CAD Jobs in the UK excluding London

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CAD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CAD over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 387 371 557
Rank change year-on-year -16 +186 +23
Permanent jobs citing CAD 442 477 291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.63% 0.77% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.81% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 304 107 177
10th Percentile £27,000 £22,000 £34,200
25th Percentile £31,625 £26,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -20.00% +16.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £50,469 £53,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £71,000 £60,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £36,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year +23.29% -17.05% +17.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

CAD is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,230 59,150 66,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.47% 95.64% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 41,096 30,337 41,441
10th Percentile £27,234 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CAD in the UK excluding London

CAD
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CAD in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for CAD in the UK excluding London

CAD
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAD in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CAD in the UK excluding London

CAD
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Midlands -21 131 £40,000 -8.57% 144
East of England +64 109 £55,000 +57.14% 100
North of England +77 73 £41,235 +12.97% 143
West Midlands -30 73 £45,000 +28.57% 83
South East -56 67 £47,000 +51.61% 167
East Midlands +20 58 £40,000 -15.79% 61
South West +3 48 £46,000 -20.00% 105
Yorkshire +108 37 £37,500 +70.45% 48
North West +26 34 £47,500 -32.14% 86
Wales -4 6 £28,000 -49.09% 16
Northern Ireland - 5 £27,000 - 6
Scotland -72 3 - - 28
North East - 2 £32,500 - 11
CAD
UK

CAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.45%) CMS
2 2 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (0.45%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.23%) Apache
3 1 (0.23%) IIS
3 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 64 (14.48%) AutoCAD
2 60 (13.57%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (5.88%) SOLIDWORKS
4 24 (5.43%) Revit
5 18 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
6 15 (3.39%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (2.26%) Solid Edge
8 7 (1.58%) MS Visio
8 7 (1.58%) Photoshop
9 6 (1.36%) Siemens NX
10 5 (1.13%) Adobe Illustrator
10 5 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 4 (0.90%) Autodesk Inventor
11 4 (0.90%) InDesign
11 4 (0.90%) OrCAD
12 3 (0.68%) Simulink
13 2 (0.45%) CATIA
13 2 (0.45%) Fusion 360
13 2 (0.45%) PTC Creo
13 2 (0.45%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 17 (3.85%) AWS
2 4 (0.90%) Azure
3 3 (0.68%) Entra ID
3 3 (0.68%) Power Platform
3 3 (0.68%) SaaS
4 2 (0.45%) GCP
4 2 (0.45%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.23%) Amazon Cognito
5 1 (0.23%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.23%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.23%) AWS CodePipeline
5 1 (0.23%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.23%) GitHub
5 1 (0.23%) IaaS
5 1 (0.23%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.33%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.13%) Wireless
3 4 (0.90%) 3G
3 4 (0.90%) 4G
3 4 (0.90%) GPRS
3 4 (0.90%) Modbus
3 4 (0.90%) Network Security
4 3 (0.68%) Bluetooth
4 3 (0.68%) Firewall
4 3 (0.68%) FlexRay
4 3 (0.68%) MPLS
4 3 (0.68%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.68%) VoIP
4 3 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.68%) WLAN
5 2 (0.45%) DHCP
5 2 (0.45%) DNS
5 2 (0.45%) SAN
5 2 (0.45%) VLAN
5 2 (0.45%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.26%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.68%) Power BI
3 2 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (0.45%) GIS
4 1 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.23%) QGIS
4 1 (0.23%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (1.36%) Subversion
2 5 (1.13%) JIRA
2 5 (1.13%) LabVIEW
3 4 (0.90%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.45%) Git
4 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.23%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
General
1 113 (25.57%) Manufacturing
2 80 (18.10%) Social Skills
3 54 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (9.28%) Electronics
5 35 (7.92%) Aerospace
6 30 (6.79%) Legal
7 29 (6.56%) Marketing
8 28 (6.33%) Retail
9 25 (5.66%) Finance
10 22 (4.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 19 (4.30%) Games
12 18 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (2.94%) Automotive
14 10 (2.26%) Public Sector
15 9 (2.04%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (1.58%) Local Government
18 4 (0.90%) Aviation
19 3 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
20 2 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 87 (19.68%) Senior
2 65 (14.71%) Programmer
3 47 (10.63%) Project Manager
4 37 (8.37%) Developer
5 30 (6.79%) CAD Technician
6 29 (6.56%) Hardware Engineer
7 26 (5.88%) Senior Hardware Engineer
7 26 (5.88%) Software Engineer
8 24 (5.43%) RF Engineer
8 24 (5.43%) Senior RF Engineer
9 18 (4.07%) Analyst
9 18 (4.07%) Lead
10 16 (3.62%) CAD Developer
10 16 (3.62%) Junior
11 14 (3.17%) 3D Developer
11 14 (3.17%) Coordinator
11 14 (3.17%) Systems Engineer
12 13 (2.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 11 (2.49%) Senior Developer
14 10 (2.26%) Junior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.52%) .NET
2 17 (3.85%) XML
3 16 (3.62%) JSON
3 16 (3.62%) JSON Schema
3 16 (3.62%) KML
4 14 (3.17%) Regular Expression
5 12 (2.71%) ASP.NET
6 11 (2.49%) XML Schema
7 10 (2.26%) DirectX
7 10 (2.26%) OpenGL
8 8 (1.81%) ASP.NET Core
8 8 (1.81%) Node.js
8 8 (1.81%) React
9 6 (1.36%) .NET Core
10 5 (1.13%) Unreal Engine
11 4 (0.90%) Flash
11 4 (0.90%) Unity (Game Engine)
11 4 (0.90%) WebGL
11 4 (0.90%) WPF
12 1 (0.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.37%) Self-Motivation
2 31 (7.01%) IoT
3 30 (6.79%) Driving Licence
4 14 (3.17%) Housing Association
5 11 (2.49%) Renewable Energy
6 10 (2.26%) Animation
7 7 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.58%) Graphic Design
7 7 (1.58%) Virtual Reality
8 6 (1.36%) 3D Graphics
8 6 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.36%) Robotics
9 5 (1.13%) Analogue Electronics
9 5 (1.13%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.90%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.90%) ARM Cortex
10 4 (0.90%) Augmented Reality
10 4 (0.90%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (0.90%) NB-IoT
11 3 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.98%) Linux
2 9 (2.04%) Windows
3 7 (1.58%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (15.61%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (14.48%) Project Management
3 42 (9.50%) Mathematics
4 37 (8.37%) Software Engineering
5 34 (7.69%) Agile
6 32 (7.24%) Customer Service
7 29 (6.56%) Software Testing
8 28 (6.33%) Time Management
9 27 (6.11%) 3D Modelling
10 22 (4.98%) Customer Requirements
11 21 (4.75%) ERP
12 20 (4.52%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (4.30%) Computer Science
13 19 (4.30%) Logistics
14 18 (4.07%) Physics
15 15 (3.39%) PLM
15 15 (3.39%) Project Delivery
16 12 (2.71%) Supplier Management
17 11 (2.49%) Analytics
17 11 (2.49%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 39 (8.82%) C#
2 27 (6.11%) C++
3 22 (4.98%) C
4 13 (2.94%) SQL
5 9 (2.04%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.81%) MATLAB
6 8 (1.81%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.36%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.90%) Assembly Language
8 4 (0.90%) Python
9 3 (0.68%) Embedded C
9 3 (0.68%) Java
9 3 (0.68%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.23%) Bash
10 1 (0.23%) Fortran
10 1 (0.23%) Ladder Logic
10 1 (0.23%) Perl
Qualifications
1 113 (25.57%) Degree
2 35 (7.92%) Security Cleared
3 30 (6.79%) HND
4 26 (5.88%) HNC
5 9 (2.04%) PhD
6 7 (1.58%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.36%) CTC Cleared
7 6 (1.36%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.45%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.23%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.23%) CCNP
11 1 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.23%) CWNA
11 1 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.23%) MCSA
11 1 (0.23%) MCSE
11 1 (0.23%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.71%) GDPR
2 7 (1.58%) QA
3 6 (1.36%) NCSC
4 5 (1.13%) ISO 9001
5 4 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.90%) IEC 61131
5 4 (0.90%) JTAG
System Software
1 5 (1.13%) Firmware
2 3 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.45%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (3.85%) Ansible
2 3 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.23%) SCCM
3 1 (0.23%) SCOM
3 1 (0.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 73 (16.52%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.75%) SAP
3 12 (2.71%) Siemens
4 10 (2.26%) Progress
5 9 (2.04%) EMC
6 7 (1.58%) Adobe
6 7 (1.58%) ANSYS
7 5 (1.13%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.90%) Google
9 3 (0.68%) Autodesk
9 3 (0.68%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.45%) Acronis
10 2 (0.45%) Dell
10 2 (0.45%) EqualLogic
10 2 (0.45%) IFS
10 2 (0.45%) Mitel
10 2 (0.45%) PTC
10 2 (0.45%) Symantec
10 2 (0.45%) Synology
11 1 (0.23%) MikroTik