CAD Job Trends in Leeds

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring CAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 - 122
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CAD 8 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.31% - 0.093%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% - 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £55,218 - -
25th Percentile - - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £45,000
75th Percentile - - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £70,000 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - +52.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,831 728 1,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 70.26% 94.55% 83.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,357 478 1,410
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,026
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £94,180 £97,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% +1.90% -4.55%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Leeds

CAD
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing CAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing CAD

CAD
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAD in Leeds over the 6 months to 25 May 2026.

Salary histogram for CAD in Leeds

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 6 (75.00%) AutoCAD
2 1 (12.50%) Fusion 360
General
1 1 (12.50%) Billing
1 1 (12.50%) Law
1 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
1 1 (12.50%) Military
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) Programmer
1 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Traffic Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Trainee
1 1 (12.50%) Trainee Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Client Onboarding