SOLIDWORKS Job Trends in the North West

Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring SOLIDWORKS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 199 -
Rank change year-on-year +27 - -
Permanent jobs citing SOLIDWORKS 7 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.11% 0.12% -
As % of the Applications category 1.29% 1.10% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £49,453 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,636 - -
75th Percentile £53,818 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £38,500 £62,454 £62,500
% change year-on-year -38.35% -0.07% +66.67%

All Software Application Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 543 543 248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.81% 10.44% 6.38%
Number of salaries quoted 209 262 170
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £21,800
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £25,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +34.92% -16.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £51,669
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,943 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +12.20% -8.60%

SOLIDWORKS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

SOLIDWORKS job vacancy trend in the North West

SOLIDWORKS
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SOLIDWORKS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SOLIDWORKS

SOLIDWORKS
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 SOLIDWORKS within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Cumbria +6 7 £51,636 -
SOLIDWORKS
England

SOLIDWORKS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 7 (100.00%) AutoCAD
General
1 7 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Business Case
1 7 (100.00%) Facilities Management
1 7 (100.00%) Manufacturing Engineering
1 7 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 7 (100.00%) Project Management
1 7 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 7 (100.00%) HNC
1 7 (100.00%) RIBA