CAD Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 243 367 399
Rank change year-on-year +124 +32 +158
Permanent jobs citing CAD 474 481 421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.21% 0.68% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 0.81% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 104 326 87
10th Percentile £31,475 £27,750 £22,000
25th Percentile £50,225 £32,500 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +28.57% -20.45%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile - £61,875 £72,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% +12.50% -11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,325 59,458 57,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.93% 83.91% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 17,834 41,124 29,354
10th Percentile £26,929 £27,128 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

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 15 May 2025.

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 15 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
North of England +206 328 £60,000 +45.51% 78
North West +170 313 £60,000 +26.32% 54
South East +84 59 £53,750 +14.36% 106
East of England -31 42 £50,000 - 47
Midlands -43 27 £34,000 -15.00% 101
East Midlands -3 21 £32,500 -18.75% 46
Yorkshire +38 15 £55,000 +46.67% 11
South West +79 9 £52,500 +14.13% 58
Scotland +116 6 £30,500 - 23
West Midlands -17 6 £53,300 +18.44% 51
Northern Ireland +39 2 - - 1
Wales +36 2 £53,750 +91.96% 12
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 58 (12.24%) Confluence
2 14 (2.95%) WinCC
Applications
1 133 (28.06%) Abaqus
2 101 (21.31%) Mathcad
3 65 (13.71%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (3.16%) EPLAN
5 13 (2.74%) AutoCAD
6 11 (2.32%) SOLIDWORKS
7 4 (0.84%) Revit
8 3 (0.63%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.42%) Autodesk Inventor
9 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
9 2 (0.42%) SketchUp
10 1 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.21%) Blender
10 1 (0.21%) CATIA
10 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.21%) MicroStation
10 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.21%) OrCAD
10 1 (0.21%) Siemens NX
Cloud Services
1 2 (0.42%) Azure
2 1 (0.21%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.21%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.01%) RS-485
2 15 (3.16%) Ethernet
3 14 (2.95%) Modbus
3 14 (2.95%) Profibus
4 3 (0.63%) Firewall
4 3 (0.63%) HTTP
4 3 (0.63%) VLAN
5 1 (0.21%) LTE
5 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.21%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.63%) GIS
1 3 (0.63%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.21%) Big Data
2 1 (0.21%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 58 (12.24%) JIRA
2 6 (1.27%) LabVIEW
3 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.21%) Git
4 1 (0.21%) Subversion
General
1 321 (67.72%) Manufacturing
2 138 (29.11%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (20.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 32 (6.75%) Agriculture
5 24 (5.06%) Social Skills
6 20 (4.22%) Electronics
7 14 (2.95%) Retail
8 12 (2.53%) Aerospace
9 11 (2.32%) Automotive
10 8 (1.69%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.48%) Aeronautics
11 7 (1.48%) Law
12 5 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.05%) Public Sector
13 4 (0.84%) Finance
13 4 (0.84%) Marketing
14 3 (0.63%) Legal
15 1 (0.21%) Aviation
15 1 (0.21%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 233 (49.16%) Senior
2 114 (24.05%) Architect
2 114 (24.05%) Solutions Architect
3 101 (21.31%) Engineering Specialist
3 101 (21.31%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 78 (16.46%) Systems Engineer
5 58 (12.24%) Lead
5 58 (12.24%) Lead Architect
5 58 (12.24%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 58 (12.24%) Mechanical Engineer
6 57 (12.03%) Platform Engineer
7 14 (2.95%) Process Engineer
8 7 (1.48%) Electronics Engineer
8 7 (1.48%) Performance Engineer
8 7 (1.48%) Test Engineer
9 6 (1.27%) Senior Electronics Engineer
10 5 (1.05%) Programmer
10 5 (1.05%) Senior Test Engineer
11 4 (0.84%) Support Engineer
11 4 (0.84%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.48%) .NET
2 3 (0.63%) MIDP
3 2 (0.42%) OGRE
3 2 (0.42%) WCF
3 2 (0.42%) WPF
3 2 (0.42%) XML
4 1 (0.21%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.21%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.21%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.21%) HTML
4 1 (0.21%) HTML5
4 1 (0.21%) JSON
4 1 (0.21%) React
4 1 (0.21%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 14 (2.95%) SCADA
2 11 (2.32%) Analogue Electronics
2 11 (2.32%) FPGA
3 9 (1.90%) Life Science
4 7 (1.48%) Algorithms
4 7 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.27%) Verilog
6 5 (1.05%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.05%) VHDL
7 4 (0.84%) CCTV
7 4 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.63%) Driving Licence
8 3 (0.63%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (0.63%) Home Automation
8 3 (0.63%) Smart Home
9 2 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.42%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (0.42%) LIMS
10 1 (0.21%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.21%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.84%) Linux
1 4 (0.84%) Windows
2 3 (0.63%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.21%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.21%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (29.54%) Mentoring
2 134 (28.27%) Finite Element Analysis
3 117 (24.68%) PLM
4 116 (24.47%) ERP
5 81 (17.09%) Design for Manufacturing
6 58 (12.24%) Business Strategy
6 58 (12.24%) Customer Requirements
6 58 (12.24%) Enterprise Architecture
7 57 (12.03%) Agile
8 56 (11.81%) Business Analysis
8 56 (11.81%) Demand Management
8 56 (11.81%) Roadmaps
8 56 (11.81%) Strategic Roadmap
9 18 (3.80%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (2.95%) Prototyping
11 13 (2.74%) Physics
12 12 (2.53%) Project Management
13 10 (2.11%) Decision-Making
14 9 (1.90%) CAE
14 9 (1.90%) Fluid Mechanics
Programming Languages
1 16 (3.38%) C++
2 15 (3.16%) C
3 12 (2.53%) Python
4 9 (1.90%) C#
5 4 (0.84%) Embedded C
5 4 (0.84%) Java
5 4 (0.84%) SQL
6 3 (0.63%) Bash
6 3 (0.63%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.42%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 302 (63.71%) BPSS Clearance
2 301 (63.50%) Degree
3 145 (30.59%) Master's Degree
4 140 (29.54%) HND
5 133 (28.06%) Chartered Engineer
6 15 (3.16%) HNC
7 7 (1.48%) PhD
8 4 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.84%) Security Cleared
9 3 (0.63%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (17.09%) QA
2 3 (0.63%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (1.48%) Firmware
2 3 (0.63%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.21%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (2.95%) Wonderware InTouch
2 1 (0.21%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 73 (15.40%) Siemens
2 63 (13.29%) SAP
3 14 (2.95%) Allen-Bradley
3 14 (2.95%) Google
3 14 (2.95%) Wonderware
4 9 (1.90%) EMC
4 9 (1.90%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe
5 1 (0.21%) Alias
5 1 (0.21%) ANSYS