CAD Job Trends in the City of London

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring CAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 159 167
Rank change year-on-year +24 +8 +80
Permanent jobs citing CAD 1 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.044% 0.11% 0.070%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.051% 0.12% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £45,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £77,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £85,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% +47.83% -4.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £92,500 £66,250
90th Percentile - - £69,250
Central London median annual salary £73,750 £85,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.24% +47.83% -4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,943 2,536 2,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.28% 95.55% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,422 1,623 2,410
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,125 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

CAD job vacancy trend in the City of London

CAD
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CAD

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Spatial Data
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Business Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Development Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) B2B Sales
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MRICS