CAD Job Trends in Hampshire

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring CAD 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 118 139 94
Rank change year-on-year +21 -45 +52
Permanent jobs citing CAD 3 14 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.12% 0.53% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.65% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 4
10th Percentile £41,100 £36,250 £26,053
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,330 £26,180
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £51,645 £33,750
Median % change year-on-year -16.74% +53.02% -25.00%
75th Percentile £45,750 £65,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £46,500 £69,500 -
South East median annual salary £37,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% -4.55% +46.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,991 2,168 1,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 80.12% 82.00% 88.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,399 1,281 1,203
10th Percentile £27,250 £33,000 £29,550
25th Percentile £33,313 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +10.58% -5.45%
75th Percentile £62,825 £72,500 £65,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Hampshire

CAD
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing CAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing CAD

CAD
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Hampshire 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
Portsmouth +3 3 £43,000 -10.93% 1
CAD
South East

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (33.33%) OrCAD
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Design Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Development Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Electrical Design Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Integration Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Development Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Bill of Materials
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Feasibility Study
2 1 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) SysML
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Pascal
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) HNC
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft