CAD Jobs in the Thames Valley

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring CAD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited CAD over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 206 213
Rank change year-on-year +72 +7 -1
Permanent jobs citing CAD 43 37 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.27% 0.55% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 0.65% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 7 25 20
10th Percentile £46,500 £22,750 -
25th Percentile £48,750 £39,490 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £52,500 £22,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +138.64% -45.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £62,500 £36,566
90th Percentile £103,500 £68,750 £36,784
South East median annual salary £53,750 £47,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year +14.36% +51.61% -31.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,181 5,690 5,680
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.92% 84.77% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,238 3,912 3,101
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £73,625 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £56,837 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.67% -9.09% -

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing CAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for CAD in the Thames Valley

CAD
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CAD in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for CAD in the Thames Valley

CAD
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAD in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CAD in the Thames Valley

CAD
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Buckinghamshire +61 33 £50,000 - 7
Oxfordshire +25 7 £77,500 +47.62% 11
Berkshire +26 3 £62,500 +13.64% 13
CAD
South East

CAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Blender
1 1 (2.33%) CATIA
1 1 (2.33%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Big Data
1 1 (2.33%) Power BI
General
1 36 (83.72%) Manufacturing
2 31 (72.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (13.95%) Automotive
4 4 (9.30%) Aeronautics
4 4 (9.30%) Aerospace
4 4 (9.30%) Law
4 4 (9.30%) Social Skills
5 3 (6.98%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.65%) Electronics
6 2 (4.65%) Finance
6 2 (4.65%) Marketing
6 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 31 (72.09%) Senior
2 4 (9.30%) Performance Engineer
3 1 (2.33%) Applications Manager
3 1 (2.33%) Data Scientist
3 1 (2.33%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (2.33%) ERP Manager
3 1 (2.33%) Head of Engineering
3 1 (2.33%) IT Manager
3 1 (2.33%) LIMS Manager
3 1 (2.33%) Machine Learning Scientist
3 1 (2.33%) Mobile Specialist
3 1 (2.33%) Project Engineer
3 1 (2.33%) Robotics Engineer
3 1 (2.33%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (2.33%) Telecoms Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) Algorithms
1 2 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (4.65%) LIMS
2 1 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (2.33%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (72.09%) Design for Manufacturing
1 31 (72.09%) Mentoring
2 6 (13.95%) Decision-Making
3 5 (11.63%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
4 4 (9.30%) CAE
4 4 (9.30%) Data Collection
4 4 (9.30%) Fluid Mechanics
4 4 (9.30%) Performance Engineering
4 4 (9.30%) Physics
4 4 (9.30%) Test Planning
5 3 (6.98%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (6.98%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (6.98%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (6.98%) Computer Science
5 3 (6.98%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (4.65%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (4.65%) Line Management
6 2 (4.65%) Project Delivery
6 2 (4.65%) Software Architecture
6 2 (4.65%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.65%) C++
2 1 (2.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (90.70%) Degree
2 7 (16.28%) Master's Degree
3 4 (9.30%) PhD
4 3 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (72.09%) QA
2 2 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (4.65%) SAP
2 1 (2.33%) Alias
2 1 (2.33%) ANSYS