CAD Jobs in England

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 403 536
Rank change year-on-year +110 +133 +280
Permanent jobs citing CAD 520 532 422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.06% 0.62% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 0.73% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 121 377 94
10th Percentile £32,000 £26,138 £22,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £32,500 £24,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +28.57% -22.22%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,250 £62,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% +12.50% -11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,063 73,227 85,387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.14% 85.42% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,601 53,820 50,635
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,000 £73,410 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CAD in England

CAD
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for CAD in England

CAD
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAD in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CAD in England

CAD
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the England region over the 6 months to 15 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
North of England +206 328 £60,000 +45.51% 77
North West +170 313 £60,000 +26.32% 53
South East +84 59 £53,750 +14.36% 99
London +89 50 £70,000 +40.00% 127
East of England -31 42 £50,000 - 42
Midlands -43 27 £34,000 -15.00% 98
East Midlands -3 21 £32,500 -18.75% 45
Yorkshire +38 15 £55,000 +46.67% 11
South West +79 9 £52,500 +14.13% 54
West Midlands -17 6 £53,300 +18.44% 49
CAD
UK

CAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 58 (11.15%) Confluence
2 14 (2.69%) WinCC
3 7 (1.35%) Kinematics
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 133 (25.58%) Abaqus
2 101 (19.42%) Mathcad
3 65 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
4 19 (3.65%) SOLIDWORKS
5 15 (2.88%) EPLAN
5 15 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
6 10 (1.92%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.77%) Autodesk Inventor
7 4 (0.77%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.77%) ProjectWise
7 4 (0.77%) Revit
8 3 (0.58%) CATIA
9 2 (0.38%) SketchUp
10 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.19%) Blender
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 1 (0.19%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.19%) OrCAD
10 1 (0.19%) Siemens NX
Cloud Services
1 4 (0.77%) Azure
2 3 (0.58%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (0.38%) Entra ID
3 2 (0.38%) Mimecast
3 2 (0.38%) SaaS
4 1 (0.19%) AWS
4 1 (0.19%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.19%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.65%) RS-485
2 15 (2.88%) Ethernet
3 14 (2.69%) Modbus
3 14 (2.69%) Profibus
4 5 (0.96%) Firewall
4 5 (0.96%) VLAN
5 3 (0.58%) HTTP
6 2 (0.38%) DHCP
6 2 (0.38%) DKIM
6 2 (0.38%) DMARC
6 2 (0.38%) DNS
6 2 (0.38%) MQTT
7 1 (0.19%) LTE
7 1 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.15%) GIS
2 3 (0.58%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.19%) Big Data
3 1 (0.19%) Power BI
3 1 (0.19%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 58 (11.15%) JIRA
2 6 (1.15%) LabVIEW
3 2 (0.38%) MSI
3 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.19%) Git
4 1 (0.19%) Subversion
General
1 330 (63.46%) Manufacturing
2 143 (27.50%) Analytical Skills
3 98 (18.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 34 (6.54%) Social Skills
5 32 (6.15%) Agriculture
6 30 (5.77%) Law
7 18 (3.46%) Aerospace
7 18 (3.46%) Electronics
7 18 (3.46%) Retail
8 15 (2.88%) Aeronautics
9 11 (2.12%) Automotive
10 10 (1.92%) Finance
11 9 (1.73%) Aviation
12 8 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.15%) Public Sector
13 6 (1.15%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.96%) French Language
14 5 (0.96%) German Language
15 4 (0.77%) Marketing
16 2 (0.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 257 (49.42%) Senior
2 140 (26.92%) Architect
3 138 (26.54%) Solutions Architect
4 101 (19.42%) Engineering Specialist
4 101 (19.42%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 77 (14.81%) Systems Engineer
6 60 (11.54%) Mechanical Engineer
7 58 (11.15%) Lead
7 58 (11.15%) Lead Architect
7 58 (11.15%) Lead Solutions Architect
8 57 (10.96%) Platform Engineer
9 24 (4.62%) ServiceNow Architect
10 22 (4.23%) Senior Architect
10 22 (4.23%) Senior Solutions Architect
11 14 (2.69%) Process Engineer
12 10 (1.92%) Support Engineer
12 10 (1.92%) Technical Engineer
12 10 (1.92%) Technical Support
12 10 (1.92%) Technical Support Engineer
13 8 (1.54%) Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.35%) .NET
2 6 (1.15%) MIDP
3 2 (0.38%) OGRE
3 2 (0.38%) SAML
3 2 (0.38%) WCF
3 2 (0.38%) WPF
3 2 (0.38%) XML
4 1 (0.19%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.19%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.19%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.19%) JSON
4 1 (0.19%) LangChain
4 1 (0.19%) REST
4 1 (0.19%) SOAP
4 1 (0.19%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 1 (0.19%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (2.69%) SCADA
2 11 (2.12%) Analogue Electronics
2 11 (2.12%) FPGA
3 9 (1.73%) Life Science
4 8 (1.54%) Algorithms
5 7 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.15%) CCTV
6 6 (1.15%) Verilog
7 5 (0.96%) Data Centre
7 5 (0.96%) VHDL
8 4 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (0.58%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.58%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (0.58%) Home Automation
9 3 (0.58%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.58%) Robotics
9 3 (0.58%) Smart Home
10 2 (0.38%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (0.38%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.15%) Linux
1 6 (1.15%) Windows
2 5 (0.96%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.38%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.19%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (28.08%) Mentoring
2 139 (26.73%) Finite Element Analysis
3 124 (23.85%) ERP
4 117 (22.50%) PLM
5 83 (15.96%) Design for Manufacturing
6 80 (15.38%) Business Strategy
7 78 (15.00%) Roadmaps
8 61 (11.73%) Customer Requirements
9 58 (11.15%) Agile
9 58 (11.15%) Enterprise Architecture
10 56 (10.77%) Business Analysis
10 56 (10.77%) Demand Management
10 56 (10.77%) Strategic Roadmap
11 36 (6.92%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (5.77%) Computer Science
13 28 (5.38%) Artificial Intelligence
14 23 (4.42%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 23 (4.42%) ITSM
14 23 (4.42%) Service Delivery
14 23 (4.42%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 16 (3.08%) C++
2 15 (2.88%) C
3 13 (2.50%) Python
4 9 (1.73%) C#
5 8 (1.54%) VB
6 5 (0.96%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.77%) Embedded C
7 4 (0.77%) Java
7 4 (0.77%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.77%) SQL
8 3 (0.58%) Bash
9 2 (0.38%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 334 (64.23%) Degree
2 302 (58.08%) BPSS Clearance
3 149 (28.65%) Master's Degree
4 138 (26.54%) HND
5 134 (25.77%) Chartered Engineer
6 28 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.88%) HNC
8 8 (1.54%) PhD
9 4 (0.77%) Security Cleared
10 2 (0.38%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.19%) MRICS
11 1 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (15.96%) QA
2 6 (1.15%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.38%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.19%) GRC
System Software
1 7 (1.35%) Firmware
2 5 (0.96%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.38%) Docker
4 2 (0.38%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (2.69%) Wonderware InTouch
2 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 73 (14.04%) Siemens
2 71 (13.65%) SAP
3 26 (5.00%) Microsoft
3 26 (5.00%) ServiceNow
4 14 (2.69%) Allen-Bradley
4 14 (2.69%) Google
4 14 (2.69%) Wonderware
5 9 (1.73%) EMC
6 2 (0.38%) Adobe
6 2 (0.38%) Autodesk
6 2 (0.38%) DocuSign
6 2 (0.38%) Meraki
6 2 (0.38%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.38%) Veeam
7 1 (0.19%) Alias
7 1 (0.19%) ANSYS
7 1 (0.19%) Canon
7 1 (0.19%) HP