CAD Jobs in the North West

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 91 261 283
Rank change year-on-year +170 +22 +39
Permanent jobs citing CAD 313 34 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.91% 0.34% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.08% 0.42% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 63 29 11
10th Percentile - £33,500 £60,750
25th Percentile - £39,720 £64,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -32.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile - £52,500 £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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,665 8,164 7,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.84% 82.78% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,991 6,201 3,904
10th Percentile £25,856 £27,500 £31,077
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for CAD in the North West

CAD
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for CAD in the North West

CAD
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for CAD in the North West

CAD
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the North West 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
Cumbria +30 304 £60,000 - 15
Manchester +50 6 £52,500 +5.00% 21
Lancashire -72 2 - - 15
Cheshire -2 1 - - 5
CAD
England

CAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (18.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 133 (42.49%) Abaqus
2 101 (32.27%) Mathcad
3 59 (18.85%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.64%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.64%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.32%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.32%) Azure
Development Applications
1 58 (18.53%) JIRA
2 2 (0.64%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 224 (71.57%) Manufacturing
2 133 (42.49%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (10.22%) Agriculture
4 3 (0.96%) Electronics
4 3 (0.96%) Social Skills
5 2 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.32%) Automotive
6 1 (0.32%) Marketing
6 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 137 (43.77%) Senior
2 114 (36.42%) Architect
2 114 (36.42%) Solutions Architect
3 101 (32.27%) Engineering Specialist
3 101 (32.27%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 58 (18.53%) Lead
4 58 (18.53%) Lead Architect
4 58 (18.53%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 57 (18.21%) Mechanical Engineer
5 57 (18.21%) Platform Engineer
5 57 (18.21%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (0.64%) IT Architect
6 2 (0.64%) Support Engineer
6 2 (0.64%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (0.64%) Technical Support
6 2 (0.64%) Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (0.64%) Test Engineer
7 1 (0.32%) Design Engineer
7 1 (0.32%) Electronics Engineer
7 1 (0.32%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.64%) XML
2 1 (0.32%) .NET
2 1 (0.32%) OGRE
2 1 (0.32%) WCF
2 1 (0.32%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (0.32%) Digital Signage
2 1 (0.32%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (0.32%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (42.49%) Finite Element Analysis
2 115 (36.74%) PLM
3 114 (36.42%) ERP
4 59 (18.85%) Mentoring
5 58 (18.53%) Business Strategy
5 58 (18.53%) Enterprise Architecture
6 56 (17.89%) Agile
6 56 (17.89%) Business Analysis
6 56 (17.89%) Customer Requirements
6 56 (17.89%) Demand Management
6 56 (17.89%) Roadmaps
6 56 (17.89%) Strategic Roadmap
7 3 (0.96%) Design for Manufacturing
7 3 (0.96%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (0.96%) Prototyping
8 2 (0.64%) Fault Analysis
8 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing Engineering
8 2 (0.64%) Performance Analysis
8 2 (0.64%) SAP Security
8 2 (0.64%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.96%) C#
1 3 (0.96%) C++
1 3 (0.96%) Python
2 1 (0.32%) C
2 1 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 302 (96.49%) BPSS Clearance
2 195 (62.30%) Degree
3 135 (43.13%) HND
4 133 (42.49%) Chartered Engineer
4 133 (42.49%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.32%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.64%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.32%) Firmware
Vendors
1 60 (19.17%) SAP
2 58 (18.53%) Siemens
3 1 (0.32%) Adobe
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft