Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CAE skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CAE over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 873 766 1104
Rank change year-on-year -107 +338 -227
Permanent jobs citing CAE 21 220 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.21% 0.065%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.025% 0.22% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 10 26 44
10th Percentile - - £35,125
25th Percentile £55,000 - £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £22,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +184.09% -52.17% +15.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £48,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £60,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £22,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +172.73% -52.17% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

CAE 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 84,343 100,922 147,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.11% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,769 59,097 83,311
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,488
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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%

CAE
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CAE in the UK

CAE
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for CAE in the UK

CAE
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAE over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CAE in the UK

CAE
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAE within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 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 -72 19 £62,500 +184.09% 47
UK excluding London -174 16 £60,000 +172.73% 44
Work from Home +98 10 £65,000 - 12
South East -29 8 £60,000 +172.73% 10
West Midlands -82 5 - - 19
Midlands -113 5 - - 23
Scotland -58 2 - -
East of England +22 1 £65,000 - 7
London - 1 £85,000 - 2

CAE
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 2 (9.52%) MTS
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.76%) Abaqus
3 1 (4.76%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (4.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Manufacturing
4 3 (14.29%) Aerospace
5 2 (9.52%) Automotive
5 2 (9.52%) Finance
5 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Electronics
6 1 (4.76%) Legal
6 1 (4.76%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Lead
2 6 (28.57%) Developer
3 5 (23.81%) C Developer
3 5 (23.81%) C/C++ Developer
3 5 (23.81%) C/C++ Software Developer
3 5 (23.81%) C++ Developer
3 5 (23.81%) C++ Software Developer
3 5 (23.81%) Software Developer
4 3 (14.29%) IT Manager
4 3 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Project Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Safety Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Test Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Automation Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Backend Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Electronics Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Principal Modelling Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Project Coordinator
6 1 (4.76%) Senior
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Django
1 1 (4.76%) FastAPI
1 1 (4.76%) Flask
1 1 (4.76%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (4.76%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
1 6 (28.57%) Finite Element Analysis
2 5 (23.81%) CAD
3 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (14.29%) ERP
4 3 (14.29%) Project Management
5 2 (9.52%) Agile
5 2 (9.52%) Benchmarking
5 2 (9.52%) Data Acquisition
5 2 (9.52%) Data Analysis
5 2 (9.52%) Electronic Design Automation
5 2 (9.52%) People Management
5 2 (9.52%) Physics
5 2 (9.52%) PLM
5 2 (9.52%) Process Improvement
5 2 (9.52%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (9.52%) QMS
5 2 (9.52%) Time Management
5 2 (9.52%) Validation
5 2 (9.52%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) C
2 6 (28.57%) C++
3 2 (9.52%) Python
4 1 (4.76%) Assembly Language
4 1 (4.76%) C#
4 1 (4.76%) Java
4 1 (4.76%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 11 (52.38%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) PhD
2 2 (9.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) ANSYS
3 1 (4.76%) EMC