CAD Jobs in the Midlands

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for CAD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CAD over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 185 165 245
Rank change year-on-year -20 +80 +21
Permanent jobs citing CAD 130 163 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.12% 1.69% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.75% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 87 11 50
10th Percentile £29,500 £26,250 -
25th Percentile £30,625 £29,875 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +15.15% +10.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £48,000
90th Percentile £58,500 £63,750 £49,400
England median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -20.45% +17.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

CAD is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,554 9,322 10,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.50% 96.59% 94.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,115 4,635 7,010
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £34,500 £38,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for CAD in the Midlands

CAD
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for CAD in the Midlands

CAD
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAD in the Midlands over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CAD in the Midlands

CAD
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
West Midlands -27 73 £45,000 +44.00% 81
East Midlands +19 57 £40,000 -15.79% 66
CAD
England

CAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 22 (16.92%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (8.46%) AutoCAD
3 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (3.08%) Autodesk Inventor
4 4 (3.08%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (2.31%) Revit
5 3 (2.31%) Simulink
6 1 (0.77%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.77%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.77%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.77%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.77%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.77%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.15%) AWS
2 3 (2.31%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.77%) Amazon Cognito
3 1 (0.77%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (0.77%) Amazon S3
3 1 (0.77%) AWS CodePipeline
3 1 (0.77%) Azure
3 1 (0.77%) GCP
3 1 (0.77%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.31%) FlexRay
2 1 (0.77%) Broadband
2 1 (0.77%) Firewall
2 1 (0.77%) GPON
2 1 (0.77%) LAN
2 1 (0.77%) MPLS
2 1 (0.77%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.77%) VoIP
2 1 (0.77%) WAN
2 1 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.77%) Wireless
2 1 (0.77%) WLAN
2 1 (0.77%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.62%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.31%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.31%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.77%) Git
2 1 (0.77%) JIRA
General
1 26 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 14 (10.77%) Finance
2 14 (10.77%) Retail
2 14 (10.77%) Social Skills
3 6 (4.62%) Automotive
3 6 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.85%) Games
5 4 (3.08%) Marketing
6 2 (1.54%) Legal
7 1 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (17.69%) Programmer
2 18 (13.85%) Developer
3 14 (10.77%) CAD Developer
3 14 (10.77%) Lead
4 12 (9.23%) Project Manager
4 12 (9.23%) Senior
4 12 (9.23%) Systems Engineer
5 11 (8.46%) 3D Developer
6 9 (6.92%) CAD Engineer
6 9 (6.92%) Senior Developer
6 9 (6.92%) Software Engineer
7 7 (5.38%) PLC Engineer
7 7 (5.38%) PLC Software Engineer
8 5 (3.85%) CAD Technician
9 3 (2.31%) Architect
9 3 (2.31%) Business Analyst
9 3 (2.31%) C# Developer
9 3 (2.31%) Design Engineer
9 3 (2.31%) Technical Engineer
9 3 (2.31%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.00%) .NET
2 10 (7.69%) ASP.NET
3 8 (6.15%) ASP.NET Core
4 3 (2.31%) .NET Core
4 3 (2.31%) DirectX
4 3 (2.31%) OpenGL
5 1 (0.77%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.77%) AWS Amplify
5 1 (0.77%) Express.js
5 1 (0.77%) Node.js
5 1 (0.77%) React
5 1 (0.77%) React Native
5 1 (0.77%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.77%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.46%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (10.77%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.08%) Robotics
4 3 (2.31%) 3D Graphics
4 3 (2.31%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.31%) Virtual Reality
5 2 (1.54%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.77%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.77%) IoT
6 1 (0.77%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.77%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.77%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (19.23%) Customer Service
2 24 (18.46%) Project Management
3 21 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (10.00%) Software Engineering
5 12 (9.23%) Agile
6 10 (7.69%) Mathematics
7 9 (6.92%) Logistics
8 7 (5.38%) Physics
9 6 (4.62%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (4.62%) Customer Requirements
9 6 (4.62%) Scrum
9 6 (4.62%) Validation
10 5 (3.85%) 3D Modelling
10 5 (3.85%) Computer Science
10 5 (3.85%) Project Delivery
11 4 (3.08%) Bill of Materials
11 4 (3.08%) Change Management
11 4 (3.08%) Cost Reduction
11 4 (3.08%) E-Procurement
11 4 (3.08%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (10.00%) C#
2 6 (4.62%) SQL
3 5 (3.85%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.31%) MATLAB
4 3 (2.31%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.54%) Java
6 1 (0.77%) Ladder Logic
6 1 (0.77%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (13.85%) Degree
2 5 (3.85%) HND
3 3 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.31%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.54%) HNC
4 2 (1.54%) PhD
4 2 (1.54%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.77%) CCNP
5 1 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.77%) CWNA
5 1 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.54%) GDPR
1 2 (1.54%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 24 (18.46%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.15%) Siemens
3 3 (2.31%) ANSYS
3 3 (2.31%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.77%) Adobe
4 1 (0.77%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (0.77%) Aruba
4 1 (0.77%) Cisco
4 1 (0.77%) DevExpress
4 1 (0.77%) Ekahau
4 1 (0.77%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.77%) Google
4 1 (0.77%) Juniper
4 1 (0.77%) Meraki
4 1 (0.77%) MikroTik
4 1 (0.77%) Nokia
4 1 (0.77%) Ruckus Wireless
4 1 (0.77%) Vectorworks
4 1 (0.77%) VMware