SOLIDWORKS Job Trends

Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SOLIDWORKS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 611 677 641
Rank change year-on-year +66 -36 +353
Permanent jobs citing SOLIDWORKS 42 22 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.070% 0.041% 0.14%
As % of the Applications category 0.74% 0.40% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 22 14 18
10th Percentile £30,250 £37,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £36,813 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £65,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -40.38% +26.83% +36.67%
75th Percentile £52,500 £76,063 £69,688
90th Percentile £66,132 £77,250 £84,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 £53,704 £52,500
% change year-on-year -28.31% +2.29% +40.00%

All Software Application Skills
UK

SOLIDWORKS falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 5,639 5,533 4,477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.40% 10.34% 8.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,282 2,031 3,180
10th Percentile £26,563 £28,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,683 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +15.60% -9.69%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +21.62% -1.33%

SOLIDWORKS
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOLIDWORKS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SOLIDWORKS job vacancy trend in the UK

SOLIDWORKS
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SOLIDWORKS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SOLIDWORKS

SOLIDWORKS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOLIDWORKS over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 2026. 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 +84 42 £38,750 -40.38% 13
UK excluding London +81 41 £38,500 -28.31% 13
North of England +20 18 £30,500 - 4
Midlands +38 17 £38,500 -3.75% 4
West Midlands - 14 £38,500 - 2
Yorkshire - 10 £30,500 - 3
North West +21 8 £51,636 - 1
South East +35 4 £50,000 +5.26% 1
East Midlands -5 3 £60,000 +50.00% 2
East of England +24 2 £56,250 -13.46% 2
Work from Home +58 1 £37,500 -21.05% 5
London +50 1 £82,500 +7.84%

SOLIDWORKS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 31 (73.81%) AutoCAD
2 18 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (19.05%) MS Visio
4 5 (11.90%) Siemens NX
5 4 (9.52%) Autodesk Inventor
5 4 (9.52%) CATIA
6 3 (7.14%) Windchill
7 2 (4.76%) PTC Creo
8 1 (2.38%) 3ds Max
8 1 (2.38%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (2.38%) Blender
8 1 (2.38%) CINEMA 4D
8 1 (2.38%) Fusion 360
8 1 (2.38%) Maya
8 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
8 1 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Sage 200
2 3 (7.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.14%) Azure
General
1 20 (47.62%) Manufacturing
2 8 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.90%) Social Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Retail
5 2 (4.76%) Advertising
5 2 (4.76%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.76%) Automotive
6 1 (2.38%) Agriculture
6 1 (2.38%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (42.86%) Support Engineer
1 18 (42.86%) Technical Engineer
1 18 (42.86%) Technical Support
1 18 (42.86%) Technical Support Engineer
2 8 (19.05%) Automation Engineer
2 8 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (19.05%) Manufacturing Engineer
2 8 (19.05%) Principal Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Graduate
3 4 (9.52%) Graduate Support Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Graduate Technical Engineer
3 4 (9.52%) Graduate Technical Support
3 4 (9.52%) Software Support Engineer
4 3 (7.14%) Applications Specialist
4 3 (7.14%) CAD Specialist
5 1 (2.38%) Design Engineer
5 1 (2.38%) Lead
5 1 (2.38%) Mechanical Engineer
5 1 (2.38%) Product Manager
5 1 (2.38%) RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (19.05%) CSS
2 1 (2.38%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (2.38%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) Onboarding
2 4 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.38%) Animation
3 1 (2.38%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (2.38%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.38%) PMI
3 1 (2.38%) Social Media
3 1 (2.38%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.14%) Windows
1 3 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (59.52%) CAD
2 16 (38.10%) Project Management
3 13 (30.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 12 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (21.43%) Visualisation
6 8 (19.05%) Business Case
6 8 (19.05%) Facilities Management
6 8 (19.05%) Manufacturing Engineering
6 8 (19.05%) Preventative Maintenance
6 8 (19.05%) Process Improvement
6 8 (19.05%) Project Delivery
6 8 (19.05%) Reverse Engineering
6 8 (19.05%) Six Sigma
6 8 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (16.67%) Prototyping
8 4 (9.52%) Customer Engagement
8 4 (9.52%) ERP
8 4 (9.52%) Software Engineering
9 3 (7.14%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.52%) C#
1 4 (9.52%) Delphi
2 3 (7.14%) Bash
2 3 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.14%) Python
2 3 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (69.05%) Degree
2 9 (21.43%) BPSS Clearance
2 9 (21.43%) HNC
3 8 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (19.05%) RIBA
4 1 (2.38%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (19.05%) IEC 61131
2 4 (9.52%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 20 (47.62%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.52%) Autodesk
2 4 (9.52%) Sage
3 1 (2.38%) Siemens