CAD Job Trends in Southampton

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring CAD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - 69
Rank change year-on-year - - -23
Permanent jobs citing CAD 5 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.54% - 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% - 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £29,600 - -
25th Percentile - - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £60,000
75th Percentile - - £65,000
90th Percentile £68,000 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £40,500 £44,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.95% -26.67% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 669 354 662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 72.48% 87.41% 76.80%
Number of salaries quoted 511 240 511
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,450 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,125 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £75,000 £70,000
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £51,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.28% -5.91% -

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

CAD job vacancy trend in Southampton

CAD
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing CAD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing CAD

CAD
Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAD in Southampton over the 6 months to 9 September 2026.

Salary histogram for CAD in Southampton

CAD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 (60.00%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) CAD Technician
2 1 (20.00%) CAD Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Designer
2 1 (20.00%) ERP Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Sales Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Trainee
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) B2B
1 1 (20.00%) B2B Sales
1 1 (20.00%) Business Development
1 1 (20.00%) Business Forecasting
1 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (20.00%) ERP
1 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Epicor
1 1 (20.00%) Infor
1 1 (20.00%) Sage