CAD Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring CAD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited CAD over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 391 515 594
Rank change year-on-year +124 +79 +156
Permanent jobs citing CAD 26 69 83
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.20% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.22% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 19 53 37
10th Percentile £25,500 £32,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £64,375 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,500 £75,750 £66,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% +20.00% -14.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

CAD falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,134 30,993 40,912
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.17% 91.62% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,780 23,560 28,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CAD trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CAD.

CAD salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CAD over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

CAD salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (7.69%) Kinematics
Applications
1 6 (23.08%) SOLIDWORKS
2 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (7.69%) AutoCAD
3 2 (7.69%) Autodesk Inventor
3 2 (7.69%) CATIA
4 1 (3.85%) MicroStation
4 1 (3.85%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (19.23%) RS-485
2 3 (11.54%) Firewall
2 3 (11.54%) HTTP
2 3 (11.54%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.85%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) LabVIEW
General
1 13 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (46.15%) Electronics
3 10 (38.46%) Manufacturing
4 5 (19.23%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (11.54%) Public Sector
6 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (7.69%) Finance
6 2 (7.69%) Marketing
6 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (57.69%) Senior
2 5 (19.23%) Electronics Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Hardware Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Senior Electronics Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Senior Hardware Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Development Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Senior Development Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Senior Test Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Test Development Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Test Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) 1st Line Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Robotics Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Design Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Mechanical Design Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Mechanical Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Applications Manager
6 1 (3.85%) CAD Technician
6 1 (3.85%) Developer
6 1 (3.85%) Python Developer
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (19.23%) .NET
2 1 (3.85%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 10 (38.46%) FPGA
1 10 (38.46%) Life Science
2 9 (34.62%) Analogue Electronics
3 7 (26.92%) Algorithms
4 5 (19.23%) Verilog
4 5 (19.23%) VHDL
5 3 (11.54%) Data Centre
5 3 (11.54%) Driving Licence
5 3 (11.54%) Robotics
5 3 (11.54%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (7.69%) 3D Printing
6 2 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (7.69%) LIMS
6 2 (7.69%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (3.85%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Linux
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
1 3 (11.54%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.85%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (23.08%) Regulatory Compliance
4 5 (19.23%) Architectural Design
4 5 (19.23%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (19.23%) Physics
4 5 (19.23%) Schematic Capture
4 5 (19.23%) Signal Processing
5 4 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
5 4 (15.38%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (15.38%) Test Automation
6 3 (11.54%) Containerisation
6 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (11.54%) Hardware Maintenance
7 2 (7.69%) Line Management
7 2 (7.69%) Rapid Prototyping
7 2 (7.69%) Safety Engineering
7 2 (7.69%) Software Architecture
7 2 (7.69%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 14 (53.85%) C
2 12 (46.15%) C++
3 11 (42.31%) Python
4 5 (19.23%) C#
4 5 (19.23%) Java
5 4 (15.38%) Embedded C
6 3 (11.54%) Bash
6 3 (11.54%) PowerShell
6 3 (11.54%) SQL
7 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) Degree
2 4 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (11.54%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.85%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Firmware
2 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) EMC
2 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.69%) Autodesk
3 2 (7.69%) SAP