CAD Designer Jobs

Computer-Aided Design Designer (CAD Designer)
UK

The median Computer-Aided Design Designer (CAD Designer) salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 696 870 963
Rank change year-on-year +174 +93 -
Permanent jobs requiring a CAD Designer 4 32 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.032% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.034% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 4 32 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 £22,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +21.43% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £37,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £50,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year - +42.86% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 49,356 93,784 92,686
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.47% 94.63% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 27,595 67,216 58,370
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

CAD Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured CAD Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CAD Designer in the UK

CAD Designer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CAD Designer.

Salary trend for CAD Designer in the UK

CAD Designer Skill Set
Top 4 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, CAD Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring CAD Designer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) CAD
1 4 (100.00%) AutoCAD
1 4 (100.00%) Home Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Smart Home

CAD Designer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) AutoCAD
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Home Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Smart Home
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) CAD