CAD Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring CAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 51 73
Rank change year-on-year -15 +22 +27
Permanent jobs citing CAD 2 1 10
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 0.24% 0.22% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.24% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -45.45% +37.50% +81.82%
75th Percentile - - £41,250
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £30,000 £55,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -45.45% +46.67% +70.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 604 414 850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 72.08% 92.41% 84.66%
Number of salaries quoted 454 167 694
10th Percentile £27,645 £31,925 £27,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £41,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £62,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +31.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,509 £76,386 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,072 £85,000 £77,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £48,445 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.72% +5.00% -8.90%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

CAD job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

CAD
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing CAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing CAD

CAD
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 20 February 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
Rotherham - 2 £30,000 -
CAD
Yorkshire