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Market evidence report — drafter
Source: 40 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 33, gb 7), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-11. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 26 | 65 % |
| n/a | 7 | 18 % |
| junior | 4 | 10 % |
| senior | 3 | 8 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AutoCAD | 22 | 55 % |
| 2 | MicroStation | 5 | 12 % |
| 3 | Revit | 5 | 12 % |
| 4 | AutoCAD Civil 3D | 4 | 10 % |
| 5 | Autodesk Revit | 3 | 8 % |
| 6 | CAD | 3 | 8 % |
| 7 | Civil 3D | 3 | 8 % |
| 8 | Microsoft Word | 3 | 8 % |
| 9 | SolidWorks | 3 | 8 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | civil drafting | 6 | 15 % |
| 2 | technical drawing | 6 | 15 % |
| 3 | drafting | 5 | 12 % |
| 4 | 3d modeling | 4 | 10 % |
| 5 | cad drafting | 4 | 10 % |
| 6 | grading plan development | 4 | 10 % |
| 7 | drawing revision | 3 | 8 % |
| 8 | engineering design | 3 | 8 % |
| 9 | quality control | 3 | 8 % |
| 10 | shop drawing preparation | 3 | 8 % |
| 11 | stormwater management | 3 | 8 % |
| 12 | structural drafting | 3 | 8 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | building information modeling (BIM) | 3 | 8 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drawing revision | 8 | 20 % |
| 2 | drawing preparation | 7 | 18 % |
| 3 | drawing creation | 5 | 12 % |
| 4 | cad file maintenance | 4 | 10 % |
| 5 | drafting | 3 | 8 % |
| 6 | drawing coordination | 3 | 8 % |
| 7 | drawing modification | 3 | 8 % |
| 8 | model development | 3 | 8 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 40 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
33 ads.
Top hard skills:
- 3d modeling — 12 % (4 ads)
- cad drafting — 12 % (4 ads)
- civil drafting — 12 % (4 ads)
- grading plan development — 12 % (4 ads)
- drafting — 9 % (3 ads)
- engineering design — 9 % (3 ads)
- quality control — 9 % (3 ads)
- stormwater management — 9 % (3 ads)
- technical drawing — 9 % (3 ads)
- 2d cad drafting — 6 % (2 ads)
Top tools:
- AutoCAD — 52 % (17 ads)
- MicroStation — 15 % (5 ads)
- AutoCAD Civil 3D — 12 % (4 ads)
- Revit — 12 % (4 ads)
- Autodesk Revit — 9 % (3 ads)
- CAD — 9 % (3 ads)
- Civil 3D — 9 % (3 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 9 % (3 ads)
- Autodesk AutoCAD — 6 % (2 ads)
- AutoDesk Inventor — 6 % (2 ads)
Seniority: mid 70 % · n/a 18 % · senior 6 % · junior 6 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 7 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| CAD Drafter | 3 |
| Drafter | 3 |
| 3D CAD Drafter for Heavy Industrial & Hydroelectric Projects | 1 |
| Architectural Drafter - Residential | 1 |
| Architectural Drafter (Full Time, Maryland) 6367 | 1 |
| Associate Engineer Drafter | 1 |
| AutoCAD Drafter | 1 |
| AutoCAD Draftsman | 1 |
| AutoCAD/Drafter | 1 |
| CAD Design & Drafting Support Specialist | 1 |
| CAD Drafter - Civil & Land Development, Growth Opportunity | 1 |
| CAD Drafter Civil Land Development | 1 |
| CAD Drafter at ARX Group Washington DC | 1 |
| CAD/Revit Drafter - Level II | 1 |
| Civil CAD Drafter — AutoCAD Civil 3D & Site Design | 1 |
| Contract Mechanical Engineer / CAD Drafter | 1 |
| Creative CAD Design Engineer | 1 |
| Drafter (KUTS Project, Kuching, Sarawak) | 1 |
| DRAFTERS | 1 |
| Draughtsperson (Kota Samarahan Sarawak) | 1 |
| Early Career CAD Drafter | 1 |
| Electrical Drafter | 1 |
| Engineering Drafter BIM Modeler | 1 |
| Junior Drafter | 1 |
| M&E Draftperson/Drafter ( Kota Samarahan Kuching) | 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.