CAD Job Trends in Devon

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Devon requiring CAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 55 57
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 +10
Permanent jobs citing CAD 2 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 0.33% 0.22% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.27% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £76,250 £51,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £77,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -48.39% +42.20% +105.66%
75th Percentile - £78,750 £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £35,000 £31,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.90% -31.11% +35.34%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 449 375 336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 74.58% 84.27% 76.71%
Number of salaries quoted 288 151 276
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,598 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,469 £35,000 £32,408
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £60,625 £62,000 £54,000
90th Percentile £78,800 £75,000 £59,375
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +2.85%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Devon

CAD
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing CAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing CAD

CAD
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Devon region over the 6 months to 22 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
Plymouth -8 2 £40,000 -48.39% 1
CAD
South West

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 (50.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (50.00%) Revit
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (50.00%) Programmer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Building Information Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Model Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 19650