OrCAD Job Trends in the South East

Cadence Design Systems OrCAD
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring OrCAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 293 334
Rank change year-on-year -33 +41 -25
Permanent jobs citing OrCAD 1 8 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.006% 0.090% 0.080%
As % of the Applications category 0.10% 0.88% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 7
10th Percentile - - £39,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £44,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -16.19% -36.36%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £61,250
90th Percentile - £70,500 -
England median annual salary £52,500 £44,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +19.32% -26.67% -7.69%

All Software Application Skills
South East

OrCAD falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 989 906 1,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.74% 10.15% 12.46%
Number of salaries quoted 586 450 787
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,125 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% -16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £56,250 £56,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -5.88% -5.56%

OrCAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OrCAD relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

OrCAD job vacancy trend in the South East

OrCAD
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing OrCAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing OrCAD

OrCAD
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 OrCAD within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +2 1 £55,000 -15.38% 1
Berkshire - 1 £55,000 - 1
OrCAD
England

OrCAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (100.00%) Mathcad
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) RS-485
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
1 1 (100.00%) Optoelectronics
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Conversion
1 1 (100.00%) Design for Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Design for Test
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Power Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft