CAD Jobs in the Midlands

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 193 221
Rank change year-on-year +51 +28 +48
Permanent jobs citing CAD 200 129 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.58% 1.45% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 1.51% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 99 15 80
10th Percentile £29,900 £26,250 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +17.33%
75th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £48,000
90th Percentile £56,750 £63,750 £49,400
England median annual salary £45,000 £36,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +23.29% -18.89% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,206 8,561 10,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.43% 96.55% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 7,378 4,406 6,965
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £62,238 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for CAD in the Midlands

CAD
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for CAD in the Midlands

CAD
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAD in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CAD in the Midlands

CAD
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
West Midlands +3 105 £45,000 +28.57% 115
East Midlands +57 95 £40,000 -15.79% 69
CAD
England

CAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 77 (38.50%) Microsoft Office
2 60 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (5.50%) AutoCAD
4 4 (2.00%) Autodesk Inventor
4 4 (2.00%) SOLIDWORKS
5 3 (1.50%) Revit
5 3 (1.50%) Simulink
6 1 (0.50%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.50%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.50%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.50%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.50%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.50%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 9 (4.50%) AWS
2 3 (1.50%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.50%) Amazon Cognito
3 1 (0.50%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (0.50%) Amazon Neptune
3 1 (0.50%) Amazon S3
3 1 (0.50%) AWS CodePipeline
3 1 (0.50%) Azure
3 1 (0.50%) GCP
3 1 (0.50%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.50%) FlexRay
2 1 (0.50%) Broadband
2 1 (0.50%) Firewall
2 1 (0.50%) GPON
2 1 (0.50%) LAN
2 1 (0.50%) MPLS
2 1 (0.50%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.50%) VoIP
2 1 (0.50%) WAN
2 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.50%) Wireless
2 1 (0.50%) WLAN
2 1 (0.50%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.50%) Power BI
3 1 (0.50%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.50%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.50%) Git
2 1 (0.50%) JIRA
General
1 71 (35.50%) Finance
2 66 (33.00%) Retail
3 61 (30.50%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (29.50%) Marketing
5 26 (13.00%) Manufacturing
6 15 (7.50%) Social Skills
7 6 (3.00%) Automotive
7 6 (3.00%) Games
7 6 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.00%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (1.00%) Legal
9 1 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (14.50%) Programmer
2 20 (10.00%) Development Manager
3 18 (9.00%) Architect
3 18 (9.00%) Developer
4 17 (8.50%) Project Manager
5 16 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
6 15 (7.50%) Business Architect
6 15 (7.50%) Business Solution Architect
7 14 (7.00%) CAD Developer
7 14 (7.00%) Lead
8 12 (6.00%) CAD Engineer
8 12 (6.00%) Senior
8 12 (6.00%) Systems Engineer
9 11 (5.50%) 3D Developer
10 10 (5.00%) Software Engineer
11 9 (4.50%) Senior Developer
12 7 (3.50%) PLC Engineer
12 7 (3.50%) PLC Software Engineer
13 5 (2.50%) CAD Technician
14 4 (2.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.00%) .NET
2 11 (5.50%) ASP.NET
3 9 (4.50%) ASP.NET Core
4 3 (1.50%) .NET Core
4 3 (1.50%) DirectX
4 3 (1.50%) OpenGL
5 1 (0.50%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.50%) AWS Amplify
5 1 (0.50%) Express.js
5 1 (0.50%) Node.js
5 1 (0.50%) React
5 1 (0.50%) React Native
5 1 (0.50%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.50%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.50%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (7.00%) Driving Licence
3 4 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (2.00%) Robotics
4 3 (1.50%) 3D Graphics
4 3 (1.50%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (1.00%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.50%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.50%) IoT
6 1 (0.50%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.50%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.50%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (32.00%) Agile
1 64 (32.00%) Logistics
2 61 (30.50%) Customer Requirements
3 55 (27.50%) Business Development
3 55 (27.50%) Commercial Awareness
3 55 (27.50%) Data Management
3 55 (27.50%) Facilities Management
3 55 (27.50%) Financial Modelling
4 25 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 25 (12.50%) Project Management
5 22 (11.00%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (7.00%) Software Engineering
7 11 (5.50%) Mathematics
8 8 (4.00%) Physics
9 7 (3.50%) Validation
10 6 (3.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (2.50%) 3D Modelling
11 5 (2.50%) Computer Science
12 4 (2.00%) Scrum
12 4 (2.00%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.00%) C#
2 6 (3.00%) SQL
3 5 (2.50%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.50%) MATLAB
4 3 (1.50%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.00%) Java
6 1 (0.50%) Ladder Logic
6 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (8.50%) Degree
2 6 (3.00%) HND
3 4 (2.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.50%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.00%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.00%) HNC
5 2 (1.00%) PhD
6 1 (0.50%) CCNP
6 1 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.50%) CWNA
6 1 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 78 (39.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.00%) Siemens
3 3 (1.50%) ANSYS
3 3 (1.50%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.50%) Adobe
4 1 (0.50%) Allen-Bradley
4 1 (0.50%) Aruba
4 1 (0.50%) Cisco
4 1 (0.50%) DevExpress
4 1 (0.50%) Ekahau
4 1 (0.50%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.50%) Google
4 1 (0.50%) Juniper
4 1 (0.50%) Meraki
4 1 (0.50%) MikroTik
4 1 (0.50%) Nokia
4 1 (0.50%) Ruckus Wireless
4 1 (0.50%) Vectorworks
4 1 (0.50%) VMware