The first table below looks at the demand for CAD skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CAD over the 3 months to 17 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Rank 373 386 382
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -4
Permanent jobs citing CAD 63 57 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.286% 0.240% 0.171%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.391% 0.328% 0.241%
Number of salaries quoted 42 32 31
Average salary £36,000 £40,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +19.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,050 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,750 £61,750 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,875 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.08% +5.35%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16121 17403 16154
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 73.22% 73.24% 71.03%
Number of salaries quoted 13103 14939 13836
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
CAD
England

CAD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East CAD Salary Trend

CAD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CAD across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East CAD Salary Histogram

CAD
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Berkshire +9 17 £40,000 +19.40%
Surrey +19 16 £50,000 -
Oxfordshire -5 10 £27,000 -18.18%
West Sussex -1 8 £35,500 +11.81%
East Sussex - 4 £33,500 -
Hampshire +2 2 £35,500 -11.25%
Buckinghamshire -6 2 £36,000 +8.27%
Kent -20 2 £30,000 -40.00%
Middlesex -10 1 £25,000 -37.50%
CAD
England

CAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 44 (32.59%) Degree
2 33 (24.44%) C#
3 32 (23.70%) GIS
4 30 (22.22%) SolidWorks
5 28 (20.74%) Electronics
6 26 (19.26%) SAP
6 26 (19.26%) Animation
7 24 (17.78%) .NET
7 24 (17.78%) Aerospace
8 21 (15.56%) C++
8 21 (15.56%) Physics
9 20 (14.81%) Games
10 19 (14.07%) Windows
10 19 (14.07%) Data Management
11 17 (12.59%) OpenGL
11 17 (12.59%) DirectX
11 17 (12.59%) Manufacturing
11 17 (12.59%) MS Office
12 16 (11.85%) Software Engineering
13 15 (11.11%) Document Management
13 15 (11.11%) SAP CO
13 15 (11.11%) SAP PM
13 15 (11.11%) SAP QM
13 15 (11.11%) Maximo
13 15 (11.11%) SAP Implementation
13 15 (11.11%) SAP EHS
13 15 (11.11%) Resource Management
13 15 (11.11%) 3D Modelling
13 15 (11.11%) SAP FI
13 15 (11.11%) SAP MM

CAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 24 (17.78%) .NET
2 17 (12.59%) OpenGL
2 17 (12.59%) DirectX
3 15 (11.11%) BAPI
4 9 (6.667%) WinForms
5 7 (5.185%) Direct3D
6 3 (2.222%) HTML
6 3 (2.222%) CSS
6 3 (2.222%) XML
6 3 (2.222%) HTML5
7 2 (1.481%) CSS3
7 2 (1.481%) JSON
7 2 (1.481%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.741%) Servlets
8 1 (0.741%) Web Services
8 1 (0.741%) Ajax
8 1 (0.741%) Velocity
8 1 (0.741%) XSL
8 1 (0.741%) Flash
8 1 (0.741%) Backbone.js
Application Platforms
1 7 (5.185%) ArcGIS
2 3 (2.222%) MS Exchange
3 2 (1.481%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (1.481%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (1.481%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.741%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (0.741%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 17 (12.59%) MS Office
2 13 (9.630%) AutoCAD
3 12 (8.889%) Pro/ENGINEER
4 10 (7.407%) MS Excel
5 7 (5.185%) Revit
6 6 (4.444%) SketchUp
7 2 (1.481%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.741%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.741%) Solid Edge
8 1 (0.741%) NASTRAN
8 1 (0.741%) 3ds Max
8 1 (0.741%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.741%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 15 (11.11%) SAP HR
1 15 (11.11%) SAP SD
1 15 (11.11%) SAP FI
1 15 (11.11%) SAP MM
1 15 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO
1 15 (11.11%) Maximo
1 15 (11.11%) SAP CO
1 15 (11.11%) SAP PM
1 15 (11.11%) SAP QM
1 15 (11.11%) SAP EHS
2 2 (1.481%) Line 50
3 1 (0.741%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.667%) SMS
2 3 (2.222%) WAN
3 2 (1.481%) DHCP
3 2 (1.481%) VPN
3 2 (1.481%) DNS
3 2 (1.481%) Internet
3 2 (1.481%) IP Telephony
3 2 (1.481%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (1.481%) Network Security
4 1 (0.741%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.741%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (23.70%) GIS
2 4 (2.963%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.481%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (1.481%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.481%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.481%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.741%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (6.667%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 9 (6.667%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (3.704%) Visual Studio
2 5 (3.704%) LabVIEW
General
1 28 (20.74%) Electronics
2 24 (17.78%) Aerospace
3 20 (14.81%) Games
4 17 (12.59%) Manufacturing
5 15 (11.11%) Military
6 8 (5.926%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.444%) Avionics
8 4 (2.963%) Legal
9 2 (1.481%) Finance
9 2 (1.481%) Retail
10 1 (0.741%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.741%) Marketing
10 1 (0.741%) Law
10 1 (0.741%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.741%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 39 (28.89%) Developer
2 18 (13.33%) Programmer
3 16 (11.85%) Design Engineer
3 16 (11.85%) Software Developer
3 16 (11.85%) Consultant
4 15 (11.11%) Analyst
4 15 (11.11%) SAP Consultant
4 15 (11.11%) SAP PM Consultant
4 15 (11.11%) Managing Consultant
5 11 (8.148%) Software Engineer
6 9 (6.667%) Tools Developer
7 8 (5.926%) Java Developer
7 8 (5.926%) Hardware Engineer
8 7 (5.185%) Java Analyst Programmer
8 7 (5.185%) Java Programmer
8 7 (5.185%) Developer Analyst
8 7 (5.185%) Java Analyst Developer
8 7 (5.185%) Java Software Developer
8 7 (5.185%) Java Software Engineer
8 7 (5.185%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (19.26%) Animation
2 21 (15.56%) Physics
3 9 (6.667%) Firmware
3 9 (6.667%) Management Information System
3 9 (6.667%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (5.926%) Visualisation
4 8 (5.926%) 3D Graphics
4 8 (5.926%) VHDL
5 7 (5.185%) Mathematics
5 7 (5.185%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 7 (5.185%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (4.444%) Computer Science
6 6 (4.444%) Chip and PIN
7 3 (2.222%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.481%) Semantic Web
8 2 (1.481%) iPad
8 2 (1.481%) Blackberry
8 2 (1.481%) Ergonomics
8 2 (1.481%) Human Factors
8 2 (1.481%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 19 (14.07%) Windows
2 3 (2.222%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (2.222%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (1.481%) Windows 7
3 2 (1.481%) Windows XP
3 2 (1.481%) Android
4 1 (0.741%) Linux
4 1 (0.741%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (14.07%) Data Management
2 16 (11.85%) Software Engineering
3 15 (11.11%) Document Management
3 15 (11.11%) Resource Management
3 15 (11.11%) SAP Implementation
3 15 (11.11%) 3D Modelling
3 15 (11.11%) Master Data Management
4 10 (7.407%) Unit Testing
4 10 (7.407%) Finite Element Analysis
5 9 (6.667%) Business Continuity
5 9 (6.667%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (6.667%) RDF
6 8 (5.926%) Data Modelling
7 7 (5.185%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (5.185%) Image Processing
7 7 (5.185%) Signal Processing
8 6 (4.444%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (4.444%) Digital Signal Processing
9 5 (3.704%) OO
9 5 (3.704%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (24.44%) C#
2 21 (15.56%) C++
3 14 (10.37%) VB.NET
4 10 (7.407%) C
5 9 (6.667%) Java
5 9 (6.667%) Python
6 3 (2.222%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.222%) SQL
7 2 (1.481%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.481%) VB
8 1 (0.741%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.741%) Assembly Language
8 1 (0.741%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.741%) VB6
8 1 (0.741%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.741%) VBA
Qualifications
1 44 (32.59%) Degree
2 11 (8.148%) HND
2 11 (8.148%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.667%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.963%) HNC
5 1 (0.741%) CCENT
5 1 (0.741%) CCNP
5 1 (0.741%) CCNA
5 1 (0.741%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.741%) MOS
5 1 (0.741%) MCTS
5 1 (0.741%) MCITP
5 1 (0.741%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.444%) DO-254
2 2 (1.481%) JTAG
2 2 (1.481%) ISO 9000
2 2 (1.481%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.741%) SLA
3 1 (0.741%) ISO 14001
3 1 (0.741%) EFQM
3 1 (0.741%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.963%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.481%) Terminal Services
2 2 (1.481%) VMware ESX
2 2 (1.481%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.481%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (6.667%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (22.22%) SolidWorks
2 26 (19.26%) SAP
3 15 (11.11%) Primavera
4 10 (7.407%) Autodesk
5 9 (6.667%) Symantec
5 9 (6.667%) Microsoft
6 7 (5.185%) ESRI
7 6 (4.444%) Google
8 3 (2.222%) Cadence
8 3 (2.222%) Cisco
9 2 (1.481%) EMC
9 2 (1.481%) VMware
9 2 (1.481%) Sage
9 2 (1.481%) Mentor Graphics
10 1 (0.741%) Agilent
10 1 (0.741%) Panasonic
10 1 (0.741%) Freescale
10 1 (0.741%) Citrix
10 1 (0.741%) Avaya
10 1 (0.741%) Lotus
Andover, Hampshire
Tasks for the Project Engineer will include checking orders; maintaining costs, producing engineering drawings using 3D modelling/CAD and Autocad; creating bills of materials; and supporting the production...
Roc Search
Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley
The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will have experience with: - Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline - 5-10 years experience in a product development environment - 3D CAD: [NX] -...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Pension, Holidays, BUPA, Life
Posted: 15 May 2013
Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley
The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will have experience with: - Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline - 5-10 years experience in a product development environment - 3D CAD: [NX] -...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
You will be working in a small business of around 20 people and your role will be a varied and mixed which will include: - 2D / 3D drawings - Re-...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £36000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Participate in project planning and preparation of schedules... Proven experience in the use of recognized PDM/PLM systems for design control & release... Knowledge of the capability and workflow...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000 Per Annum plus benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
To be considered for this position you should have experience in: - 3D CAD packages (ideally Solidworks but not essential) - Developing products for harsh environments Any experience working to...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £40000 - £43000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Hampshire
Hardware engineer - electronics, embedded, microcontrollers, ARM, CAD, PCB, LED, Hardware design... The successful candidate will need strong embedded skills and knowledge in electronic CAD design. Essential skills include: *...
Roc Search
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent benfits + Bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Hardware engineer - electronics, embedded, microcontrollers, ARM, CAD, PCB, LED, Hardware design... The successful candidate will need strong embedded skills and knowledge in electronic CAD design. Essential skills include: *...
Roc Search
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
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You will be a HND qualified Engineer with a track record of producing high quality component design using 3D modelling/CAD packages. You will have experience of working...
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Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + good benefits
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