CAD Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring CAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 11 44
Rank change year-on-year -36 +33 +8
Permanent jobs citing CAD 4 142 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 1.07% 16.95% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 20.70% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - -
75th Percentile £55,313 - -
90th Percentile £85,125 - -
East Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £30,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +47.54% +17.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 297 686 344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 79.41% 81.86% 91.01%
Number of salaries quoted 168 264 241
10th Percentile £26,175 £26,950 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £45,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -21.74% +21.05%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,270 £75,000 £86,250
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% -9.52% +5.00%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CAD relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

CAD job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

CAD
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing CAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing CAD

CAD
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAD in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 2 November 2025.

Salary histogram for CAD in Northamptonshire

CAD
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 2 November 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
Northampton 0 3 £37,500 - 1
CAD
East Midlands

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) CMS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) CRM
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Content Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Microservices
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation