OrCAD Job Trends in the South West

Cadence Design Systems OrCAD
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring OrCAD skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 - 226
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing OrCAD 1 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.029% - 0.12%
As % of the Applications category 0.27% - 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £85,000
75th Percentile £46,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £44,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -26.67% -7.69% +13.04%

All Software Application Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 372 576 346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.69% 7.68% 7.20%
Number of salaries quoted 159 265 283
10th Percentile £26,600 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,625 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.64% -12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £60,500 £73,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

OrCAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing OrCAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for OrCAD in the South West

OrCAD
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing OrCAD

OrCAD
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OrCAD within the South West region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Somerset - 1 £42,500 - 2
OrCAD
England

OrCAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Design Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Battery Management
1 1 (100.00%) Power Management
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree