AutoCAD Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Autodesk AutoCAD
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring AutoCAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 190 175
Rank change year-on-year +9 -15 +101
Permanent jobs citing AutoCAD 7 5 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.19% 0.11% 0.21%
As % of the Applications category 1.54% 0.98% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £36,625 £35,500 -
25th Percentile £48,438 £36,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £40,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +33.33% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £53,125 £32,500
90th Percentile - £58,000 -
South East median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £48,250
% change year-on-year +18.75% -17.10% +50.78%

All Software Application Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 455 510 346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.37% 11.70% 10.33%
Number of salaries quoted 185 117 200
10th Percentile £25,125 £25,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £28,781
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +11.76% -0.47%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £55,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £66,500
South East median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -21.05% +11.77% -

AutoCAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AutoCAD relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

AutoCAD job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

AutoCAD
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing AutoCAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing AutoCAD

AutoCAD
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing AutoCAD in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 November 2025.

Salary histogram for AutoCAD in the Thames Valley

AutoCAD
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AutoCAD within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 November 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
Buckinghamshire +12 6 £60,000 +50.00% 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £32,500 - 1
AutoCAD
South East

AutoCAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Revit
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Google Drive
General
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) CAD Technician
1 3 (42.86%) Designer
1 3 (42.86%) Senior
1 3 (42.86%) Senior Designer
1 3 (42.86%) Systems Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) CAD
2 3 (42.86%) 3D Modelling
2 3 (42.86%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Building Information Modelling
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Google
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft