 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.17%) Finance
3 2 (4.17%) Fire and Rescue
3 2 (4.17%) Local Government
4 1 (2.08%) Aviation
4 1 (2.08%) Marketing
4 1 (2.08%) Military
4 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (35.42%) Architect
2 7 (14.58%) Senior
3 5 (10.42%) Design Engineer
4 4 (8.33%) CAD Technician
4 4 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (8.33%) Project Manager
5 3 (6.25%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Senior Design Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) AutoCAD Technician
6 2 (4.17%) Consultant
6 2 (4.17%) Coordinator
6 2 (4.17%) Network Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Support Engineer
7 1 (2.08%) Analyst
7 1 (2.08%) Developer
7 1 (2.08%) Field Engineer
7 1 (2.08%) Graduate
7 1 (2.08%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
7 1 (2.08%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) .NET
1 1 (2.08%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.08%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (2.08%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) Data Centre
2 2 (4.17%) iPad
2 2 (4.17%) iPhone
2 2 (4.17%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.08%) Animation
3 1 (2.08%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.08%) Life Science
3 1 (2.08%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.17%) Android
1 2 (4.17%) Windows
1 2 (4.17%) Windows 10
1 2 (4.17%) Windows Server
1 2 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (35.42%) Validation
2 10 (20.83%) CAD
3 9 (18.75%) 3D Modelling
4 6 (12.50%) Project Management
5 5 (10.42%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (8.33%) CAE
6 4 (8.33%) Data Collection
6 4 (8.33%) Data Management
6 4 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (8.33%) Strategic Planning
7 3 (6.25%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 3 (6.25%) Business Case
7 3 (6.25%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (6.25%) Contract Negotiation
7 3 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (6.25%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (4.17%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (4.17%) Decision-Making
8 2 (4.17%) Performance Metrics
8 2 (4.17%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.08%) VBA
Qualifications
1 21 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 17 (35.42%) DV Cleared
3 8 (16.67%) Degree
4 4 (8.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.08%) BICSI Certification
5 1 (2.08%) BICSI RCDD
5 1 (2.08%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (2.08%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.08%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (4.17%) Autodesk
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft
1 2 (4.17%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.08%) IBM
2 1 (2.08%) Kepware
2 1 (2.08%) Perforce
2 1 (2.08%) Rockwell
2 1 (2.08%) Siemens
2 1 (2.08%) VMware
2 1 (2.08%) Wonderware