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 17 May 2025, 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 724 867 956
Rank change year-on-year +143 +89 +269
Permanent jobs citing Cadence 6 32 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.032% 0.014%
As % of the Vendors category 0.028% 0.088% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 11
10th Percentile £51,000 - £47,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -37.93% +11.54%
75th Percentile £67,500 £52,250 £81,875
90th Percentile £97,500 £55,100 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -37.93% +11.54%

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 21,421 36,310 41,733
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 38.37% 36.43% 41.90%
Number of salaries quoted 11,996 24,867 23,861
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,700 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,250 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,600 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +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 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cadence in the UK

Cadence
Top 5 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 17 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
UK excluding London +154 6 £55,000 +22.22% 39
England +114 5 £55,000 +1.85% 33
South East +88 5 £55,000 +1.85% 10
Work from Home +131 3 £55,000 +1.85% 22
Scotland - 1 - - 6

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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) OrCAD
1 1 (16.67%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Eclipse
2 1 (16.67%) LabVIEW
General
1 3 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (33.33%) Electronics
3 1 (16.67%) Advertising
3 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Design Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) PCB Design Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) PCB Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (16.67%) ASIC
2 1 (16.67%) ASIC Verification
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) FPGA
2 1 (16.67%) NVMe
2 1 (16.67%) PCIe
2 1 (16.67%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Data Collection
2 1 (16.67%) Electronic Design Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
2 1 (16.67%) Test Planning
2 1 (16.67%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C
2 3 (50.00%) C++
2 3 (50.00%) Embedded C++
3 2 (33.33%) Python
4 1 (16.67%) MATLAB
4 1 (16.67%) Perl
4 1 (16.67%) SystemVerilog
4 1 (16.67%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) EMC
1 1 (16.67%) Siemens
1 1 (16.67%) Synopsys