CAD Jobs in the East of England

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring CAD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited CAD over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 109 204
Rank change year-on-year -26 +95 +41
Permanent jobs citing CAD 42 127 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.24% 2.08% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 2.58% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 10 94 4
10th Percentile £25,500 £33,625 £26,025
25th Percentile £30,375 £45,000 £30,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - +42.86% -30.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £37,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% +28.57% -22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,191 4,927 5,017
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 94.13% 80.52% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,475 3,696 2,178
10th Percentile £28,050 £25,809 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,537 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,000 £76,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing CAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for CAD in the East of England

CAD
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CAD in the East of England.

Salary trend for CAD in the East of England

CAD
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAD in the East of England over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CAD in the East of England

CAD
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the East of England region over the 6 months to 14 May 2025. 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
Bedfordshire +20 30 - - 5
Cambridgeshire -1 9 £50,000 -9.09% 6
Hertfordshire +4 2 £50,000 - 3
Essex -11 1 £55,000 +22.22% 12
CAD
England

CAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.90%) RS-485
2 3 (7.14%) Firewall
2 3 (7.14%) HTTP
2 3 (7.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) SQL Server
General
1 29 (69.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 29 (69.05%) Manufacturing
2 6 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.90%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 34 (80.95%) Senior
2 5 (11.90%) Electronics Engineer
2 5 (11.90%) Senior Electronics Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Programmer
4 3 (7.14%) 1st Line Engineer
5 1 (2.38%) Design Engineer
5 1 (2.38%) Mechanical Design Engineer
5 1 (2.38%) Mechanical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Algorithms
1 5 (11.90%) FPGA
1 5 (11.90%) Life Science
1 5 (11.90%) Verilog
2 3 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.14%) Driving Licence
2 3 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.14%) Linux
1 3 (7.14%) Windows
1 3 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (69.05%) Design for Manufacturing
1 29 (69.05%) Mentoring
2 5 (11.90%) Physics
2 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (11.90%) Prototyping
2 5 (11.90%) Regulatory Compliance
2 5 (11.90%) Signal Processing
3 3 (7.14%) Containerisation
3 3 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (7.14%) Hardware Maintenance
4 1 (2.38%) CAE
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.90%) C
1 5 (11.90%) C++
2 3 (7.14%) Bash
2 3 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (83.33%) Degree
2 1 (2.38%) HNC
2 1 (2.38%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (69.05%) QA
System Software
1 3 (7.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (11.90%) EMC
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft