Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SOLIDWORKS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SOLIDWORKS 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 858 950 1173
Rank change year-on-year +92 +223 -322
Permanent jobs citing SOLIDWORKS 38 20 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.019% 0.038%
As % of the Applications category 0.39% 0.22% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 32 11 29
10th Percentile £29,100 - £30,265
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £40,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -33.33% +100.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,125 -
90th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £40,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% -33.33% +100.00%

All Software Application Skills
UK

SOLIDWORKS 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%

SOLIDWORKS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SOLIDWORKS in the UK

SOLIDWORKS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SOLIDWORKS in the UK

SOLIDWORKS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOLIDWORKS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SOLIDWORKS in the UK

SOLIDWORKS
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOLIDWORKS 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 +131 38 £43,750 +9.38% 170
UK excluding London +32 38 £43,750 +9.38% 165
South West +10 13 £47,250 - 17
Work from Home +100 12 £41,250 -35.04% 27
North of England +51 10 £45,000 -10.00% 41
Yorkshire +94 8 £45,000 +23.29% 17
South East +34 8 £62,500 +90.84% 36
Midlands +10 4 £28,500 -28.75% 39
East of England +15 3 £42,500 -29.17% 27
West Midlands - 3 £30,000 - 21
North West +11 2 £43,750 -31.10% 20
East Midlands -15 1 £27,000 -32.50% 18

SOLIDWORKS
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 1 (2.63%) Apache
1 1 (2.63%) IIS
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.63%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (26.32%) AutoCAD
1 10 (26.32%) Solid Edge
2 9 (23.68%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (13.16%) OrCAD
4 4 (10.53%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (10.53%) Photoshop
5 2 (5.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (5.26%) Fusion 360
5 2 (5.26%) InDesign
5 2 (5.26%) Revit
6 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (2.63%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) DELMIA
2 1 (2.63%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.79%) AWS
2 1 (2.63%) Azure
2 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.63%) GCP
2 1 (2.63%) IaaS
2 1 (2.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.16%) Ethernet
1 5 (13.16%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) SAP HANA
1 1 (2.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (13.16%) LabVIEW
2 1 (2.63%) Chocolatey
2 1 (2.63%) Git
2 1 (2.63%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (57.89%) Manufacturing
2 16 (42.11%) Social Skills
3 10 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (15.79%) Electronics
4 6 (15.79%) Marketing
5 5 (13.16%) Aerospace
5 5 (13.16%) Aviation
5 5 (13.16%) Legal
5 5 (13.16%) Military
6 3 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (5.26%) Finance
7 2 (5.26%) Retail
8 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (47.37%) Senior
2 13 (34.21%) Applications Engineer
3 11 (28.95%) Senior Applications Engineer
4 6 (15.79%) Analyst
4 6 (15.79%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (13.16%) Hardware Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Designer
6 2 (5.26%) Digital Designer
6 2 (5.26%) Technical Designer
7 1 (2.63%) Automation Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) CAD Draughtsman
7 1 (2.63%) Control Systems Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Design Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Draughtsman
7 1 (2.63%) Electronics Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Firmware Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) PCB Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Senior Design Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (2.63%) XML
1 1 (2.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (31.58%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (15.79%) Analogue Electronics
3 5 (13.16%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (13.16%) FPGA
4 2 (5.26%) Digital Signage
4 2 (5.26%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.63%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.63%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.79%) Linux
2 1 (2.63%) Windows
2 1 (2.63%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (68.42%) CAD
2 18 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (36.84%) Customer Requirements
4 7 (18.42%) ERP
5 6 (15.79%) 3D Modelling
5 6 (15.79%) Analytics
5 6 (15.79%) Data Analysis
5 6 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (15.79%) Mentoring
6 5 (13.16%) Coaching
6 5 (13.16%) Commercialisation
6 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (13.16%) FPGA Design
6 5 (13.16%) Logistics
6 5 (13.16%) Physics
6 5 (13.16%) Project Management
6 5 (13.16%) Validation
7 4 (10.53%) Customer Service
7 4 (10.53%) Finite Element Analysis
7 4 (10.53%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.26%) C#
1 2 (5.26%) VB
2 1 (2.63%) Bash
2 1 (2.63%) C
2 1 (2.63%) C++
2 1 (2.63%) Embedded C
2 1 (2.63%) Embedded C++
2 1 (2.63%) MATLAB
2 1 (2.63%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (44.74%) Degree
2 11 (28.95%) HND
3 4 (10.53%) HNC
4 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.63%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.63%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.63%) MCSA
5 1 (2.63%) MCSE
5 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) QA
System Software
1 6 (15.79%) Firmware
2 1 (2.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (2.63%) Ansible
1 1 (2.63%) SCCM
1 1 (2.63%) SCOM
1 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.53%) Adobe
3 2 (5.26%) SAP
3 2 (5.26%) Siemens
4 1 (2.63%) EMC
4 1 (2.63%) IBM
4 1 (2.63%) MathWorks
4 1 (2.63%) Oracle
4 1 (2.63%) PTC
4 1 (2.63%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.63%) TOWER Software