CAD Job Trends in the North East

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring CAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 85 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Permanent jobs citing CAD 4 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.40% 0.11% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.12% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £39,425 - -
25th Percentile £43,813 £33,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £35,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% - -
75th Percentile £48,750 £36,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - +42.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 795 827 676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 78.79% 88.83% 89.54%
Number of salaries quoted 535 337 581
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,897 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £61,445
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

CAD job vacancy trend in the North East

CAD
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing CAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing CAD

CAD
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the North East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Tyne and Wear - 4 £47,500 - 2
CAD
England

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 3 (75.00%) Siemens NX
2 1 (25.00%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) CAD Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Itk
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Change Management
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
1 3 (75.00%) PLM
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (75.00%) Python
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
1 3 (75.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) HNC
1 3 (75.00%) HND
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Siemens
1 3 (75.00%) VMware