CAD Jobs in Scotland

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring CAD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited CAD over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 277 213
Rank change year-on-year +118 -64 +22
Permanent jobs citing CAD 8 4 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.27% 0.059% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.064% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £27,200 - -
25th Percentile £27,875 - £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 - £50,939
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.41%
75th Percentile £32,875 - £50,939
90th Percentile £33,400 - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% +11.11% -10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,771 6,222 4,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.71% 91.54% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,316 2,428 2,113
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £39,813 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing CAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for CAD in Scotland

CAD
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CAD in Scotland.

Salary trend for CAD in Scotland

CAD
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 May 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
Stirling - 3 - - 1
Falkirk - 3 - - 1
Glasgow +160 1 £28,500 - 15
Edinburgh - 1 £32,500 - 13
Fife - 1 - - 2
Lanarkshire - 1 - -
Highlands - 1 - -
CAD
UK

CAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 5 (62.50%) AutoCAD
2 4 (50.00%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (25.00%) Revit
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (12.50%) GIS
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Support Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Support
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) AngularJS
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
1 1 (12.50%) HTML5
1 1 (12.50%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Fluid Mechanics
2 3 (37.50%) Validation
3 2 (25.00%) Design for Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) 3D Animation
4 1 (12.50%) 3D Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Data Management
4 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (12.50%) Information Management
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) PQQ
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Autodesk
1 1 (12.50%) ESRI