Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CAD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CAD over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 379 550 895
Rank change year-on-year +171 +345 -118
Permanent jobs citing CAD 716 440 394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.69% 0.46% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.48% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 409 112 245
10th Percentile £26,000 £22,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £26,250 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,838 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.05% -4.81% +20.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,875 £53,000
90th Percentile £66,500 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £36,500 £44,500
% change year-on-year +23.29% -17.98% +18.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

CAD is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,477 90,991 161,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.84% 95.49% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,023 54,512 83,003
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CAD in the UK

CAD
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CAD.

Salary trend for CAD in the UK

CAD
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAD over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CAD in the UK

CAD
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +190 680 £45,000 +23.29% 700
UK excluding London +100 631 £45,000 +23.29% 667
Midlands +64 228 £40,000 - 163
East of England +89 130 £50,000 - 87
South East -29 122 £43,260 +39.55% 145
West Midlands +6 117 £45,000 +28.57% 100
East Midlands +68 111 £40,000 -15.79% 63
North of England +79 82 £41,235 +12.97% 145
Work from Home +28 78 £50,000 -4.76% 131
London +136 64 £50,000 -28.57% 61
South West -6 50 £44,250 -23.04% 99
Yorkshire +95 46 £35,000 +59.09% 49
North West +13 34 £46,250 -33.93% 75
Northern Ireland - 9 £27,000 - 7
Wales -7 6 £28,000 -49.09% 16
Scotland -67 4 - - 34
North East - 2 £32,500 - 22

CAD
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 3 (0.42%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.28%) CMS
2 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.28%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 198 (27.65%) Microsoft Office
2 160 (22.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 87 (12.15%) AutoCAD
4 32 (4.47%) Revit
5 27 (3.77%) SOLIDWORKS
6 15 (2.09%) Microsoft Project
7 14 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 10 (1.40%) Solid Edge
9 8 (1.12%) Autodesk Inventor
9 8 (1.12%) Photoshop
10 7 (0.98%) MS Visio
11 6 (0.84%) Adobe Illustrator
11 6 (0.84%) Siemens NX
12 5 (0.70%) InDesign
13 4 (0.56%) OrCAD
14 3 (0.42%) Simulink
15 2 (0.28%) CATIA
15 2 (0.28%) Fusion 360
16 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
16 1 (0.14%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 15 (2.09%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.14%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 17 (2.37%) AWS
2 8 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (0.98%) SaaS
4 4 (0.56%) Azure
5 3 (0.42%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.28%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.14%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (0.14%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.14%) Amazon Neptune
7 1 (0.14%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.14%) AWS CodePipeline
7 1 (0.14%) GCP
7 1 (0.14%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.63%) TCP/IP
2 5 (0.70%) Wireless
3 4 (0.56%) 3G
3 4 (0.56%) 4G
3 4 (0.56%) GPRS
3 4 (0.56%) Modbus
3 4 (0.56%) Network Security
4 3 (0.42%) Bluetooth
4 3 (0.42%) Firewall
4 3 (0.42%) FlexRay
4 3 (0.42%) MPLS
4 3 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.42%) VoIP
4 3 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.42%) WLAN
5 2 (0.28%) DHCP
5 2 (0.28%) DNS
5 2 (0.28%) SAN
5 2 (0.28%) VLAN
5 2 (0.28%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.40%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.70%) Metadata
3 3 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.42%) Power BI
4 2 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.28%) GIS
5 1 (0.14%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.14%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.14%) QGIS
5 1 (0.14%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 6 (0.84%) Subversion
2 5 (0.70%) JIRA
2 5 (0.70%) LabVIEW
3 4 (0.56%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.28%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.14%) Git
General
1 183 (25.56%) Analytical Skills
2 169 (23.60%) Finance
3 158 (22.07%) Retail
4 157 (21.93%) Marketing
5 132 (18.44%) Manufacturing
6 109 (15.22%) Social Skills
7 42 (5.87%) Aerospace
8 39 (5.45%) Electronics
9 31 (4.33%) Legal
10 30 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 24 (3.35%) Games
12 19 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (2.09%) Automotive
14 11 (1.54%) Fire and Rescue
15 9 (1.26%) Public Sector
15 9 (1.26%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.12%) Local Government
16 8 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
18 6 (0.84%) Banking
Job Titles
1 98 (13.69%) Senior
2 84 (11.73%) Programmer
3 80 (11.17%) Development Manager
4 57 (7.96%) Project Manager
5 50 (6.98%) Architect
6 48 (6.70%) Developer
7 46 (6.42%) Designer
8 32 (4.47%) CAD Designer
9 31 (4.33%) Junior
9 31 (4.33%) Software Engineer
10 29 (4.05%) CAD Technician
11 28 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
12 27 (3.77%) Hardware Engineer
12 27 (3.77%) Lead
13 26 (3.63%) Analyst
14 24 (3.35%) Business Architect
14 24 (3.35%) Business Solution Architect
14 24 (3.35%) Senior Hardware Engineer
15 22 (3.07%) RF Engineer
15 22 (3.07%) Senior RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.07%) XML
2 21 (2.93%) .NET
3 17 (2.37%) JSON
3 17 (2.37%) JSON Schema
3 17 (2.37%) KML
4 14 (1.96%) DirectX
4 14 (1.96%) OpenGL
4 14 (1.96%) Regular Expression
5 13 (1.82%) ASP.NET
6 12 (1.68%) Node.js
6 12 (1.68%) XML Schema
7 9 (1.26%) ASP.NET Core
7 9 (1.26%) HTML
7 9 (1.26%) Itk
8 8 (1.12%) React
9 6 (0.84%) .NET Core
9 6 (0.84%) Unreal Engine
10 5 (0.70%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.70%) Web Services
11 4 (0.56%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 38 (5.31%) Self-Motivation
2 30 (4.19%) Driving Licence
3 29 (4.05%) IoT
4 16 (2.23%) Home Automation
4 16 (2.23%) Smart Home
5 15 (2.09%) Housing Association
6 12 (1.68%) Renewable Energy
7 10 (1.40%) 3D Graphics
7 10 (1.40%) Animation
8 9 (1.26%) Robotics
9 8 (1.12%) Graphic Design
9 8 (1.12%) Virtual Team
10 7 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.84%) Analogue Electronics
11 6 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
12 5 (0.70%) Management Information System
13 4 (0.56%) Digital Signage
13 4 (0.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.63%) Linux
2 24 (3.35%) Windows
3 7 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.42%) Android
5 3 (0.42%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (23.60%) Agile
2 151 (21.09%) Customer Requirements
3 148 (20.67%) Logistics
4 137 (19.13%) Data Management
5 132 (18.44%) Business Development
5 132 (18.44%) Commercial Awareness
6 131 (18.30%) Facilities Management
7 129 (18.02%) Financial Modelling
8 88 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
9 86 (12.01%) Project Management
10 54 (7.54%) Customer Service
11 43 (6.01%) Mathematics
12 42 (5.87%) Software Engineering
12 42 (5.87%) Time Management
13 32 (4.47%) PLM
14 29 (4.05%) 3D Modelling
15 27 (3.77%) Software Testing
16 21 (2.93%) Computer Science
16 21 (2.93%) Continuous Improvement
16 21 (2.93%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 43 (6.01%) C#
2 38 (5.31%) C++
3 30 (4.19%) C
4 13 (1.82%) JavaScript
4 13 (1.82%) SQL
5 12 (1.68%) TypeScript
6 7 (0.98%) Java
6 7 (0.98%) MATLAB
6 7 (0.98%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.84%) Python
7 6 (0.84%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.70%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.56%) Assembly Language
9 4 (0.56%) PHP
10 3 (0.42%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.14%) Fortran
11 1 (0.14%) Ladder Logic
11 1 (0.14%) Perl
Qualifications
1 127 (17.74%) Degree
2 48 (6.70%) Security Cleared
3 31 (4.33%) HND
4 27 (3.77%) HNC
5 13 (1.82%) PhD
6 11 (1.54%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.12%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.12%) SC Cleared
8 6 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (0.84%) CTC Cleared
8 6 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.70%) MCAD
10 3 (0.42%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.14%) CCNP
11 1 (0.14%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.14%) CWNA
11 1 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.14%) MCTS
11 1 (0.14%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.68%) GDPR
2 6 (0.84%) NCSC
3 5 (0.70%) ISO 9001
3 5 (0.70%) QA
4 4 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.56%) IEC 61131
4 4 (0.56%) JTAG
5 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (0.98%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.56%) Firmware
3 2 (0.28%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (2.37%) Ansible
2 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.14%) SCCM
3 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 206 (28.77%) Microsoft
2 20 (2.79%) SAP
3 14 (1.96%) Siemens
4 12 (1.68%) Google
5 11 (1.54%) ANSYS
6 10 (1.40%) EMC
6 10 (1.40%) Progress
7 8 (1.12%) Adobe
8 5 (0.70%) ServiceNow
8 5 (0.70%) Vectorworks
9 3 (0.42%) Autodesk
9 3 (0.42%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.28%) Acronis
10 2 (0.28%) Allen-Bradley
10 2 (0.28%) Dell
10 2 (0.28%) EqualLogic
10 2 (0.28%) Mitel
10 2 (0.28%) Symantec
10 2 (0.28%) Synology
10 2 (0.28%) VMware