Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 447 528 905
Rank change year-on-year +81 +377 -146
Permanent jobs citing CAD 519 528 333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.50% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.53% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 364 139 200
10th Percentile £26,250 £22,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £27,750 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £36,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.29% -17.05% +17.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £53,188
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year +28.57% -20.00% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CAD in the UK

CAD
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for CAD in the UK

CAD
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAD over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CAD in the UK

CAD
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +122 490 £45,000 +28.57% 704
UK excluding London -2 440 £45,000 +28.57% 671
Midlands -16 128 £40,000 -8.57% 145
East of England +52 110 £55,000 +57.14% 103
North of England +84 73 £41,235 +12.97% 141
West Midlands -30 73 £45,000 +28.57% 85
Work from Home +77 69 £50,000 -4.76% 134
South East -51 67 £47,000 +51.61% 166
London +157 61 £50,000 -23.08% 65
East Midlands +19 55 £40,000 -15.79% 60
South West +26 48 £46,000 -20.00% 105
Yorkshire +106 37 £37,500 +70.45% 46
North West +30 34 £47,500 -32.14% 86
Wales 0 6 £28,000 -49.09% 16
Northern Ireland - 6 £27,000 - 6
Scotland -76 2 - - 28
North East - 2 £32,500 - 11

CAD
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 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (0.58%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.39%) CMS
2 2 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (0.39%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.19%) Apache
3 1 (0.19%) IIS
3 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 73 (14.07%) AutoCAD
2 69 (13.29%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (6.17%) Revit
4 27 (5.20%) Microsoft Excel
5 26 (5.01%) SOLIDWORKS
6 15 (2.89%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 10 (1.93%) Solid Edge
8 8 (1.54%) Autodesk Inventor
8 8 (1.54%) Photoshop
9 7 (1.35%) MS Visio
10 6 (1.16%) Adobe Illustrator
10 6 (1.16%) Siemens NX
11 5 (0.96%) InDesign
12 4 (0.77%) OrCAD
13 3 (0.58%) Simulink
14 2 (0.39%) CATIA
14 2 (0.39%) Fusion 360
14 2 (0.39%) PTC Creo
14 2 (0.39%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (2.89%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.19%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 17 (3.28%) AWS
2 7 (1.35%) SaaS
3 4 (0.77%) Azure
3 4 (0.77%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (0.58%) Entra ID
4 3 (0.58%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.39%) GCP
6 1 (0.19%) Amazon Cognito
6 1 (0.19%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.19%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.19%) AWS CodePipeline
6 1 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.19%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.19%) GitHub
6 1 (0.19%) IaaS
6 1 (0.19%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.20%) TCP/IP
2 5 (0.96%) Wireless
3 4 (0.77%) 3G
3 4 (0.77%) 4G
3 4 (0.77%) GPRS
3 4 (0.77%) Modbus
3 4 (0.77%) Network Security
4 3 (0.58%) Bluetooth
4 3 (0.58%) Firewall
4 3 (0.58%) FlexRay
4 3 (0.58%) MPLS
4 3 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.58%) VoIP
4 3 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.58%) WLAN
5 2 (0.39%) DHCP
5 2 (0.39%) DNS
5 2 (0.39%) SAN
5 2 (0.39%) VLAN
5 2 (0.39%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.93%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.96%) Metadata
3 3 (0.58%) Power BI
4 2 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.39%) GIS
5 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.19%) QGIS
5 1 (0.19%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (1.16%) Subversion
2 5 (0.96%) JIRA
2 5 (0.96%) LabVIEW
3 4 (0.77%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.39%) Git
4 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.19%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.19%) Jenkins
General
1 122 (23.51%) Manufacturing
2 103 (19.85%) Social Skills
3 53 (10.21%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (7.90%) Electronics
5 34 (6.55%) Aerospace
6 32 (6.17%) Finance
7 31 (5.97%) Legal
8 29 (5.59%) Marketing
9 26 (5.01%) Retail
10 23 (4.43%) Games
11 22 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 18 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (2.89%) Automotive
14 11 (2.12%) Public Sector
15 10 (1.93%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.54%) Local Government
16 8 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
17 6 (1.16%) Banking
18 4 (0.77%) Japanese Language
18 4 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 97 (18.69%) Senior
2 65 (12.52%) Programmer
3 52 (10.02%) Project Manager
4 48 (9.25%) Developer
5 30 (5.78%) CAD Technician
5 30 (5.78%) Designer
5 30 (5.78%) Software Engineer
6 28 (5.39%) Hardware Engineer
7 27 (5.20%) Junior
8 25 (4.82%) Senior Hardware Engineer
9 24 (4.62%) Lead
10 23 (4.43%) RF Engineer
10 23 (4.43%) Senior RF Engineer
11 21 (4.05%) Architect
12 16 (3.08%) CAD Designer
12 16 (3.08%) CAD Developer
13 15 (2.89%) Analyst
13 15 (2.89%) Coordinator
13 15 (2.89%) Senior Developer
13 15 (2.89%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.43%) XML
2 20 (3.85%) .NET
3 17 (3.28%) JSON
3 17 (3.28%) JSON Schema
3 17 (3.28%) KML
4 14 (2.70%) DirectX
4 14 (2.70%) OpenGL
4 14 (2.70%) Regular Expression
5 12 (2.31%) ASP.NET
5 12 (2.31%) Node.js
5 12 (2.31%) XML Schema
6 9 (1.73%) HTML
6 9 (1.73%) Itk
7 8 (1.54%) ASP.NET Core
7 8 (1.54%) React
8 6 (1.16%) .NET Core
8 6 (1.16%) Unreal Engine
9 5 (0.96%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.96%) Web Services
10 4 (0.77%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 37 (7.13%) Self-Motivation
2 30 (5.78%) Driving Licence
2 30 (5.78%) IoT
3 15 (2.89%) Housing Association
4 11 (2.12%) Renewable Energy
5 10 (1.93%) 3D Graphics
5 10 (1.93%) Animation
6 8 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.54%) Graphic Design
6 8 (1.54%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.16%) Robotics
8 5 (0.96%) Analogue Electronics
8 5 (0.96%) Legacy Applications
8 5 (0.96%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.77%) ARM Cortex
9 4 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (0.77%) NB-IoT
9 4 (0.77%) Ray Tracing
9 4 (0.77%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.39%) Linux
2 23 (4.43%) Windows
3 7 (1.35%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.58%) Android
5 3 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (15.41%) Problem-Solving
2 77 (14.84%) Project Management
3 43 (8.29%) Customer Service
3 43 (8.29%) Mathematics
4 41 (7.90%) Software Engineering
5 40 (7.71%) Agile
6 39 (7.51%) Time Management
7 29 (5.59%) PLM
8 28 (5.39%) Software Testing
9 27 (5.20%) 3D Modelling
10 22 (4.24%) Customer Requirements
10 22 (4.24%) ERP
11 21 (4.05%) Computer Science
12 20 (3.85%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (3.85%) Project Delivery
13 19 (3.66%) Logistics
14 18 (3.47%) Physics
15 17 (3.28%) Validation
16 16 (3.08%) Architectural Design
17 14 (2.70%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 42 (8.09%) C#
2 39 (7.51%) C++
3 30 (5.78%) C
4 14 (2.70%) JavaScript
5 13 (2.50%) SQL
5 13 (2.50%) TypeScript
6 8 (1.54%) MATLAB
6 8 (1.54%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.35%) Java
7 7 (1.35%) Python
8 6 (1.16%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.96%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.77%) Assembly Language
10 4 (0.77%) PHP
11 3 (0.58%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.19%) Bash
12 1 (0.19%) Fortran
12 1 (0.19%) Ladder Logic
12 1 (0.19%) Perl
Qualifications
1 119 (22.93%) Degree
2 37 (7.13%) Security Cleared
3 30 (5.78%) HND
4 26 (5.01%) HNC
5 9 (1.73%) SC Cleared
6 8 (1.54%) PhD
7 7 (1.35%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.16%) CTC Cleared
9 5 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.96%) MCAD
10 3 (0.58%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.19%) CCNP
11 1 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.19%) MCSA
11 1 (0.19%) MCSE
11 1 (0.19%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.31%) GDPR
2 6 (1.16%) NCSC
3 5 (0.96%) ISO 9001
3 5 (0.96%) QA
4 4 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.77%) IEC 61131
4 4 (0.77%) JTAG
System Software
1 6 (1.16%) Active Directory
1 6 (1.16%) Firmware
2 2 (0.39%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (3.47%) Ansible
2 3 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.19%) SCCM
3 1 (0.19%) SCOM
3 1 (0.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 74 (14.26%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.24%) SAP
3 13 (2.50%) Siemens
4 10 (1.93%) EMC
4 10 (1.93%) Progress
5 9 (1.73%) Google
6 8 (1.54%) Adobe
7 6 (1.16%) ANSYS
8 5 (0.96%) ServiceNow
8 5 (0.96%) Vectorworks
9 3 (0.58%) Autodesk
9 3 (0.58%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.39%) Acronis
10 2 (0.39%) Dell
10 2 (0.39%) EqualLogic
10 2 (0.39%) IFS
10 2 (0.39%) Mitel
10 2 (0.39%) PTC
10 2 (0.39%) Symantec
10 2 (0.39%) Synology