CAE Job Trends in the North East

Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring CAE skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CAE 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.029% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
England median annual salary - £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +25.00% +15.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

CAE 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 2,469 785 1,117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 71.38% 81.01% 79.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,821 491 621
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,087 £25,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £28,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -2.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £61,125 £61,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,800
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.46% -5.66%

CAE
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

CAE job vacancy trend in the North East

CAE
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing CAE

CAE
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 CAE within the North East region over the 6 months to 26 September 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
Durham - 1 - - 2
CAE
England

CAE
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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) MMIC
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) HND
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft