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 8 December 2024, 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
8 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 706 677 705
Rank change year-on-year -29 +28 +184
Permanent jobs citing Cadence 60 53 392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.087% 0.10% 0.32%
As % of the Vendors category 0.25% 0.24% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 37 30 160
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,802 £48,310
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,521 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,713 £69,250 £84,046
Median % change year-on-year -16.66% -17.60% +29.30%
75th Percentile £80,100 £87,500 £107,500
90th Percentile - £140,250 £117,236
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% +4.35%

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 24,118 22,101 50,518
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.77% 41.71% 41.13%
Number of salaries quoted 11,668 16,229 29,679
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,942 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,252 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.28% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £91,934 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £49,290 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.44% -1.42% +5.26%

Cadence
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cadence in the UK

Cadence
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cadence in the UK

Cadence
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cadence over the 6 months to 8 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Cadence in the UK

Cadence
Top 10 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 8 December 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 -57 52 £57,713 -16.66% 78
UK excluding London -75 39 £70,000 +7.69% 46
North of England -15 27 £80,100 +28.16% 3
North West -18 27 £80,100 +28.16% 2
Work from Home +12 16 £55,213 -35.04% 57
London -11 13 £57,713 -54.73% 34
South East -56 5 £50,000 -13.04% 20
East of England -59 4 - - 13
West Midlands -40 3 £36,128 - 1
Midlands -52 3 £36,128 -44.42% 4

Cadence
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 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.67%) SAP BPC
2 1 (1.67%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.33%) GitHub
2 1 (1.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.67%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.67%) Data Mining
1 1 (1.67%) Power BI
1 1 (1.67%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (1.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (8.33%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.67%) JIRA
General
1 33 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (20.00%) Finance
3 11 (18.33%) Marketing
4 9 (15.00%) Electronics
5 7 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (10.00%) Games
7 5 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.33%) Law
8 2 (3.33%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.33%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.67%) Retail
9 1 (1.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (16.67%) Product Manager
2 9 (15.00%) Analyst
3 8 (13.33%) Marketing Strategist
3 8 (13.33%) Service Manager
4 7 (11.67%) Change Analyst
4 7 (11.67%) Change and Release Analyst
4 7 (11.67%) Release Analyst
5 6 (10.00%) Developer
6 5 (8.33%) Hardware Engineer
6 5 (8.33%) Head of PMO
6 5 (8.33%) Network Manager
6 5 (8.33%) Network Services Manager
6 5 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (6.67%) Graphics Developer
8 3 (5.00%) Senior
9 2 (3.33%) IT Programme Manager
9 2 (3.33%) Lead
9 2 (3.33%) Lead Developer
9 2 (3.33%) Senior Developer
9 2 (3.33%) Tools Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.67%) Godot
1 4 (6.67%) OpenCL
1 4 (6.67%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 4 (6.67%) Unreal Engine
1 4 (6.67%) Vulkan
2 2 (3.33%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 17 (28.33%) Management Information System
2 8 (13.33%) Social Media
3 7 (11.67%) CMDB
4 6 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (10.00%) Mobile Games
5 5 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (8.33%) Product Ownership
6 4 (6.67%) CUDA
7 2 (3.33%) Animation
8 1 (1.67%) Life Science
8 1 (1.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.00%) Android
1 6 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (51.67%) Agile
2 20 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 18 (30.00%) Roadmaps
4 15 (25.00%) ITIL
5 13 (21.67%) Analytics
5 13 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (20.00%) Product Management
7 11 (18.33%) DevOps
7 11 (18.33%) Service Management
8 10 (16.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 10 (16.67%) Computer Science
8 10 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 10 (16.67%) Line Management
8 10 (16.67%) PLM
8 10 (16.67%) User Research
9 9 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (15.00%) Digital Marketing
10 8 (13.33%) Marketing Strategy
10 8 (13.33%) Programme Management
10 8 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.67%) C++
2 8 (13.33%) Python
3 5 (8.33%) C
4 4 (6.67%) Embedded C++
5 2 (3.33%) Java
6 1 (1.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (35.00%) Degree
2 7 (11.67%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.00%) PMO
2 5 (8.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (8.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.00%) SAP