CAD Jobs in the South East

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 240 324 256
Rank change year-on-year +84 -68 +141
Permanent jobs citing CAD 59 71 154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.63% 0.42% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.50% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 10 53 31
10th Percentile £43,000 £26,025 -
25th Percentile £45,625 £32,500 £22,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £47,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.36% +51.61% -31.11%
75th Percentile £79,375 £61,250 £36,566
90th Percentile £87,750 £68,500 £52,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% +28.57% -22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,656 14,162 13,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.84% 84.47% 94.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,247 9,859 7,922
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing CAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for CAD in the South East

CAD
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CAD in the South East.

Salary trend for CAD in the South East

CAD
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAD in the South East over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CAD in the South East

CAD
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 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
Thames Valley +70 43 £75,000 +42.86% 25
Buckinghamshire +59 33 £50,000 - 8
Oxfordshire +26 7 £77,500 +47.62% 9
Hampshire +59 6 £26,000 -28.77% 31
Kent - 6 £51,250 - 2
Berkshire +34 3 £62,500 +13.64% 10
West Sussex +38 2 - - 1
Surrey +41 1 - - 12
East Sussex +30 1 - -
CAD
England

CAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (8.47%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.39%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.69%) Blender
3 1 (1.69%) CATIA
3 1 (1.69%) EPLAN
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.69%) MicroStation
3 1 (1.69%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.69%) OrCAD
3 1 (1.69%) Revit
3 1 (1.69%) Siemens NX
3 1 (1.69%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
1 1 (1.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.69%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.69%) Big Data
1 1 (1.69%) Power BI
General
1 40 (67.80%) Manufacturing
2 36 (61.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (15.25%) Electronics
4 8 (13.56%) Social Skills
5 7 (11.86%) Automotive
6 5 (8.47%) Aeronautics
6 5 (8.47%) Aerospace
6 5 (8.47%) Law
7 4 (6.78%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (6.78%) Telecoms
8 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (5.08%) Public Sector
9 2 (3.39%) Finance
9 2 (3.39%) Marketing
10 1 (1.69%) Aviation
10 1 (1.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 40 (67.80%) Senior
2 5 (8.47%) Performance Engineer
3 4 (6.78%) Hardware Engineer
3 4 (6.78%) Senior Hardware Engineer
4 3 (5.08%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (3.39%) Design Engineer
5 2 (3.39%) Designer
5 2 (3.39%) Digital Design Engineer
5 2 (3.39%) Embedded Engineer
6 1 (1.69%) Applications Manager
6 1 (1.69%) Data Scientist
6 1 (1.69%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 1 (1.69%) ERP Manager
6 1 (1.69%) Firmware Engineer
6 1 (1.69%) Head of Engineering
6 1 (1.69%) LIMS Manager
6 1 (1.69%) Machine Learning Scientist
6 1 (1.69%) Mobile Specialist
6 1 (1.69%) Senior Designer
6 1 (1.69%) Telecoms Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.78%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.86%) Analogue Electronics
2 5 (8.47%) FPGA
2 5 (8.47%) VHDL
3 4 (6.78%) Life Science
4 2 (3.39%) Algorithms
4 2 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.39%) LIMS
4 2 (3.39%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.69%) Home Automation
5 1 (1.69%) Robotics
5 1 (1.69%) Smart Home
5 1 (1.69%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.69%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (1.69%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (1.69%) Linux
1 1 (1.69%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (62.71%) Mentoring
2 34 (57.63%) Design for Manufacturing
3 7 (11.86%) Decision-Making
4 6 (10.17%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
4 6 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (10.17%) Prototyping
5 5 (8.47%) CAE
5 5 (8.47%) Data Collection
5 5 (8.47%) Fluid Mechanics
5 5 (8.47%) Performance Engineering
5 5 (8.47%) Physics
5 5 (8.47%) Test Planning
6 4 (6.78%) Architectural Design
6 4 (6.78%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (6.78%) Schematic Capture
7 3 (5.08%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (5.08%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (5.08%) Computer Science
7 3 (5.08%) Project Delivery
7 3 (5.08%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.86%) C++
2 5 (8.47%) C
2 5 (8.47%) Python
3 4 (6.78%) C#
3 4 (6.78%) Java
Qualifications
1 47 (79.66%) Degree
2 10 (16.95%) Master's Degree
3 5 (8.47%) PhD
4 3 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (5.08%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.39%) HND
5 2 (3.39%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (57.63%) QA
2 2 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (8.47%) Firmware
2 1 (1.69%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (8.47%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.78%) EMC
3 2 (3.39%) SAP
4 1 (1.69%) Alias
4 1 (1.69%) ANSYS
4 1 (1.69%) Siemens