Autodesk AutoCAD
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for AutoCAD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited AutoCAD over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 613 911 1134
Rank change year-on-year +298 +223 -309
Permanent jobs citing AutoCAD 283 75 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.072% 0.056%
As % of the Applications category 2.89% 0.82% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 168 40 59
10th Percentile £24,813 £31,850 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,188 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -15.15% +28.91%
75th Percentile £54,688 £43,563 £59,375
90th Percentile £65,250 £67,500 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +28.57% -17.65% +6.25%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 9,785 9,168 13,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.95% 8.81% 8.44%
Number of salaries quoted 6,125 4,993 7,108
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,945 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £44,666 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.04% -0.74% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,250 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £39,322
% change year-on-year -6.67% -4.63% -1.70%

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
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 29 April 2024.

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 29 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +300 261 £45,000 +28.57% 424
UK excluding London +196 238 £45,000 +28.57% 390
South East +56 63 £45,000 +28.57% 86
Midlands +64 50 £40,000 - 90
East of England +44 48 £45,000 +28.57% 41
Work from Home +91 47 £45,000 +28.57% 104
North of England +69 42 £40,000 -13.04% 105
London +140 37 £63,500 +41.11% 67
West Midlands - 28 £45,000 - 55
East Midlands +8 22 £40,000 - 35
South West +6 22 £34,000 - 46
Yorkshire +108 21 £45,000 -2.17% 30
North West - 21 £32,500 - 59
Scotland -38 14 £48,000 - 26
Wales +14 4 - - 11

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 14 (4.95%) ArcGIS
2 6 (2.12%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.06%) Smallworld
4 1 (0.35%) Apache
4 1 (0.35%) IIS
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.35%) WebSphere
Applications
1 61 (21.55%) Revit
2 49 (17.31%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (12.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (6.36%) MS Visio
5 11 (3.89%) Autodesk Inventor
5 11 (3.89%) Microsoft Project
6 10 (3.53%) SOLIDWORKS
7 7 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 6 (2.12%) 3ds Max
8 6 (2.12%) Photoshop
8 6 (2.12%) Solid Edge
9 4 (1.41%) EPLAN
9 4 (1.41%) SketchUp
10 3 (1.06%) Fusion 360
10 3 (1.06%) InDesign
11 2 (0.71%) ALPHACAM
12 1 (0.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.35%) Blender
12 1 (0.35%) MicroStation
12 1 (0.35%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 10 (3.53%) NEC Housing
2 3 (1.06%) SAP CRM
2 3 (1.06%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 10 (3.53%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 5 (1.77%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.35%) AWS
3 1 (0.35%) Azure
3 1 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.35%) Entra ID
3 1 (0.35%) GCP
3 1 (0.35%) IaaS
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.12%) Wireless
2 4 (1.41%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (1.41%) TETRA
3 3 (1.06%) LAN
3 3 (1.06%) WLAN
4 1 (0.35%) Network Security
4 1 (0.35%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.77%) Power BI
2 4 (1.41%) GIS
3 3 (1.06%) Geospatial Data
3 3 (1.06%) Spatial Data
4 2 (0.71%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.35%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Chocolatey
1 1 (0.35%) Git
1 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
General
1 98 (34.63%) Social Skills
2 80 (28.27%) Legal
3 73 (25.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (19.43%) Local Government
5 35 (12.37%) Manufacturing
6 34 (12.01%) Analytical Skills
7 33 (11.66%) Finance
8 20 (7.07%) Organisational Skills
8 20 (7.07%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (6.36%) Retail
10 14 (4.95%) Games
11 12 (4.24%) Marketing
12 11 (3.89%) Public Sector
13 10 (3.53%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.41%) Electronics
15 3 (1.06%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.06%) Automotive
16 2 (0.71%) Advertising
16 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
17 1 (0.35%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 49 (17.31%) Coordinator
1 49 (17.31%) Technical Coordinator
2 41 (14.49%) Senior
3 38 (13.43%) Project Manager
4 18 (6.36%) Programmer
5 17 (6.01%) CAD Technician
5 17 (6.01%) Design Engineer
5 17 (6.01%) Systems Engineer
5 17 (6.01%) Technical Manager
6 16 (5.65%) Systems Programmer
7 14 (4.95%) Senior Manager
8 12 (4.24%) Designer
8 12 (4.24%) Senior Project Manager
8 12 (4.24%) Technical Assistant
9 11 (3.89%) Software Engineer
10 10 (3.53%) Head of IT
11 8 (2.83%) Applications Engineer
11 8 (2.83%) Consultant
12 7 (2.47%) AutoCAD Designer
12 7 (2.47%) Control Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.95%) V-Ray
2 10 (3.53%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.35%) XML
3 1 (0.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (18.73%) Housing Association
2 20 (7.07%) Renewable Energy
3 14 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (4.95%) Virtual Reality
4 13 (4.59%) Video Conferencing
5 11 (3.89%) Augmented Reality
5 11 (3.89%) CCTV
5 11 (3.89%) Management Information System
6 10 (3.53%) Driving Licence
6 10 (3.53%) e-Learning
6 10 (3.53%) HoloLens
6 10 (3.53%) HTC Vive
6 10 (3.53%) Oculus
6 10 (3.53%) Operational Technology
7 7 (2.47%) Home Automation
7 7 (2.47%) Robotics
7 7 (2.47%) Smart Home
8 6 (2.12%) FMCG
9 5 (1.77%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.77%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 32 (11.31%) Windows
2 3 (1.06%) Android
2 3 (1.06%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (27.56%) Time Management
2 76 (26.86%) Agile
2 76 (26.86%) CAD
3 57 (20.14%) Project Management
4 45 (15.90%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (14.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 33 (11.66%) Project Delivery
7 27 (9.54%) Mathematics
8 23 (8.13%) Mentoring
9 22 (7.77%) Creative Thinking
10 13 (4.59%) Risk Management
10 13 (4.59%) Software Testing
11 12 (4.24%) Budgeting
11 12 (4.24%) Software Engineering
12 11 (3.89%) IT Strategy
12 11 (3.89%) Project Planning
12 11 (3.89%) Technology Strategy
13 10 (3.53%) Cost Control
13 10 (3.53%) Cybersecurity
14 9 (3.18%) 3D Modelling
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.65%) R
2 1 (0.35%) Bash
2 1 (0.35%) MATLAB
2 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 97 (34.28%) HND
2 88 (31.10%) Degree
3 82 (28.98%) HNC
4 10 (3.53%) Security Cleared
5 9 (3.18%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.12%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.77%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.77%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.41%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.41%) RIBA
9 3 (1.06%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.71%) BICSI Certification
10 2 (0.71%) BICSI RCDD
11 1 (0.35%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.35%) MCSA
11 1 (0.35%) MCSE
11 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.48%) GDPR
2 11 (3.89%) NEBOSH
3 7 (2.47%) QA
4 5 (1.77%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.41%) ISO 14001
5 4 (1.41%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.06%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.71%) COSHH
System Software
1 4 (1.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (0.35%) Ansible
1 1 (0.35%) SCCM
1 1 (0.35%) SCOM
1 1 (0.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 57 (20.14%) Microsoft
2 35 (12.37%) SAP
3 28 (9.89%) Autodesk
4 17 (6.01%) Adobe
5 11 (3.89%) Siemens
6 10 (3.53%) NEC
7 4 (1.41%) Allen-Bradley
7 4 (1.41%) EMC
8 3 (1.06%) Epicor
9 1 (0.35%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.35%) BT
9 1 (0.35%) IBM
9 1 (0.35%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle
9 1 (0.35%) PTC
9 1 (0.35%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.35%) TOWER Software
9 1 (0.35%) Vectorworks