CAD Jobs in the North of England

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 319 390
Rank change year-on-year +206 +71 +60
Permanent jobs citing CAD 328 78 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.84% 0.45% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.99% 0.53% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 64 54 23
10th Percentile - £29,750 -
25th Percentile - £32,750 £22,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £41,235 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year +45.51% +12.97% -39.17%
75th Percentile - £50,938 £72,500
90th Percentile - £55,000 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% +28.57% -22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,957 14,590 16,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.99% 83.40% 96.85%
Number of salaries quoted 5,706 11,215 7,943
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
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 North of England

Job postings citing CAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for CAD in the North of England

CAD
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CAD in the North of England.

Salary trend for CAD in the North of England

CAD
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAD in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CAD in the North of England

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Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 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
North West +170 313 £60,000 +26.32% 54
Yorkshire +38 15 £55,000 +46.67% 11
CAD
England

CAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 58 (17.68%) Confluence
2 14 (4.27%) WinCC
Applications
1 133 (40.55%) Abaqus
2 101 (30.79%) Mathcad
3 59 (17.99%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (4.27%) EPLAN
5 2 (0.61%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.61%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.61%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.27%) Ethernet
1 14 (4.27%) Modbus
1 14 (4.27%) Profibus
1 14 (4.27%) RS-485
Development Applications
1 58 (17.68%) JIRA
2 2 (0.61%) LabVIEW
2 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 227 (69.21%) Manufacturing
2 133 (40.55%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (9.76%) Agriculture
4 16 (4.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (4.27%) Retail
6 3 (0.91%) Electronics
6 3 (0.91%) Social Skills
7 2 (0.61%) Aerospace
7 2 (0.61%) Automotive
8 1 (0.30%) Marketing
8 1 (0.30%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 138 (42.07%) Senior
2 114 (34.76%) Architect
2 114 (34.76%) Solutions Architect
3 101 (30.79%) Engineering Specialist
3 101 (30.79%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 71 (21.65%) Systems Engineer
5 58 (17.68%) Lead
5 58 (17.68%) Lead Architect
5 58 (17.68%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 57 (17.38%) Mechanical Engineer
6 57 (17.38%) Platform Engineer
7 14 (4.27%) Process Engineer
8 2 (0.61%) IT Architect
8 2 (0.61%) Senior Software Engineer
8 2 (0.61%) Software Engineer
8 2 (0.61%) Support Engineer
8 2 (0.61%) Technical Engineer
8 2 (0.61%) Technical Support
8 2 (0.61%) Technical Support Engineer
8 2 (0.61%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.61%) .NET
1 2 (0.61%) OGRE
1 2 (0.61%) WCF
1 2 (0.61%) WPF
1 2 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.27%) SCADA
2 2 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.30%) Digital Signage
3 1 (0.30%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (0.30%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (40.55%) Finite Element Analysis
2 115 (35.06%) PLM
3 114 (34.76%) ERP
4 60 (18.29%) Mentoring
5 58 (17.68%) Business Strategy
5 58 (17.68%) Enterprise Architecture
6 56 (17.07%) Agile
6 56 (17.07%) Business Analysis
6 56 (17.07%) Customer Requirements
6 56 (17.07%) Demand Management
6 56 (17.07%) Roadmaps
6 56 (17.07%) Strategic Roadmap
7 3 (0.91%) Design for Manufacturing
7 3 (0.91%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (0.91%) Prototyping
7 3 (0.91%) Software Engineering
8 2 (0.61%) Data Analysis
8 2 (0.61%) Fault Analysis
8 2 (0.61%) Logistics
8 2 (0.61%) Manufacturing Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.22%) C#
1 4 (1.22%) C++
2 3 (0.91%) Python
3 2 (0.61%) VB.NET
4 1 (0.30%) C
Qualifications
1 302 (92.07%) BPSS Clearance
2 195 (59.45%) Degree
3 135 (41.16%) HND
4 133 (40.55%) Chartered Engineer
4 133 (40.55%) Master's Degree
5 14 (4.27%) HNC
6 1 (0.30%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.61%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (4.27%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 72 (21.95%) Siemens
2 60 (18.29%) SAP
3 14 (4.27%) Allen-Bradley
3 14 (4.27%) Google
3 14 (4.27%) Wonderware
4 1 (0.30%) Adobe
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft