West Midlands AutoCAD Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Autodesk AutoCAD skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited AutoCAD over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Autodesk AutoCAD
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Bristol Burton-upon-Trent Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire City of London Coatbridge Croydon Derby Derbyshire Dudley Durham Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Essex Farnborough Fife Gloucester Gloucestershire Great Yarmouth Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Hertfordshire Horsham Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire London Loughborough Ludlow Manchester Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands New Malden Newton Aycliffe Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Preston Reading Rugby Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough South Coast South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Staines Stirling Stockport Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Drayton West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Woking York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	217	212
Rank change on same period last year	-5
Matching permanent IT job ads	18	14
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.010 %	0.006 %
As % of the category below	1.410 %	1.208 %
Salaries quoted	12	12
Average minimum salary	£28,750	£25,333
Average salary	£33,750	£26,750
% change on same period last year	+26.16 %
Average maximum salary	£38,750	£28,167
UK excluding London average salary	£29,480	£29,595
% change on same period last year	-0.39 %
Applications West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads	1277	1159
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.674 %	0.475 %
Salaries quoted	1068	1002
Average minimum salary	£27,866	£27,949
Average salary	£30,218	£30,427
% change on same period last year	-0.68 %
Average maximum salary	£32,570	£32,906
UK excluding London average salary	£33,332	£33,774
% change on same period last year	-1.30 %
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AutoCAD
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing AutoCAD across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

AutoCAD
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing AutoCAD across the West Midlands region.

AutoCAD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing AutoCAD across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

AutoCAD
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing AutoCAD within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Dudley	-	5	£35,000	-
Warwickshire	-	3	£30,000	-
Shropshire	-	1	-	-
Staffordshire	-	1	£35,000	-
Birmingham	-	1	£35,000	-

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AutoCAD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing AutoCAD 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 AutoCAD.

1 41 (60.29 %) CAD 2 28 (41.18 %) C# 3 20 (29.41 %) Microsoft 3 20 (29.41 %) C++ 3 20 (29.41 %) Mathematics 4 18 (26.47 %) Education 5 14 (20.59 %) OpenGL 6 13 (19.12 %) Electric 6 13 (19.12 %) Degree 7 12 (17.65 %) Electronics 7 12 (17.65 %) HNC 8 8 (11.76 %) .NET 8 8 (11.76 %) VC++ 9 7 (10.29 %) MFC 9 7 (10.29 %) Manufacturing

9 7 (10.29 %) 3D Graphics 10 5 (7.353 %) Project Management 10 5 (7.353 %) SQL Server 10 5 (7.353 %) WinForms 10 5 (7.353 %) Computer Science 11 4 (5.882 %) Construction 11 4 (5.882 %) Windows 12 3 (4.412 %) CAE 12 3 (4.412 %) CATIA 13 2 (2.941 %) Adobe Illustrator 13 2 (2.941 %) Data Management 13 2 (2.941 %) Autodesk 13 2 (2.941 %) AIX 13 2 (2.941 %) HPUX 13 2 (2.941 %) Solaris

AutoCAD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing AutoCAD 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 AutoCAD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 14 (20.59 %) OpenGL 2 8 (11.76 %) .NET 3 7 (10.29 %) MFC 4 5 (7.353 %) WinForms 5 1 (1.471 %) ASP.NET	Applications 1 3 (4.412 %) CATIA 2 2 (2.941 %) Adobe Illustrator 2 2 (2.941 %) Photoshop 3 1 (1.471 %) MS Office 3 1 (1.471 %) MS Excel 3 1 (1.471 %) FreeHand 3 1 (1.471 %) 3ds Max
Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (7.353 %) SQL Server 2 1 (1.471 %) GIS	Development Applications 1 1 (1.471 %) Visual Studio
General 1 18 (26.47 %) Education 2 13 (19.12 %) Electric 3 12 (17.65 %) Electronics 4 7 (10.29 %) Manufacturing 4 7 (10.29 %) 3D Graphics 5 4 (5.882 %) Construction 6 1 (1.471 %) Health 6 1 (1.471 %) Pensions 6 1 (1.471 %) Marketing 6 1 (1.471 %) Animation	Job Titles 1 26 (38.24 %) Developer 2 15 (22.06 %) C# Developer 3 12 (17.65 %) Hardware Engineer 3 12 (17.65 %) Systems Engineer 4 11 (16.18 %) Design Engineer 4 11 (16.18 %) Mechanical Engineer 4 11 (16.18 %) Mechanical Design Engineer 5 9 (13.24 %) C++ Developer 6 7 (10.29 %) .NET Developer 7 6 (8.824 %) Software Developer 8 2 (2.941 %) Analyst 8 2 (2.941 %) Analyst Programmer 8 2 (2.941 %) Programmer 8 2 (2.941 %) CAD Technician 8 2 (2.941 %) C++/CSharp Developer 8 2 (2.941 %) CSharp Software Developer 9 1 (1.471 %) C# Analyst Programmer 9 1 (1.471 %) WinForms Developer 9 1 (1.471 %) AutoCAD Technician 9 1 (1.471 %) Photoshop Designer
Miscellaneous 1 20 (29.41 %) Mathematics 2 5 (7.353 %) Computer Science 3 1 (1.471 %) Client/Server	Operating Systems 1 4 (5.882 %) Windows 2 2 (2.941 %) AIX 2 2 (2.941 %) HPUX 2 2 (2.941 %) Solaris 2 2 (2.941 %) Windows 2000 2 2 (2.941 %) UNIX 3 1 (1.471 %) IRIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 41 (60.29 %) CAD 2 5 (7.353 %) Project Management 3 3 (4.412 %) CAE 4 2 (2.941 %) Data Management 5 1 (1.471 %) PLM	Programming Languages 1 28 (41.18 %) C# 2 20 (29.41 %) C++ 3 8 (11.76 %) VC++ 4 1 (1.471 %) C
Qualifications 1 13 (19.12 %) Degree 2 12 (17.65 %) HNC 3 1 (1.471 %) HND 3 1 (1.471 %) Chartered Engineer	Vendors 1 20 (29.41 %) Microsoft 2 2 (2.941 %) Autodesk 3 1 (1.471 %) SolidWorks 3 1 (1.471 %) Sun