SOLIDWORKS Job Trends in Cardiff

Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring SOLIDWORKS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 49 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SOLIDWORKS 0 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff - 0.28% -
As % of the Applications category - 4.17% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £65,000 -
South Wales median annual salary - £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +30.00% -

All Software Application Skills
Cardiff

SOLIDWORKS falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills in Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 46 24 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 13.11% 6.76% 4.23%
Number of salaries quoted 16 14 16
10th Percentile £31,000 £34,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £36,563 £26,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,408 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.67% +24.02% -20.90%
75th Percentile - £62,515 £53,188
90th Percentile £46,250 £75,000 £54,500
South Wales median annual salary £45,000 £47,921 £40,500
% change year-on-year -6.10% +18.32% +1.25%

SOLIDWORKS
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

SOLIDWORKS job vacancy trend in Cardiff

SOLIDWORKS
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing SOLIDWORKS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing SOLIDWORKS