CAE Job Trends in the West Midlands

Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring CAE skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 204 160
Rank change year-on-year +46 -44 -72
Permanent jobs citing CAE 4 8 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.13% 0.15% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.18% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 12
10th Percentile - - £44,948
25th Percentile £72,500 £62,500 £45,600
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £52,150
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +24.64% +13.37%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £53,525
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £52,150
% change year-on-year +20.00% +19.85% +13.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

CAE falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,770 4,479 3,373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 86.94% 81.96% 93.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,714 2,098 2,671
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,189 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £64,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year -8.33% -0.41% +0.42%

CAE
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CAE relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

CAE job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

CAE
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CAE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing CAE

CAE
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAE within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Coventry +8 4 £75,000 - 4
CAE
England

CAE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Commercial Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) CRM
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (25.00%) Business Development
2 1 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Master's Degree