CAD Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland citing CAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	118	42	49
Rank change year-on-year	-76	+7	-
Permanent jobs citing CAD	3	2	5
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland	0.18%	0.60%	1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.27%	0.68%	1.32%
Number of salaries quoted	1	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£57,500	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	-	-
75^th Percentile	£62,500	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
UK median annual salary	£45,000	£41,500	£42,500
% change year-on-year	+8.43%	-2.35%	-21.30%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 citing process or methodology skills in Northern Ireland.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	1,107	294	378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland	65.58%	87.50%	78.91%
Number of salaries quoted	291	140	188
10^th Percentile	£33,250	£30,000	£34,112
25^th Percentile	£45,000	£35,000	£45,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£65,000	£50,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+30.00%	-16.67%	+20.00%
75^th Percentile	£79,156	£69,063	£75,000
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£85,250	£93,750
UK median annual salary	£60,000	£54,625	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+9.84%	-8.96%	-

CAD Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

CAD Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing CAD.

CAD Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 24 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
County Antrim	-	2	-	-	5
County Tyrone	-	1	£60,000	-	2
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CAD Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, job vacancies citing CAD also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Northern Ireland region citing CAD.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AutoCAD	66.7%	2
2	ArcGIS	33.3%	1
2	Collaborative Working	33.3%	1
2	Customer Requirements	33.3%	1
2	Data Analysis	33.3%	1
2	Data Management	33.3%	1
2	Degree	33.3%	1
2	EPLAN	33.3%	1
2	GIS	33.3%	1
2	Impact Assessments	33.3%	1
2	MATLAB	33.3%	1
2	Mentoring	33.3%	1
2	Microsoft	33.3%	1
2	Microsoft Office	33.3%	1
2	Problem-Solving	33.3%	1
2	Project Delivery	33.3%	1
2	Python	33.3%	1
2	Revit	33.3%	1
2	Risk Management	33.3%	1
2	TETRA	33.3%	1

CAD Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Collaborative Working	33.3%	1
1	Customer Requirements	33.3%	1
1	Data Analysis	33.3%	1
1	Data Management	33.3%	1
1	Impact Assessments	33.3%	1
1	Mentoring	33.3%	1
1	Problem-Solving	33.3%	1
1	Project Delivery	33.3%	1
1	Risk Management	33.3%	1