Market evidence report — architectural-drafter
Source: 65 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 65), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-08.
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Seniority distribution
| Seniority |
Ads |
Share |
| mid |
46 |
71 % |
| junior |
13 |
20 % |
| lead |
2 |
3 % |
| n/a |
2 |
3 % |
| senior |
2 |
3 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # |
Item |
Ads |
Share |
| 1 |
AutoCAD |
47 |
72 % |
| 2 |
Revit |
29 |
45 % |
| 3 |
SketchUp |
12 |
18 % |
| 4 |
Microsoft Excel |
8 |
12 % |
| 5 |
Photoshop |
7 |
11 % |
| 6 |
CADmep |
6 |
9 % |
| 7 |
MS Project |
6 |
9 % |
| 8 |
MS Word |
6 |
9 % |
| 9 |
Navisworks |
6 |
9 % |
| 10 |
Outlook |
6 |
9 % |
| 11 |
Bluebeam |
4 |
6 % |
| 12 |
Solidworks |
4 |
6 % |
| 13 |
Adobe Creative Suite |
3 |
5 % |
| 14 |
Autodesk Revit |
3 |
5 % |
| 15 |
Illustrator |
3 |
5 % |
| 16 |
Microsoft Office |
3 |
5 % |
| 17 |
Microsoft Word |
3 |
5 % |
| 18 |
MicroStation |
3 |
5 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # |
Item |
Ads |
Share |
| 1 |
drafting |
13 |
20 % |
| 2 |
construction documentation |
12 |
18 % |
| 3 |
architectural drafting |
11 |
17 % |
| 4 |
3d modeling |
7 |
11 % |
| 5 |
architectural design |
7 |
11 % |
| 6 |
technical drawing |
7 |
11 % |
| 7 |
data presentation |
6 |
9 % |
| 8 |
document control |
6 |
9 % |
| 9 |
drawing preparation |
6 |
9 % |
| 10 |
floor plan development |
5 |
8 % |
| 11 |
interior design |
5 |
8 % |
| 12 |
project milestone tracking |
5 |
8 % |
| 13 |
cad drafting |
4 |
6 % |
| 14 |
shop drawing preparation |
4 |
6 % |
| 15 |
bim modeling |
3 |
5 % |
| 16 |
building code knowledge |
3 |
5 % |
| 17 |
building investigation |
3 |
5 % |
| 18 |
construction document preparation |
3 |
5 % |
| 19 |
construction document production |
3 |
5 % |
| 20 |
design development |
3 |
5 % |
| 21 |
drawing review |
3 |
5 % |
| 22 |
forensic report development |
3 |
5 % |
| 23 |
permit acquisition |
3 |
5 % |
| 24 |
permit application |
3 |
5 % |
| 25 |
project management |
3 |
5 % |
| 26 |
shop drawing creation |
3 |
5 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # |
Item |
Ads |
Share |
| 1 |
VDC drawing standards |
6 |
9 % |
| 2 |
documentation retention policy |
4 |
6 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # |
Item |
Ads |
Share |
| 1 |
drawing creation |
8 |
12 % |
| 2 |
drawing updates |
7 |
11 % |
| 3 |
file maintenance |
7 |
11 % |
| 4 |
drafting standard improvement |
6 |
9 % |
| 5 |
consultant coordination |
5 |
8 % |
| 6 |
project completion |
5 |
8 % |
| 7 |
drawing preparation |
4 |
6 % |
| 8 |
drawing revision |
4 |
6 % |
| 9 |
model creation |
4 |
6 % |
| 10 |
project coordination |
4 |
6 % |
| 11 |
team coordination |
4 |
6 % |
| 12 |
client communication |
3 |
5 % |
| 13 |
design collaboration |
3 |
5 % |
| 14 |
design development |
3 |
5 % |
| 15 |
documentation maintenance |
3 |
5 % |
| 16 |
documentation preparation |
3 |
5 % |
| 17 |
drawing development |
3 |
5 % |
| 18 |
drawing production |
3 |
5 % |
| 19 |
project documentation |
3 |
5 % |
| 20 |
project leadership |
3 |
5 % |
Job title variants in the market
| Title |
Ads |
| Piping Draftsperson |
6 |
| Lead Draftsperson |
4 |
| Draftsperson |
3 |
| Architectural Designer |
2 |
| Architectural Drafter |
2 |
| Autocad Drafter |
2 |
| AutoCAD Draftsperson |
2 |
| Designer/Draftsperson |
2 |
| Draftsperson/Project Manager - AutoCAD |
2 |
| Intermediate Architect |
2 |
| Junior Architect |
2 |
| 3D Draftsperson |
1 |
| Architect Or Architectural Draftsperson |
1 |
| Architectural 3D Designer |
1 |
| Architectural CAD Drafter |
1 |
| Architectural Designer (Part Time, New Jersey) 6365 |
1 |
| Architectural Designer // Senior Draftsperson |
1 |
| Architectural Designer/Drafter |
1 |
| Architectural Designer/Job Captain |
1 |
| Architectural Draftsperson + CLASS 2 FILING REPRESENTATIVE |
1 |
| Architectural Technician - Revit |
1 |
| CAD Drafter |
1 |
| Civil CAD Designer |
1 |
| Drafter & Design Coordinator |
1 |
| Drafter & Design Coordinator: Precision CAD for Historic Homes |
1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.
