CAD Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring CAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 84 -
Rank change year-on-year +18 - -
Permanent jobs citing CAD 23 9 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 1.77% 0.97% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 1.03% -
Number of salaries quoted 14 3 0
10th Percentile - £56,000 -
25th Percentile £30,500 £68,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £90,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -58.33% - -
75th Percentile £44,202 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £40,000 £52,073 £55,050
% change year-on-year -23.18% -5.41% +46.77%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,080 875 753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 83.14% 94.29% 92.17%
Number of salaries quoted 622 411 542
10th Percentile £30,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,000 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £64,688 £73,833 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

CAD
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing CAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing CAD

CAD
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Milton Keynes +1 6 £37,500 -58.33% 3
Bletchley +7 2 - -
CAD
South East

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 5 (21.74%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) AutoCAD
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.35%) CATIA
3 1 (4.35%) PTC Creo
3 1 (4.35%) Siemens NX
3 1 (4.35%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
1 5 (21.74%) Azure DevOps
1 5 (21.74%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) DHCP
1 2 (8.70%) DNS
1 2 (8.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) SQL Server
1 5 (21.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 7 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Influencing Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Law
3 5 (21.74%) Local Government
3 5 (21.74%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Advertising
4 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.35%) Automotive
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) IT Support
2 5 (21.74%) IT Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) IT Support Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Senior
2 5 (21.74%) Software Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Software Support Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Support Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) CAD Technician
4 3 (13.04%) Applications Manager
5 2 (8.70%) IT Support Technician
5 2 (8.70%) IT Technician
5 2 (8.70%) Support Technician
6 1 (4.35%) CAD Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (21.74%) .NET
1 5 (21.74%) .NET Framework
1 5 (21.74%) Entity Framework
1 5 (21.74%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.35%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Customer Service
1 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (21.74%) Agile
2 5 (21.74%) Business Case
2 5 (21.74%) Computer Science
2 5 (21.74%) Data Management
2 5 (21.74%) DevOps
2 5 (21.74%) Project Management
2 5 (21.74%) Risk Management
2 5 (21.74%) SDLC
2 5 (21.74%) Software Engineering
3 4 (17.39%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (13.04%) CRM
5 2 (8.70%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (4.35%) 3D Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) C#
1 5 (21.74%) SQL
1 5 (21.74%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) Degree
2 5 (21.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) Google
2 5 (21.74%) Sage
2 5 (21.74%) Xamarin
2 5 (21.74%) Zoho
3 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow