CAD Job Trends in Cheshire

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring CAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 - 94
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CAD 1 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.054% - 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.072% - 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £43,875
25th Percentile £62,500 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £55,000
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -36.36% +15.79% -32.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,398 438 1,217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 75.65% 89.75% 79.59%
Number of salaries quoted 706 193 919
10th Percentile £28,750 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,313 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,438 £60,000 £61,875
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,500 £75,000
North West median annual salary £52,500 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.18% +9.59% -9.09%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Cheshire

CAD
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing CAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing CAD

CAD
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Middlewich - 1 £65,000 -
CAD
North West

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Facilities Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) CAFM
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Energy Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GMP
1 1 (100.00%) NEBOSH
1 1 (100.00%) QA