Cadence Job Trends

Cadence
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Cadence products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cadence over the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Cadence Design Systems.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 643 694 725
Rank change year-on-year +51 +31 +262
Permanent jobs citing Cadence 7 5 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.011% 0.009% 0.020%
As % of the Vendors category 0.037% 0.025% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,000 - £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £78,750 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £94,500 - £74,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -13.04% +4.55%

All Vendors
UK

Cadence falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,010 19,701 23,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.09% 37.24% 38.97%
Number of salaries quoted 10,624 9,947 18,212
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,536 £27,760
25th Percentile £33,500 £42,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £57,443 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +6.38% -6.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £71,757
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £50,055 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.09% +5.38% -5.00%

Cadence
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cadence relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cadence job vacancy trend in the UK

Cadence
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cadence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cadence

Cadence
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cadence over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cadence in the UK

Cadence
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cadence within the UK over the 6 months to 20 January 2026. 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 +70 6 £62,500 +25.00% 8
UK excluding London +54 6 £60,000 +20.00% 7
Work from Home +65 3 £60,000 +20.00% 5
South East +27 3 £60,000 +20.00% 1
East of England - 2 £65,000 - 4
Scotland - 1 - -
London - 1 £100,000 - 1

Cadence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) OrCAD
1 2 (28.57%) Simulink
General
1 3 (42.86%) Electronics
1 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Design Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) IC Design Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Electronics Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Electronics Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Analogue Design Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Analogue IC Design Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Analogue IC Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Analogue Design Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Design Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Verification Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Verification Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management Specialist
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Analogue Electronics
1 1 (14.29%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Power Management
2 2 (28.57%) IC Design
2 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (14.29%) AI
3 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Internal Audit
3 1 (14.29%) IT Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (14.29%) Schematic Capture
3 1 (14.29%) Security Operations
3 1 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) Time Management
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) MATLAB
1 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) CISM
2 1 (14.29%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) GIAC
2 1 (14.29%) GSEC
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 1 (14.29%) OSCP
2 1 (14.29%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) EMC
2 1 (14.29%) Synopsys