3D Printing Jobs

3D Printer
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 3D Printing in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited 3D Printing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 690 875 955
Rank change year-on-year +185 +80 +180
Permanent jobs citing 3D Printing 2 21 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% 0.021% 0.033%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.011% 0.060% 0.075%
Number of salaries quoted 1 21 17
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77,500 £13,361 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £32,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +161.54% -23.53% -29.17%
75th Percentile £92,500 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile - £60,000 £64,250
UK excluding London median annual salary - £38,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -24.00% -16.67%

All Generic Skills
UK

3D Printing falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,030 35,099 45,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.65% 35.64% 43.54%
Number of salaries quoted 9,845 23,059 23,957
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,251
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

3D Printing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing 3D Printing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 3D Printing in the UK

3D Printing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3D Printing.

Salary trend for 3D Printing in the UK

3D Printing
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3D Printing within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
Work from Home +193 2 £85,000 +61.90% 6
England +162 2 £85,000 +93.37% 26
London +110 2 £85,000 +82.97% 12

3D Printing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (100.00%) Kinematics
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Autodesk Inventor
1 2 (100.00%) CATIA
1 2 (100.00%) SOLIDWORKS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Design Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Mechanical Design Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Mechanical Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Robotics Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) CAD
1 2 (100.00%) Motion Control
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Safety Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Autodesk