CAD Jobs in the West Midlands

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for CAD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CAD over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 143 180
Rank change year-on-year -35 +37 +27
Permanent jobs citing CAD 74 133 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.02% 2.02% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 2.09% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 33 6 53
10th Percentile £29,100 £26,250 -
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,813 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -23.91% +22.67%
75th Percentile £55,000 £37,500 £48,000
90th Percentile £65,750 £53,750 £49,400
England median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -22.22% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

CAD is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,033 6,360 6,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.12% 96.80% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,542 3,272 4,767
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,713 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,125 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing CAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for CAD in the West Midlands

CAD
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CAD in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for CAD in the West Midlands

CAD
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAD in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CAD in the West Midlands

CAD
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 CAD within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Birmingham +21 27 £60,000 +71.43% 17
Warwickshire -27 17 £50,000 - 25
Staffordshire - 11 £28,000 - 20
Coventry +36 5 - - 13
Dudley - 4 £31,000 - 3
Shropshire - 2 £41,500 - 4
Solihull -3 1 £45,000 - 4
Wolverhampton - 1 £65,000 - 11
CAD
England

CAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 20 (27.03%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.76%) AutoCAD
3 3 (4.05%) Simulink
3 3 (4.05%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.70%) Revit
5 1 (1.35%) Abaqus
5 1 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.35%) MicroStation
5 1 (1.35%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.35%) ProjectWise
5 1 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.70%) AWS
2 1 (1.35%) Amazon Cognito
2 1 (1.35%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (1.35%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.35%) AWS CodePipeline
2 1 (1.35%) Azure
2 1 (1.35%) GCP
2 1 (1.35%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.05%) FlexRay
2 1 (1.35%) Broadband
2 1 (1.35%) Firewall
2 1 (1.35%) GPON
2 1 (1.35%) LAN
2 1 (1.35%) MPLS
2 1 (1.35%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.35%) VoIP
2 1 (1.35%) WAN
2 1 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.35%) Wireless
2 1 (1.35%) WLAN
2 1 (1.35%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 3 (4.05%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.35%) Git
2 1 (1.35%) JIRA
General
1 21 (28.38%) Manufacturing
2 12 (16.22%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.11%) Automotive
4 5 (6.76%) Finance
5 3 (4.05%) Marketing
6 2 (2.70%) Legal
7 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (18.92%) Lead
2 12 (16.22%) Systems Engineer
3 10 (13.51%) Programmer
4 9 (12.16%) Software Engineer
5 7 (9.46%) PLC Engineer
5 7 (9.46%) PLC Software Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Developer
6 4 (5.41%) Technical Leader
7 3 (4.05%) Architect
7 3 (4.05%) CAD Technician
7 3 (4.05%) IT Engineer
7 3 (4.05%) Senior
8 2 (2.70%) CAD Engineer
8 2 (2.70%) Integration Engineer
8 2 (2.70%) Lead Systems Engineer
8 2 (2.70%) Project Manager
8 2 (2.70%) Service Architect
8 2 (2.70%) ServiceNow Architect
8 2 (2.70%) Technical Manager
8 2 (2.70%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) .NET
1 2 (2.70%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.35%) AWS Amplify
2 1 (1.35%) Node.js
2 1 (1.35%) React
2 1 (1.35%) React Native
2 1 (1.35%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (1.35%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 19 (25.68%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (4.05%) Driving Licence
2 3 (4.05%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (2.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.35%) IoT
4 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.35%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.35%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (33.78%) Customer Service
2 14 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (18.92%) Project Management
3 10 (13.51%) Software Engineering
4 9 (12.16%) Agile
5 7 (9.46%) Validation
6 6 (8.11%) Customer Requirements
7 5 (6.76%) Computer Science
8 4 (5.41%) Change Management
8 4 (5.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (5.41%) Cost Reduction
8 4 (5.41%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 4 (5.41%) E-Procurement
8 4 (5.41%) Mathematics
8 4 (5.41%) Scrum
8 4 (5.41%) Supplier Management
8 4 (5.41%) Technical Leadership
9 3 (4.05%) Bill of Materials
9 3 (4.05%) ITIL
9 3 (4.05%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.41%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.05%) MATLAB
3 2 (2.70%) C#
3 2 (2.70%) Java
4 1 (1.35%) Ladder Logic
4 1 (1.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (18.92%) Degree
2 4 (5.41%) HND
3 3 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.05%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.70%) PhD
4 2 (2.70%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.35%) CCNP
5 1 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.35%) CWNA
5 1 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 21 (28.38%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.81%) Siemens
3 3 (4.05%) ANSYS
3 3 (4.05%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.35%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (1.35%) Aruba
4 1 (1.35%) Cisco
4 1 (1.35%) Ekahau
4 1 (1.35%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.35%) Google
4 1 (1.35%) Juniper
4 1 (1.35%) Meraki
4 1 (1.35%) MikroTik
4 1 (1.35%) Nokia
4 1 (1.35%) Ruckus Wireless
4 1 (1.35%) VMware