SOLIDWORKS Job Trends in the South East

Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS
England > South East

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 247 369
Rank change year-on-year -36 +122 +36
Permanent jobs citing SOLIDWORKS 4 3 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.028% 0.044% 0.056%
As % of the Applications category 0.40% 0.50% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 7
10th Percentile £42,950 - £41,250
25th Percentile £45,875 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -16.00% +103.25%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £68,750
90th Percentile - £59,000 -
England median annual salary £48,750 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% +12.50%

All Software Application Skills
South East

SOLIDWORKS 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 1,001 600 2,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.12% 8.78% 13.01%
Number of salaries quoted 472 317 1,331
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £23,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +28.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £57,813 £57,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £66,125 £66,250 £62,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -15.79% +26.67% -16.67%

SOLIDWORKS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

SOLIDWORKS job vacancy trend in the South East

SOLIDWORKS
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SOLIDWORKS

SOLIDWORKS
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 SOLIDWORKS within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Surrey - 3 £50,000 - 2
West Sussex - 1 £42,000 - 1
SOLIDWORKS
England

SOLIDWORKS
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 3 (75.00%) CATIA
1 3 (75.00%) Siemens NX
1 3 (75.00%) Windchill
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
General
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Applications Specialist
1 3 (75.00%) CAD Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Mechanical Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) CAD
1 3 (75.00%) PDM
1 3 (75.00%) PLM
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Finite Element Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Awareness
2 1 (25.00%) Signal Processing
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Stress Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Bash
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (75.00%) Python
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft