The first table below looks at the demand for CAD skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CAD over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Kent region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Rank 90 70 -
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -
Permanent jobs citing CAD 2 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.173% 0.549% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.242% 0.752% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 0
Average salary £30,000 £50,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-40.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.40% +5.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
825 532 765
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 71.24% 73.08% 73.56%
Number of salaries quoted 694 473 690
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,400
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £50,120 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
CAD
South East

CAD
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing CAD across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Kent CAD Jobs Demand Trend

CAD
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CAD across the Kent region.

Kent CAD Salary Trend

CAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing CAD also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited CAD.

1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) AutoCAD
2 2 (40.00%) HTML
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) CSS
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
2 2 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Web Development
2 2 (40.00%) Ergonomics
2 2 (40.00%) Human Factors
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) JSON
2 2 (40.00%) HTML5
2 2 (40.00%) CSS3
3 1 (20.00%) Backbone.js
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (20.00%) REST
3 1 (20.00%) Physics
3 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Business Development
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) XSL
3 1 (20.00%) HNC
3 1 (20.00%) OOP
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded C
3 1 (20.00%) Firmware
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics

CAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing CAD also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited CAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) HTML
1 2 (40.00%) CSS
1 2 (40.00%) JSON
1 2 (40.00%) HTML5
1 2 (40.00%) CSS3
2 1 (20.00%) Backbone.js
2 1 (20.00%) REST
2 1 (20.00%) Web Services
2 1 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) XSL
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) AutoCAD
General
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Developer
1 2 (40.00%) Web Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Front-End Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Front-End Web Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Civil Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Ergonomics
1 2 (40.00%) Human Factors
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Physics
2 1 (20.00%) Firmware
2 1 (20.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Web Development
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Business Development
2 1 (20.00%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) HNC