Cadence Design Systems OrCAD
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for OrCAD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited OrCAD over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 711 1048 1074
Rank change year-on-year +337 +26 -320
Permanent jobs citing OrCAD 19 24 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.036% 0.020% 0.005%
As % of the Applications category 0.44% 0.21% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 13 2 6
10th Percentile £27,500 £48,000 £46,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% +7.84% +20.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £63,750 £54,750
90th Percentile - £66,000 £61,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +36.36% +7.84% -0.49%

All Software Application Skills
UK

OrCAD is in the Software Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 4,274 11,266 10,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.07% 9.17% 8.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,993 6,304 6,780
10th Percentile £25,124 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.61% +4.55% +3.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,200 £78,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -2.60% +2.67% -

OrCAD
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for OrCAD in the UK

OrCAD
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for OrCAD in the UK

OrCAD
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing OrCAD over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for OrCAD in the UK

OrCAD
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OrCAD within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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 +328 19 £75,000 +36.36% 18
UK excluding London +237 19 £75,000 +36.36% 17
Work from Home +233 13 £85,000 - 4
South East +147 8 £63,856 - 11
East of England +106 6 £55,000 -8.33% 5
South West - 5 £85,000 - 2

OrCAD
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 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (5.26%) 2G
2 1 (5.26%) 3G
2 1 (5.26%) 4G
2 1 (5.26%) 5G
2 1 (5.26%) Bluetooth
2 1 (5.26%) Ethernet
2 1 (5.26%) LTE
2 1 (5.26%) Modbus
2 1 (5.26%) MQTT
2 1 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (5.26%) Wireless
2 1 (5.26%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (10.53%) Visual Studio
3 1 (5.26%) JIRA
3 1 (5.26%) Subversion
General
1 19 (100.00%) Electronics
2 13 (68.42%) Manufacturing
3 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
4 5 (26.32%) Automotive
4 5 (26.32%) Finance
4 5 (26.32%) Military
5 4 (21.05%) Marketing
5 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
5 4 (21.05%) Telecoms
6 3 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (5.26%) Aerospace
7 1 (5.26%) Avionics
7 1 (5.26%) Games
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Senior
2 6 (31.58%) Electronics Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Design Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Hardware Design Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Hardware Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Lead
3 5 (26.32%) Lead Systems Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Senior Design Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Senior Hardware Design Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Senior Hardware Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Electrical Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Graduate
5 2 (10.53%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Embedded Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Electronics Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Junior
6 1 (5.26%) Junior Embedded Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) EDI
2 2 (10.53%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 12 (63.16%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (26.32%) FPGA
2 5 (26.32%) VHDL
3 3 (15.79%) Grid Computing
4 2 (10.53%) Analogue Electronics
4 2 (10.53%) IoT
4 2 (10.53%) Verilog
5 1 (5.26%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (5.26%) NB-IoT
5 1 (5.26%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Linux
2 3 (15.79%) Unix
2 3 (15.79%) Windows
3 1 (5.26%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) CAD
1 8 (42.11%) Coaching
2 7 (36.84%) Customer Requirements
2 7 (36.84%) Schematic Capture
3 5 (26.32%) Configuration Management
3 5 (26.32%) Digital Signal Processing
3 5 (26.32%) FPGA Design
3 5 (26.32%) Project Management
3 5 (26.32%) Requirements Management
3 5 (26.32%) Risk Management
3 5 (26.32%) Signal Processing
3 5 (26.32%) Software Engineering
3 5 (26.32%) SysML
3 5 (26.32%) Systems Engineering
3 5 (26.32%) UML
3 5 (26.32%) Use Case
3 5 (26.32%) Validation
4 4 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (21.05%) Digital Marketing
4 4 (21.05%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) C
2 7 (36.84%) MATLAB
3 4 (21.05%) Assembly Language
3 4 (21.05%) C++
4 3 (15.79%) Delphi
4 3 (15.79%) Pascal
5 2 (10.53%) Embedded C++
6 1 (5.26%) C#
6 1 (5.26%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 13 (68.42%) Degree
2 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
2 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (15.79%) DBS Check
4 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) QA
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Firmware
2 2 (10.53%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Cadence
1 7 (36.84%) SAP
2 6 (31.58%) EMC
2 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.79%) Sun