OrCAD Job Trends in the North East

Cadence Design Systems OrCAD
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring OrCAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing OrCAD 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.029% - -
As % of the Applications category 0.65% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £52,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £45,000 £44,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.27% -26.67% -7.69%

All Software Application Skills
North East

OrCAD 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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 155 166 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 4.42% 17.11% 5.78%
Number of salaries quoted 99 41 27
10th Percentile £26,500 £35,000 £25,250
25th Percentile £29,250 £37,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £41,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.54% +17.14% -16.67%
75th Percentile £47,375 £85,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £62,500 - £44,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

OrCAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

OrCAD job vacancy trend in the North East

OrCAD
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing OrCAD

OrCAD
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 OrCAD within the North East region over the 6 months to 2 October 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 £50,000 - 1
OrCAD
England

OrCAD
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Instrumentation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Electronics Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (100.00%) Design for Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC