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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 342 415 551
Rank change year-on-year +73 +136 +30
Permanent jobs citing CAD 529 410 320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.73% 0.70% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.73% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 336 86 204
10th Percentile £28,000 £22,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £25,750 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £36,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.29% -17.05% +17.33%
75th Percentile £56,563 £60,000 £51,569
90th Percentile £60,638 £72,500 £60,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £40,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +20.00%

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 60,251 56,179 68,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.03% 95.60% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 41,534 28,920 41,183
10th Percentile £27,300 £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% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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 23 May 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 23 May 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 +17 170 £40,000 - 173
East of England +89 129 £50,000 +104.08% 97
West Midlands -12 92 £45,000 +28.57% 108
South East -57 83 £43,260 +39.55% 178
North of England +78 79 £41,235 +12.97% 154
East Midlands +51 78 £40,000 -15.79% 63
South West +13 50 £44,250 -23.04% 107
Yorkshire +100 43 £36,250 +64.77% 50
North West +19 34 £47,500 -32.14% 80
Northern Ireland - 8 £27,000 - 3
Wales -5 6 £28,000 -49.09% 18
Scotland -62 4 - - 35
North East - 2 £32,500 - 24
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 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.38%) CMS
2 2 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (0.38%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.19%) Apache
3 1 (0.19%) IIS
3 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 106 (20.04%) Microsoft Office
2 79 (14.93%) AutoCAD
3 67 (12.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 27 (5.10%) SOLIDWORKS
5 24 (4.54%) Revit
6 15 (2.84%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (1.89%) Solid Edge
8 8 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 7 (1.32%) MS Visio
9 7 (1.32%) Photoshop
10 6 (1.13%) Siemens NX
11 5 (0.95%) Adobe Illustrator
12 4 (0.76%) Autodesk Inventor
12 4 (0.76%) InDesign
12 4 (0.76%) OrCAD
13 3 (0.57%) Simulink
14 2 (0.38%) CATIA
14 2 (0.38%) Fusion 360
14 2 (0.38%) PTC Creo
14 2 (0.38%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 18 (3.40%) AWS
2 4 (0.76%) Azure
3 3 (0.57%) Entra ID
3 3 (0.57%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (0.57%) Power Platform
3 3 (0.57%) SaaS
4 2 (0.38%) GCP
5 1 (0.19%) Amazon Cognito
5 1 (0.19%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.19%) Amazon Neptune
5 1 (0.19%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.19%) AWS CodePipeline
5 1 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.19%) GitHub
5 1 (0.19%) IaaS
5 1 (0.19%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.10%) TCP/IP
2 5 (0.95%) Wireless
3 4 (0.76%) 3G
3 4 (0.76%) 4G
3 4 (0.76%) GPRS
3 4 (0.76%) Modbus
3 4 (0.76%) Network Security
4 3 (0.57%) Bluetooth
4 3 (0.57%) Firewall
4 3 (0.57%) FlexRay
4 3 (0.57%) MPLS
4 3 (0.57%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.57%) VoIP
4 3 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.57%) WLAN
5 2 (0.38%) DNS
5 2 (0.38%) SAN
5 2 (0.38%) Skype
5 2 (0.38%) VLAN
5 2 (0.38%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.08%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.57%) Power BI
3 2 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.19%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.19%) GIS
4 1 (0.19%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (1.13%) Subversion
2 5 (0.95%) JIRA
2 5 (0.95%) LabVIEW
3 4 (0.76%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.38%) Git
4 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.19%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.19%) Jenkins
General
1 120 (22.68%) Manufacturing
2 100 (18.90%) Analytical Skills
3 82 (15.50%) Social Skills
4 74 (13.99%) Marketing
4 74 (13.99%) Retail
5 71 (13.42%) Finance
6 42 (7.94%) Aerospace
7 39 (7.37%) Electronics
8 30 (5.67%) Legal
9 29 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (3.78%) Games
11 19 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.46%) Automotive
13 10 (1.89%) Public Sector
14 9 (1.70%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (1.32%) Local Government
17 6 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
18 4 (0.76%) Aviation
19 2 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (16.64%) Senior
2 79 (14.93%) Programmer
3 51 (9.64%) Project Manager
4 37 (6.99%) Developer
5 29 (5.48%) CAD Technician
5 29 (5.48%) Development Manager
6 28 (5.29%) Hardware Engineer
7 27 (5.10%) Software Engineer
8 25 (4.73%) Senior Hardware Engineer
9 24 (4.54%) Designer
10 23 (4.35%) RF Engineer
10 23 (4.35%) Senior RF Engineer
11 22 (4.16%) Architect
12 18 (3.40%) Lead
13 17 (3.21%) CAD Designer
14 16 (3.02%) AutoCAD Designer
14 16 (3.02%) CAD Developer
14 16 (3.02%) Junior
14 16 (3.02%) Systems Designer
15 15 (2.84%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.97%) .NET
2 17 (3.21%) XML
3 16 (3.02%) JSON
3 16 (3.02%) JSON Schema
3 16 (3.02%) KML
4 14 (2.65%) Regular Expression
5 13 (2.46%) ASP.NET
6 11 (2.08%) XML Schema
7 10 (1.89%) DirectX
7 10 (1.89%) OpenGL
8 9 (1.70%) ASP.NET Core
9 8 (1.51%) Node.js
9 8 (1.51%) React
10 6 (1.13%) .NET Core
11 5 (0.95%) Unreal Engine
12 4 (0.76%) Flash
12 4 (0.76%) Unity (Game Engine)
12 4 (0.76%) WebGL
12 4 (0.76%) WPF
13 1 (0.19%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.81%) Self-Motivation
2 30 (5.67%) Driving Licence
2 30 (5.67%) IoT
3 16 (3.02%) Home Automation
3 16 (3.02%) Smart Home
4 14 (2.65%) Housing Association
5 12 (2.27%) Renewable Energy
6 10 (1.89%) Animation
7 8 (1.51%) Robotics
8 7 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.32%) Graphic Design
9 6 (1.13%) 3D Graphics
9 6 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (0.95%) Analogue Electronics
10 5 (0.95%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.76%) ARM Cortex
11 4 (0.76%) Embedded Systems
11 4 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.76%) NB-IoT
11 4 (0.76%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.97%) Linux
2 9 (1.70%) Windows
3 7 (1.32%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (14.56%) Agile
2 73 (13.80%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (13.61%) Project Management
4 67 (12.67%) Customer Requirements
5 65 (12.29%) Logistics
6 49 (9.26%) Business Development
6 49 (9.26%) Data Management
7 48 (9.07%) Facilities Management
8 47 (8.88%) Commercial Awareness
9 46 (8.70%) Financial Modelling
10 43 (8.13%) Mathematics
11 38 (7.18%) Software Engineering
12 37 (6.99%) Customer Service
13 28 (5.29%) 3D Modelling
13 28 (5.29%) Software Testing
14 27 (5.10%) Time Management
15 21 (3.97%) ERP
16 20 (3.78%) Continuous Improvement
17 19 (3.59%) Computer Science
17 19 (3.59%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 39 (7.37%) C#
2 25 (4.73%) C++
3 21 (3.97%) C
4 13 (2.46%) SQL
5 9 (1.70%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.51%) MATLAB
6 8 (1.51%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.13%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.76%) Assembly Language
9 3 (0.57%) Embedded C
9 3 (0.57%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.38%) Java
10 2 (0.38%) Python
11 1 (0.19%) Bash
11 1 (0.19%) Fortran
11 1 (0.19%) Ladder Logic
11 1 (0.19%) Perl
Qualifications
1 117 (22.12%) Degree
2 34 (6.43%) Security Cleared
3 31 (5.86%) HND
4 26 (4.91%) HNC
5 13 (2.46%) PhD
6 6 (1.13%) CTC Cleared
6 6 (1.13%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.13%) SC Cleared
7 5 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.19%) CCNP
10 1 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.19%) CWNA
10 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.19%) MCSA
10 1 (0.19%) MCSE
10 1 (0.19%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.27%) GDPR
2 6 (1.13%) NCSC
3 5 (0.95%) ISO 9001
3 5 (0.95%) QA
4 4 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.76%) IEC 61131
4 4 (0.76%) JTAG
System Software
1 4 (0.76%) Firmware
2 3 (0.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.38%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (3.21%) Ansible
2 3 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.19%) SCCM
3 1 (0.19%) SCOM
3 1 (0.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 119 (22.50%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.97%) SAP
3 12 (2.27%) Siemens
4 11 (2.08%) ANSYS
5 10 (1.89%) Progress
6 9 (1.70%) EMC
7 7 (1.32%) Adobe
7 7 (1.32%) Google
8 5 (0.95%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.57%) Autodesk
9 3 (0.57%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.38%) Acronis
10 2 (0.38%) Dell
10 2 (0.38%) EqualLogic
10 2 (0.38%) IFS
10 2 (0.38%) Mitel
10 2 (0.38%) PTC
10 2 (0.38%) Symantec
10 2 (0.38%) Synology
11 1 (0.19%) Cisco