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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 231 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SOLIDWORKS 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.019% - -
As % of the Applications category 0.17% - -
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 £37,000 £46,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% -2.63% +46.15%

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 602 613 363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.68% 7.91% 8.06%
Number of salaries quoted 225 267 282
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,300 £22,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -5.13%
75th Percentile £52,000 £51,240 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,187 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

SOLIDWORKS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for SOLIDWORKS 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 18 September 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 - 1 £51,636 -
SOLIDWORKS
England

SOLIDWORKS
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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) AutoCAD
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Facilities Management
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) HNC
1 1 (100.00%) RIBA