CAD Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring CAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CAD 10 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 1.92% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - -
75th Percentile £38,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £37,500 £50,000 -
% change year-on-year -25.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

CAD falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 470 302 169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 90.21% 75.31% 93.37%
Number of salaries quoted 98 135 131
10th Percentile £27,250 £33,152 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £42,500 £39,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £51,188 £61,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £62,000 £75,000 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +1.85% +2.86%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CAD relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

CAD job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

CAD
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing CAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing CAD

CAD
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 18 October 2025. 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
Dunstable - 4 - -
Luton - 2 - - 2
Bedford - 2 £37,500 - 1
CAD
East of England

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) AutoCAD
General
1 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Programmer
2 2 (20.00%) Mechanical Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Building Information Modelling
1 2 (20.00%) CRM
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) HNC
1 2 (20.00%) HND