SOLIDWORKS Job Trends in the Midlands

Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring SOLIDWORKS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 238 236
Rank change year-on-year +39 -2 -
Permanent jobs citing SOLIDWORKS 18 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.23% 0.016% 0.018%
As % of the Applications category 2.59% 0.14% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 1
10th Percentile £36,500 - -
25th Percentile £37,750 £37,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £39,500 £42,500 £41,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £38,500 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -40.77% +23.81% +40.00%

All Software Application Skills
Midlands

SOLIDWORKS falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 695 725 538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.95% 11.29% 9.45%
Number of salaries quoted 306 255 396
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £56,375
90th Percentile £62,500 £62,300 £65,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £40,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% +19.21% -13.98%

SOLIDWORKS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

SOLIDWORKS job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SOLIDWORKS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SOLIDWORKS

SOLIDWORKS
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOLIDWORKS in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SOLIDWORKS in the Midlands

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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 SOLIDWORKS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
West Midlands - 15 £38,500 - 1
East Midlands -5 3 £60,000 +50.00% 1
SOLIDWORKS
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 18 (100.00%) AutoCAD
2 9 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (11.11%) MS Visio
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 3 (16.67%) Manufacturing
1 3 (16.67%) Retail
2 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (83.33%) Support Engineer
1 15 (83.33%) Technical Engineer
1 15 (83.33%) Technical Support
1 15 (83.33%) Technical Support Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Design Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Microwave Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) RF Design Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) CAD
2 8 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (44.44%) Reverse Engineering
3 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (11.11%) Preventative Maintenance
3 2 (11.11%) Process Improvement
3 2 (11.11%) Project Management
3 2 (11.11%) Six Sigma
3 2 (11.11%) Visualisation
4 1 (5.56%) Prototyping
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.56%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) IEC 61131
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft