CAD Jobs in the Midlands

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 233 139 190
Rank change year-on-year -94 +51 +30
Permanent jobs citing CAD 27 212 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.39% 1.65% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 2.05% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 8 99 15
10th Percentile - £29,900 £26,250
25th Percentile £23,690 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £39,388 £50,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £58,910 £56,750 £63,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% +23.29% -18.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,329 10,318 8,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.57% 80.22% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,518 7,406 4,404
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,000 £35,000 £38,357
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,200 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
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 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 31 May 2025.

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 31 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
East Midlands -31 22 £24,720 -38.20% 38
West Midlands -42 5 £53,300 +18.44% 60
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 6 (22.22%) AutoCAD
2 2 (7.41%) ProjectWise
2 2 (7.41%) SketchUp
2 2 (7.41%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.70%) Revit
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) LTE
1 1 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (3.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Git
1 1 (3.70%) Subversion
General
1 17 (62.96%) Manufacturing
2 14 (51.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
4 3 (11.11%) Legal
5 2 (7.41%) Aeronautics
5 2 (7.41%) Aerospace
5 2 (7.41%) Automotive
5 2 (7.41%) Finance
5 2 (7.41%) Law
5 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.70%) Electronics
6 1 (3.70%) Marketing
6 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Senior
2 6 (22.22%) CAD Technician
3 2 (7.41%) Performance Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Embedded Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Information Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Programmer
4 1 (3.70%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) MIDP
2 1 (3.70%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) CCTV
1 2 (7.41%) Home Automation
1 2 (7.41%) Smart Home
2 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.70%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (3.70%) IoT
2 1 (3.70%) Raspberry Pi
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Design for Manufacturing
1 14 (51.85%) Mentoring
2 4 (14.81%) Time Management
3 3 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 3 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 2 (7.41%) CAE
4 2 (7.41%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
4 2 (7.41%) Data Collection
4 2 (7.41%) Digital Engineering
4 2 (7.41%) Fluid Mechanics
4 2 (7.41%) Performance Engineering
4 2 (7.41%) Physics
4 2 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (7.41%) Test Planning
5 1 (3.70%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (3.70%) Change Management
5 1 (3.70%) Configuration Management
5 1 (3.70%) Programme Management
5 1 (3.70%) Project Management
5 1 (3.70%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (62.96%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) Master's Degree
2 2 (7.41%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (55.56%) QA
2 2 (7.41%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (3.70%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (3.70%) SAP