CAD Job Trends in Durham
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
North East > Durham
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Durham citing CAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 42 | - | 38 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing CAD | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Durham | 0.76% | - | 0.36% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.98% | - | 0.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | - | £33,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | - | £35,000 |
| 75th Percentile | £52,500 | - | £36,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North East median annual salary | £45,000 | £47,500 | £35,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.26% | +35.71% | - |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Durham
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 citing process or methodology skills in Durham.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 407 | 190 | 200 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham | 77.23% | 73.64% | 71.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 271 | 97 | 83 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £25,087 | £32,090 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £28,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £35,000 | £58,800 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +50.00% | -40.48% | +17.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £52,500 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £83,344 | £80,000 |
| North East median annual salary | £55,000 | £42,500 | £49,274 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.41% | -13.75% | -1.45% |
CAD Job Vacancy Trend in Durham
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CAD relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Durham.
CAD Salary Trend in Durham
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing CAD.
CAD Job Locations in Durham
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Durham region over the 6 months to 24 October 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Aycliffe | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Peterlee | - | 1 | £50,000 | - | 1 |
| Darlington | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| CAD North East |
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CAD Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collaborative Engineering | 75.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Physics | 75.0% | 3 |
| 3 | CAE | 50.0% | 2 |
| 3 | Collaborative Working | 50.0% | 2 |
| 3 | Continuous Improvement | 50.0% | 2 |
| 3 | Problem-Solving | 50.0% | 2 |
| 3 | Validation | 50.0% | 2 |
| 8 | Cost Reduction | 25.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Design for Manufacturing | 25.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Lean Manufacturing | 25.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Mathematics | 25.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Model Validation | 25.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Performance Testing | 25.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Project Management | 25.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Prototyping | 25.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Root Cause Analysis | 25.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Software Engineering | 25.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Stakeholder Management | 25.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Technical Leadership | 25.0% | 1 |
| 8 | Verification and Validation | 25.0% | 1 |