CAE Jobs in the UK excluding London

Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring CAE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited CAE over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 562 739 559
Rank change year-on-year +177 -180 +202
Permanent jobs citing CAE 11 20 192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.028% 0.028% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.030% 0.034% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 26
10th Percentile £47,000 - -
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £22,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +172.73% -52.17%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 -
90th Percentile £64,000 - £60,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £22,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +172.73% -52.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

CAE 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 36,295 59,625 57,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.88% 84.00% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 18,237 41,241 29,486
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,200 £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%

CAE
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for CAE in the UK excluding London

CAE
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for CAE in the UK excluding London

CAE
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAE in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CAE in the UK excluding London

CAE
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 CAE within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
South East +99 5 - - 5
Midlands +64 4 - - 19
West Midlands +57 2 - - 17
East Midlands - 2 - - 1
East of England +40 1 £50,000 -23.08%
Wales - 1 £65,000 -
CAE
UK

CAE
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:

Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (9.09%) AutoCAD
2 1 (9.09%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 9 (81.82%) Automotive
2 7 (63.64%) Aeronautics
2 7 (63.64%) Aerospace
2 7 (63.64%) Law
3 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
5 1 (9.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Performance Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Design Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Mechanical Design Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Mechanical Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Project Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) CAD
2 7 (63.64%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
2 7 (63.64%) Data Collection
2 7 (63.64%) Decision-Making
2 7 (63.64%) Fluid Mechanics
2 7 (63.64%) Performance Engineering
2 7 (63.64%) Physics
2 7 (63.64%) Test Planning
3 2 (18.18%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (18.18%) Use Case
4 1 (9.09%) Budgeting
4 1 (9.09%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (9.09%) Feasibility Study
4 1 (9.09%) Project Management
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (9.09%) Validation
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) Degree
2 7 (63.64%) Master's Degree
2 7 (63.64%) PhD
3 1 (9.09%) HNC
3 1 (9.09%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) QA