CAD Job Trends in the East Midlands

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring CAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 104 108
Rank change year-on-year -27 +4 +44
Permanent jobs citing CAD 12 27 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.47% 1.22% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 1.38% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 15
10th Percentile - £31,700 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £50,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +6.38% -1.05%
75th Percentile - - £50,000
90th Percentile - - £69,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - +42.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,017 1,960 1,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 79.69% 88.45% 85.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,266 828 1,272
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £71,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

CAD job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

CAD
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CAD

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Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAD in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CAD in the East Midlands

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Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 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
Northamptonshire -7 4 £37,500 - 3
Nottinghamshire +19 3 £75,000 +50.00% 3
Derbyshire -15 3 £75,000 +50.00% 2
Leicestershire -9 1 £75,000 +120.59% 1
Lincolnshire - 1 £60,000 - 1
CAD
England

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) AutoCAD
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (8.33%) SOLIDWORKS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (50.00%) Games
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Fire and Rescue
3 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) C# Developer
1 6 (50.00%) Developer
1 6 (50.00%) Senior
1 6 (50.00%) Senior C# Developer
1 6 (50.00%) Senior Developer
2 3 (25.00%) 3D Developer
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) CAD Support
3 1 (8.33%) Design Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Microwave Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) RF Design Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) RF Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (50.00%) .NET
1 6 (50.00%) .NET Core
1 6 (50.00%) DirectX
1 6 (50.00%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) 3D Graphics
2 4 (33.33%) Algorithms
3 3 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
4 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 6 (50.00%) Physics
1 6 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (33.33%) CRM
3 1 (8.33%) Agile
3 1 (8.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (8.33%) Content Management
3 1 (8.33%) Data Integration
3 1 (8.33%) DevOps
3 1 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (8.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (8.33%) Microservices
3 1 (8.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (8.33%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (8.33%) TOGAF
3 1 (8.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) C#
1 6 (50.00%) SQL
1 6 (50.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) HNC
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft