OrCAD Job Trends in the North of England

Cadence Design Systems OrCAD
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England 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 362 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing OrCAD 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.004% - -
As % of the Applications category 0.10% - -
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 of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 998 1,756 1,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.14% 18.34% 10.82%
Number of salaries quoted 601 384 411
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,750 £24,750
25th Percentile £30,250 £30,250 £29,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,772 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.07% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £50,203 £50,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £62,580 £60,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -11.11% -

OrCAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

OrCAD job vacancy trend in the North of England

OrCAD
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing OrCAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing OrCAD

OrCAD
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 OrCAD within the North of England 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
North East - 1 £50,000 - 1
OrCAD
England

OrCAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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