CAD Job Trends in Preston

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Preston requiring CAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CAD 4 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 1.41% - 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% - 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,746 - £35,000
75th Percentile £40,573 - £36,500
90th Percentile £45,869 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £31,746 - £29,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 159 88 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 55.99% 100.00% 90.77%
Number of salaries quoted 77 52 137
10th Percentile £28,500 £39,475 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,683 £30,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,647 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +19.21% +4.65%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,500 £69,390 £63,000
Lancashire median annual salary £48,000 £50,055 £46,457
% change year-on-year -4.10% +7.74% -2.20%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Preston

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Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing CAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing CAD

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Salary Histogram in Preston

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAD in Preston over the 6 months to 7 May 2026.

Salary histogram for CAD in Preston

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 2 (50.00%) CATIA
1 2 (50.00%) Siemens NX
General
1 2 (50.00%) Billing
1 2 (50.00%) Law
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (50.00%) Military
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Traffic Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Trainee
1 2 (50.00%) Trainee Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
1 2 (50.00%) Design for Manufacturing
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Autodesk
1 2 (50.00%) Siemens