CAD Job Trends in Birmingham

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham 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 93 116 109
Rank change year-on-year +23 -7 +57
Permanent jobs citing CAD 2 8 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.17% 0.36% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.44% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £82,250
25th Percentile £105,000 - £83,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 - £87,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +40.00%
75th Percentile £115,000 - £91,250
90th Percentile - - £92,750
West Midlands median annual salary £38,500 £37,500 £52,350
% change year-on-year +2.67% -28.37% +13.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,051 1,819 1,213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 88.02% 82.87% 93.60%
Number of salaries quoted 731 905 1,006
10th Percentile £31,750 £35,000 £31,427
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,108
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,400 £58,465 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% +6.30% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £81,250
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Birmingham

CAD
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing CAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing CAD

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Navisworks
1 2 (100.00%) Revit
2 1 (50.00%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) GIS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Information
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Information Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Building Information Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) 3D Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Information Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 19650