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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 435 555 889
Rank change year-on-year +120 +334 -123
Permanent jobs citing CAD 560 484 350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.48% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.50% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 392 124 211
10th Percentile £26,000 £22,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £26,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +20.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,875 £53,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year +28.57% -21.35% +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 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
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 9 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 9 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 +151 526 £45,000 +28.57% 719
UK excluding London +27 475 £45,000 +28.57% 672
Midlands -14 138 £40,000 - 181
East of England +89 127 £50,000 +42.86% 94
West Midlands -30 78 £45,000 +28.57% 114
North of England +89 76 £41,235 +12.97% 121
South East -77 70 £47,000 +50.40% 166
Work from Home +57 68 £53,750 +2.38% 125
London +140 65 £50,000 -23.08% 74
East Midlands +23 60 £40,000 -15.79% 67
South West +4 47 £46,000 -20.00% 104
Yorkshire +106 40 £37,500 +70.45% 34
North West +31 34 £47,500 -32.14% 71
Northern Ireland - 7 £27,000 - 4
Wales -9 6 £28,000 -49.09% 15
Scotland -72 4 - - 30
North East - 2 £32,500 - 17

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 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (0.54%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.36%) CMS
2 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (0.36%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.18%) Apache
3 1 (0.18%) IIS
3 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 86 (15.36%) AutoCAD
2 75 (13.39%) Microsoft Office
3 34 (6.07%) Microsoft Excel
4 32 (5.71%) Revit
5 27 (4.82%) SOLIDWORKS
6 15 (2.68%) Microsoft Project
7 11 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 10 (1.79%) Solid Edge
9 8 (1.43%) Autodesk Inventor
9 8 (1.43%) Photoshop
10 7 (1.25%) MS Visio
11 6 (1.07%) Adobe Illustrator
11 6 (1.07%) Siemens NX
12 5 (0.89%) InDesign
13 4 (0.71%) OrCAD
14 3 (0.54%) Simulink
15 2 (0.36%) CATIA
15 2 (0.36%) Fusion 360
15 2 (0.36%) PTC Creo
15 2 (0.36%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (2.68%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.18%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 17 (3.04%) AWS
2 7 (1.25%) SaaS
3 5 (0.89%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (0.71%) Azure
5 3 (0.54%) Entra ID
5 3 (0.54%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.36%) GCP
7 1 (0.18%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (0.18%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.18%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.18%) AWS CodePipeline
7 1 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.18%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.18%) GitHub
7 1 (0.18%) IaaS
7 1 (0.18%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (0.89%) Wireless
3 4 (0.71%) 3G
3 4 (0.71%) 4G
3 4 (0.71%) GPRS
3 4 (0.71%) Modbus
3 4 (0.71%) Network Security
4 3 (0.54%) Bluetooth
4 3 (0.54%) Firewall
4 3 (0.54%) FlexRay
4 3 (0.54%) MPLS
4 3 (0.54%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.54%) VoIP
4 3 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.54%) WLAN
5 2 (0.36%) DHCP
5 2 (0.36%) DNS
5 2 (0.36%) SAN
5 2 (0.36%) VLAN
5 2 (0.36%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.79%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.89%) Metadata
3 3 (0.54%) Power BI
4 2 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.18%) GIS
5 1 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.18%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (1.07%) Subversion
2 5 (0.89%) JIRA
2 5 (0.89%) LabVIEW
3 4 (0.71%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.36%) Git
4 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.18%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
General
1 124 (22.14%) Manufacturing
2 105 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 61 (10.89%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (7.50%) Electronics
5 38 (6.79%) Aerospace
5 38 (6.79%) Finance
6 35 (6.25%) Marketing
7 33 (5.89%) Retail
8 31 (5.54%) Legal
9 27 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (4.11%) Games
11 18 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (2.68%) Automotive
13 11 (1.96%) Public Sector
14 10 (1.79%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.43%) Local Government
15 8 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (1.07%) Banking
17 5 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
18 4 (0.71%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 100 (17.86%) Senior
2 71 (12.68%) Programmer
3 54 (9.64%) Project Manager
4 48 (8.57%) Developer
5 46 (8.21%) Designer
6 32 (5.71%) CAD Designer
7 31 (5.54%) Junior
8 30 (5.36%) Software Engineer
9 29 (5.18%) CAD Technician
9 29 (5.18%) Hardware Engineer
10 26 (4.64%) Senior Hardware Engineer
11 25 (4.46%) Architect
11 25 (4.46%) Lead
12 24 (4.29%) RF Engineer
12 24 (4.29%) Senior RF Engineer
13 22 (3.93%) Systems Designer
14 16 (2.86%) AutoCAD Designer
14 16 (2.86%) CAD Developer
15 15 (2.68%) Junior Designer
15 15 (2.68%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.11%) XML
2 20 (3.57%) .NET
3 17 (3.04%) JSON
3 17 (3.04%) JSON Schema
3 17 (3.04%) KML
4 14 (2.50%) DirectX
4 14 (2.50%) OpenGL
4 14 (2.50%) Regular Expression
5 12 (2.14%) ASP.NET
5 12 (2.14%) Node.js
5 12 (2.14%) XML Schema
6 9 (1.61%) HTML
6 9 (1.61%) Itk
7 8 (1.43%) ASP.NET Core
7 8 (1.43%) React
8 6 (1.07%) .NET Core
8 6 (1.07%) Unreal Engine
9 5 (0.89%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.89%) Web Services
10 4 (0.71%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 37 (6.61%) Self-Motivation
2 31 (5.54%) IoT
3 30 (5.36%) Driving Licence
4 16 (2.86%) Home Automation
4 16 (2.86%) Smart Home
5 15 (2.68%) Housing Association
6 11 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
7 10 (1.79%) 3D Graphics
7 10 (1.79%) Animation
8 8 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.43%) Graphic Design
8 8 (1.43%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.07%) Robotics
10 5 (0.89%) Analogue Electronics
10 5 (0.89%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (0.89%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.71%) ARM Cortex
11 4 (0.71%) NB-IoT
11 4 (0.71%) Ray Tracing
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.00%) Linux
2 23 (4.11%) Windows
3 7 (1.25%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.54%) Android
5 3 (0.54%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (14.82%) Project Management
2 82 (14.64%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (9.11%) Customer Service
4 46 (8.21%) Agile
5 43 (7.68%) Mathematics
5 43 (7.68%) Time Management
6 41 (7.32%) Software Engineering
7 33 (5.89%) PLM
8 29 (5.18%) Software Testing
9 28 (5.00%) Customer Requirements
10 27 (4.82%) 3D Modelling
11 25 (4.46%) Logistics
12 22 (3.93%) ERP
13 21 (3.75%) Computer Science
14 20 (3.57%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (3.57%) Project Delivery
15 18 (3.21%) Physics
15 18 (3.21%) Validation
16 16 (2.86%) Architectural Design
17 14 (2.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 42 (7.50%) C#
2 39 (6.96%) C++
3 30 (5.36%) C
4 14 (2.50%) JavaScript
5 13 (2.32%) SQL
5 13 (2.32%) TypeScript
6 8 (1.43%) MATLAB
6 8 (1.43%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.25%) Java
7 7 (1.25%) Python
8 6 (1.07%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.89%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.71%) Assembly Language
10 4 (0.71%) PHP
11 3 (0.54%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.18%) Bash
12 1 (0.18%) Fortran
12 1 (0.18%) Ladder Logic
12 1 (0.18%) Perl
Qualifications
1 126 (22.50%) Degree
2 37 (6.61%) Security Cleared
3 31 (5.54%) HND
4 26 (4.64%) HNC
5 12 (2.14%) PhD
6 9 (1.61%) SC Cleared
7 7 (1.25%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.07%) CTC Cleared
9 5 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.89%) MCAD
10 3 (0.54%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.18%) CCNP
11 1 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.18%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.18%) MCSA
11 1 (0.18%) MCSE
11 1 (0.18%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.14%) GDPR
2 6 (1.07%) NCSC
3 5 (0.89%) ISO 9001
3 5 (0.89%) QA
4 4 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.71%) IEC 61131
4 4 (0.71%) JTAG
System Software
1 6 (1.07%) Active Directory
1 6 (1.07%) Firmware
2 2 (0.36%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (3.21%) Ansible
2 3 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.18%) SCCM
3 1 (0.18%) SCOM
3 1 (0.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 81 (14.46%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.93%) SAP
3 13 (2.32%) Siemens
4 10 (1.79%) ANSYS
4 10 (1.79%) EMC
4 10 (1.79%) Google
4 10 (1.79%) Progress
5 8 (1.43%) Adobe
6 5 (0.89%) ServiceNow
6 5 (0.89%) Vectorworks
7 3 (0.54%) Autodesk
7 3 (0.54%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.36%) Acronis
8 2 (0.36%) Dell
8 2 (0.36%) EqualLogic
8 2 (0.36%) IFS
8 2 (0.36%) Mitel
8 2 (0.36%) PTC
8 2 (0.36%) Symantec
8 2 (0.36%) Synology