SOLIDWORKS Jobs

Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring SOLIDWORKS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SOLIDWORKS over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 674 874 946
Rank change year-on-year +200 +72 +241
Permanent jobs citing SOLIDWORKS 35 38 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.063% 0.037% 0.016%
As % of the Applications category 0.54% 0.38% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 12 31 9
10th Percentile £28,898 £29,000 £31,100
25th Percentile £30,662 £37,500 £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% +12.50% -33.33%
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £59,375 £68,750 £66,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +12.50% -33.33%

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 6,516 10,010 8,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.76% 9.69% 8.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3,173 6,054 4,726
10th Percentile £27,250 £24,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,500 £27,965 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% -14.44% -
75th Percentile £60,265 £53,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,000 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +37.14% -6.67% -4.63%

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
England +148 28 £51,250 +13.89% 46
UK excluding London +178 22 £52,500 +16.67% 47
London - 10 £28,898 - 3
North of England +51 9 - - 7
North West +15 8 - - 6
Work from Home +113 6 £52,500 +27.27% 19
South West +96 4 £52,500 +11.11% 6
Scotland - 4 - - 1
South East +83 3 £52,500 -16.00% 11
Midlands +84 2 £32,500 +14.04% 10
East Midlands +47 2 £32,500 +20.37% 5
Yorkshire +53 1 - - 1

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 10 (28.57%) Kinematics
Applications
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (22.86%) Mathcad
3 6 (17.14%) AutoCAD
4 2 (5.71%) Autodesk Inventor
4 2 (5.71%) CATIA
4 2 (5.71%) SketchUp
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) LabVIEW
General
1 27 (77.14%) Manufacturing
2 11 (31.43%) Aerospace
2 11 (31.43%) Aviation
3 9 (25.71%) Social Skills
4 8 (22.86%) Aeronautics
4 8 (22.86%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (14.29%) French Language
5 5 (14.29%) German Language
6 3 (8.57%) Retail
7 1 (2.86%) Automotive
7 1 (2.86%) Electronics
7 1 (2.86%) Finance
7 1 (2.86%) Marketing
7 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (40.00%) Support Engineer
1 14 (40.00%) Technical Engineer
1 14 (40.00%) Technical Support
1 14 (40.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 12 (34.29%) Senior
3 5 (14.29%) Test Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Development Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Senior Development Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Senior Test Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Test Development Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Mechanical Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) CAD Technician
6 2 (5.71%) Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) Design Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Mechanical Design Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Robotics Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Technical Consultant
7 1 (2.86%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Analogue Electronics
2 2 (5.71%) 3D Printing
2 2 (5.71%) CCTV
2 2 (5.71%) Home Automation
2 2 (5.71%) Robotics
2 2 (5.71%) Smart Home
3 1 (2.86%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (2.86%) IoT
3 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (68.57%) CAD
2 11 (31.43%) ERP
3 9 (25.71%) Finite Element Analysis
4 8 (22.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (22.86%) Lean Manufacturing
4 8 (22.86%) Project Management
5 5 (14.29%) Bill of Materials
5 5 (14.29%) Validation
6 4 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (11.43%) Test Automation
7 3 (8.57%) Fluid Mechanics
8 2 (5.71%) Artificial Intelligence
8 2 (5.71%) Motion Control
8 2 (5.71%) Prototyping
8 2 (5.71%) Rapid Prototyping
8 2 (5.71%) Risk Assessment
8 2 (5.71%) Safety Engineering
9 1 (2.86%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (2.86%) Digital Marketing
9 1 (2.86%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (31.43%) VB
2 8 (22.86%) MATLAB
3 4 (11.43%) C
3 4 (11.43%) Embedded C
3 4 (11.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (57.14%) Degree
2 8 (22.86%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 12 (34.29%) SAP
2 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.57%) Twitter
4 2 (5.71%) Autodesk
5 1 (2.86%) ANSYS