SOLIDWORKS Job Trends in the East Midlands

Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring SOLIDWORKS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 127 126
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 -
Permanent jobs citing SOLIDWORKS 3 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.12% 0.045% 0.053%
As % of the Applications category 1.45% 0.41% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £37,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £42,500 £41,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £38,750 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -40.38% +23.81% +40.00%

All Software Application Skills
East Midlands

SOLIDWORKS falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 207 244 196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 8.23% 11.04% 10.34%
Number of salaries quoted 81 72 130
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,000 £21,225
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,063 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -13.51%
75th Percentile £45,000 £56,250 £44,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £64,875 £50,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% +19.21% -13.51%

SOLIDWORKS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

SOLIDWORKS job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

SOLIDWORKS
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing SOLIDWORKS

SOLIDWORKS
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 SOLIDWORKS within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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 - 2 - - 1
Lincolnshire - 1 £60,000 - 1
SOLIDWORKS
England

SOLIDWORKS
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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) AutoCAD
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Microwave Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) RF Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Preventative Maintenance
1 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Six Sigma
1 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) CAD
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) IEC 61131
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft