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 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 874 931 1222
Rank change year-on-year +57 +291 -335
Permanent jobs citing OrCAD 22 39 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.037% 0.006%
As % of the Applications category 0.23% 0.42% 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 19 10 5
10th Percentile £36,750 - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +13.04% +21.05%
75th Percentile £61,250 - £61,250
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -26.92% +13.04% +8.49%

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 9,754 9,239 13,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.95% 8.83% 8.47%
Number of salaries quoted 6,111 5,038 7,125
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £44,666 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.04% -0.74% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,250 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -3.85% -1.89%

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for OrCAD in the UK

OrCAD
Top 5 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 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 +96 22 £47,500 -26.92% 13
UK excluding London -3 22 £47,500 -26.92% 14
Work from Home +71 17 £47,500 -26.92% 5
South East +43 13 £52,500 - 10
South West +7 9 £40,000 - 3

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 5 (22.73%) SOLIDWORKS
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (59.09%) Ethernet
2 5 (22.73%) RS-232
3 4 (18.18%) 3G
3 4 (18.18%) 4G
3 4 (18.18%) GPRS
3 4 (18.18%) Modbus
3 4 (18.18%) Wireless
4 1 (4.55%) Bluetooth
4 1 (4.55%) LTE
4 1 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (4.55%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) LabVIEW
2 4 (18.18%) Eclipse
2 4 (18.18%) JIRA
2 4 (18.18%) Subversion
General
1 12 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (50.00%) Electronics
2 11 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 9 (40.91%) Aerospace
4 6 (27.27%) Finance
5 5 (22.73%) Aviation
5 5 (22.73%) Avionics
5 5 (22.73%) Marketing
5 5 (22.73%) Military
5 5 (22.73%) Public Sector
5 5 (22.73%) Telecoms
6 4 (18.18%) Automotive
7 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (72.73%) Hardware Engineer
2 10 (45.45%) Senior
3 7 (31.82%) Senior Hardware Engineer
4 6 (27.27%) Electronics Engineer
5 4 (18.18%) Analogue Hardware Engineer
5 4 (18.18%) Digital Hardware Engineer
6 3 (13.64%) Embedded Engineer
6 3 (13.64%) Senior Electronics Engineer
7 2 (9.09%) Graduate
7 2 (9.09%) Graduate Electronics Engineer
7 2 (9.09%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 1 (4.55%) Design Engineer
8 1 (4.55%) Electronics Design Engineer
8 1 (4.55%) Graduate Design Engineer
8 1 (4.55%) Junior
8 1 (4.55%) Junior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 12 (54.55%) FPGA
1 12 (54.55%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (31.82%) PCIe
3 5 (22.73%) Analogue Electronics
3 5 (22.73%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (22.73%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (22.73%) IoT
4 4 (18.18%) ARM Cortex
4 4 (18.18%) NB-IoT
5 1 (4.55%) SystemC
5 1 (4.55%) Verilog
5 1 (4.55%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 9 (40.91%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Validation
2 12 (54.55%) Schematic Capture
3 10 (45.45%) Customer Requirements
4 8 (36.36%) Software Engineering
5 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (22.73%) Coaching
6 5 (22.73%) Commercialisation
6 5 (22.73%) Digital Marketing
6 5 (22.73%) FPGA Design
6 5 (22.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (22.73%) Logistics
6 5 (22.73%) Mentoring
6 5 (22.73%) Physics
6 5 (22.73%) Programme Management
7 4 (18.18%) CAD
7 4 (18.18%) Prototyping
8 1 (4.55%) Design for Manufacturing
8 1 (4.55%) Power Management
8 1 (4.55%) Product Requirements
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) C++
2 4 (18.18%) Assembly Language
2 4 (18.18%) C#
3 1 (4.55%) C
Qualifications
1 17 (77.27%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) IEC 61131
1 4 (18.18%) JTAG
System Software
1 8 (36.36%) Firmware
2 1 (4.55%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 12 (54.55%) EMC
2 5 (22.73%) SAP
3 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.55%) Autodesk
4 1 (4.55%) CA
4 1 (4.55%) NCR