SOLIDWORKS Job Trends in the North of England

Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring SOLIDWORKS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 279 277
Rank change year-on-year +33 -2 +142
Permanent jobs citing SOLIDWORKS 17 6 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.16% 0.065% 0.051%
As % of the Applications category 1.44% 0.47% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile - - £38,750
25th Percentile £30,250 - £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 - £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.20%
75th Percentile £30,750 - £61,875
90th Percentile £44,591 - £68,250
England median annual salary £38,500 £62,454 £52,500
% change year-on-year -38.35% +18.96% +40.00%

All Software Application Skills
North of England

SOLIDWORKS 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 1,177 1,265 617
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.21% 13.62% 7.87%
Number of salaries quoted 414 382 453
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £22,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +30.77% -16.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £61,700 £66,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £42,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% +13.53% -10.56%

SOLIDWORKS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

SOLIDWORKS job vacancy trend in the North of England

SOLIDWORKS
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

SOLIDWORKS
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOLIDWORKS in the North of England over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SOLIDWORKS in the North of England

SOLIDWORKS
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 SOLIDWORKS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 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
Yorkshire - 10 £30,500 - 2
North West +30 7 £51,636 - 1
SOLIDWORKS
England

SOLIDWORKS
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:

Applications
1 13 (76.47%) AutoCAD
2 10 (58.82%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (35.29%) MS Visio
4 4 (23.53%) Autodesk Inventor
Business Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Sage 200
General
1 11 (64.71%) Manufacturing
2 6 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 7 (41.18%) Manufacturing Engineer
1 7 (41.18%) Principal Engineer
2 6 (35.29%) Automation Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Graduate
3 4 (23.53%) Graduate Support Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Graduate Technical Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Graduate Technical Support
3 4 (23.53%) Software Support Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Support Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Technical Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Technical Support
3 4 (23.53%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (35.29%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Onboarding
2 4 (23.53%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Project Management
2 10 (58.82%) Computer Science
2 10 (58.82%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (41.18%) Business Case
3 7 (41.18%) Facilities Management
3 7 (41.18%) Manufacturing Engineering
3 7 (41.18%) Project Delivery
3 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (35.29%) Preventative Maintenance
4 6 (35.29%) Process Improvement
4 6 (35.29%) Six Sigma
4 6 (35.29%) Visualisation
5 4 (23.53%) CAD
5 4 (23.53%) Customer Engagement
5 4 (23.53%) ERP
5 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (23.53%) Prototyping
5 4 (23.53%) Software Engineering
6 1 (5.88%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) C#
1 4 (23.53%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 10 (58.82%) Degree
2 7 (41.18%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (41.18%) HNC
2 7 (41.18%) RIBA
3 6 (35.29%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) IEC 61131
2 4 (23.53%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) Autodesk
2 4 (23.53%) Sage