Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 346 536 894
Rank change year-on-year +190 +358 -119
Permanent jobs citing CAD 834 426 403
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.77% 0.46% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 0.48% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 428 109 253
10th Percentile £26,175 £22,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £26,250 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +20.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £63,750 £53,000
90th Percentile £62,875 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -9.09% +17.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89,730 89,109 165,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.44% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 62,034 53,947 83,947
10th Percentile £29,500 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CAD in the UK

CAD
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for CAD in the UK

CAD
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAD over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for CAD in the UK

CAD
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the UK over the 6 months to 8 June 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
England +216 798 £45,000 +12.50% 758
UK excluding London +144 748 £45,000 +12.50% 707
Midlands +79 293 £40,000 - 180
South East +1 158 £43,260 +39.55% 155
East Midlands +77 147 £40,000 -15.79% 67
West Midlands +31 146 £45,000 +28.57% 113
East of England +81 135 £50,000 - 89
North of England +66 91 £40,000 +9.59% 143
Work from Home +47 84 £50,000 -6.98% 155
London +117 65 £50,000 -28.57% 72
South West -1 52 £42,500 -38.18% 115
Yorkshire +94 48 £35,000 +59.09% 51
North West +18 41 £45,000 -35.71% 73
Northern Ireland - 9 £27,000 - 5
Wales -6 6 £28,000 -49.09% 15
Scotland -61 4 - - 40
North East - 2 £32,500 - 19

CAD
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 3 (0.36%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.24%) CMS
2 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.24%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 295 (35.37%) Microsoft Office
2 256 (30.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 91 (10.91%) AutoCAD
4 33 (3.96%) Revit
5 28 (3.36%) SOLIDWORKS
6 15 (1.80%) Microsoft Project
7 14 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 10 (1.20%) Solid Edge
9 9 (1.08%) Autodesk Inventor
10 8 (0.96%) Photoshop
11 7 (0.84%) MS Visio
12 6 (0.72%) Adobe Illustrator
12 6 (0.72%) Siemens NX
13 5 (0.60%) InDesign
14 4 (0.48%) OrCAD
15 3 (0.36%) Fusion 360
16 2 (0.24%) CATIA
16 2 (0.24%) Simulink
17 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
17 1 (0.12%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 15 (1.80%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 17 (2.04%) AWS
2 10 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (0.84%) SaaS
4 4 (0.48%) Azure
5 3 (0.36%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.24%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.12%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (0.12%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.12%) Amazon Neptune
7 1 (0.12%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.12%) AWS CodePipeline
7 1 (0.12%) GCP
7 1 (0.12%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.12%) TCP/IP
2 5 (0.60%) Wireless
3 4 (0.48%) 3G
3 4 (0.48%) 4G
3 4 (0.48%) GPRS
3 4 (0.48%) Modbus
3 4 (0.48%) Network Security
4 3 (0.36%) Bluetooth
4 3 (0.36%) Firewall
4 3 (0.36%) FlexRay
4 3 (0.36%) MPLS
4 3 (0.36%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.36%) VoIP
4 3 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.36%) WLAN
5 2 (0.24%) DHCP
5 2 (0.24%) DNS
5 2 (0.24%) Skype
5 2 (0.24%) VLAN
5 2 (0.24%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.20%) SQL Server
2 5 (0.60%) Metadata
3 3 (0.36%) GIS
3 3 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.36%) Power BI
4 2 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (0.24%) QGIS
5 1 (0.12%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.12%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.12%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 6 (0.72%) Subversion
2 5 (0.60%) JIRA
2 5 (0.60%) LabVIEW
3 4 (0.48%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.12%) Git
General
1 281 (33.69%) Analytical Skills
2 265 (31.77%) Finance
3 254 (30.46%) Marketing
3 254 (30.46%) Retail
4 136 (16.31%) Manufacturing
5 112 (13.43%) Social Skills
6 42 (5.04%) Aerospace
7 39 (4.68%) Electronics
8 32 (3.84%) Legal
9 30 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (2.88%) Games
11 19 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.68%) Automotive
13 11 (1.32%) Fire and Rescue
14 9 (1.08%) Public Sector
14 9 (1.08%) Telecoms
15 8 (0.96%) Local Government
15 8 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (0.72%) Banking
Job Titles
1 176 (21.10%) Development Manager
2 98 (11.75%) Senior
3 97 (11.63%) Programmer
4 60 (7.19%) Project Manager
5 50 (6.00%) Architect
6 49 (5.88%) Developer
7 46 (5.52%) Designer
8 32 (3.84%) CAD Designer
8 32 (3.84%) Junior
8 32 (3.84%) Software Engineer
9 29 (3.48%) CAD Technician
10 28 (3.36%) Analyst
10 28 (3.36%) Solutions Architect
11 27 (3.24%) Hardware Engineer
11 27 (3.24%) Lead
12 24 (2.88%) Business Architect
12 24 (2.88%) Business Solution Architect
12 24 (2.88%) Senior Hardware Engineer
13 22 (2.64%) RF Engineer
13 22 (2.64%) Senior RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.64%) .NET
1 22 (2.64%) XML
2 17 (2.04%) JSON
2 17 (2.04%) JSON Schema
2 17 (2.04%) KML
3 14 (1.68%) DirectX
3 14 (1.68%) OpenGL
3 14 (1.68%) Regular Expression
4 13 (1.56%) ASP.NET
5 12 (1.44%) Node.js
5 12 (1.44%) XML Schema
6 9 (1.08%) ASP.NET Core
6 9 (1.08%) HTML
6 9 (1.08%) Itk
7 8 (0.96%) React
8 6 (0.72%) .NET Core
8 6 (0.72%) Unreal Engine
9 5 (0.60%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.60%) Web Services
10 4 (0.48%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 40 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
2 30 (3.60%) Driving Licence
3 29 (3.48%) IoT
4 16 (1.92%) Home Automation
4 16 (1.92%) Smart Home
5 15 (1.80%) Housing Association
6 13 (1.56%) Renewable Energy
7 10 (1.20%) 3D Graphics
7 10 (1.20%) Animation
8 9 (1.08%) Robotics
9 8 (0.96%) Graphic Design
9 8 (0.96%) Virtual Team
10 7 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.72%) Analogue Electronics
11 6 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.60%) Legacy Applications
12 5 (0.60%) Management Information System
13 4 (0.48%) Embedded Systems
13 4 (0.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (0.48%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.12%) Linux
2 25 (3.00%) Windows
3 8 (0.96%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (0.36%) Android
5 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (31.89%) Agile
2 247 (29.62%) Customer Requirements
3 244 (29.26%) Logistics
4 233 (27.94%) Data Management
5 228 (27.34%) Business Development
5 228 (27.34%) Commercial Awareness
6 227 (27.22%) Facilities Management
7 225 (26.98%) Financial Modelling
8 90 (10.79%) Problem-Solving
9 88 (10.55%) Project Management
10 57 (6.83%) Customer Service
11 43 (5.16%) Mathematics
11 43 (5.16%) Software Engineering
12 42 (5.04%) Time Management
13 32 (3.84%) PLM
14 29 (3.48%) 3D Modelling
15 27 (3.24%) Software Testing
16 22 (2.64%) Computer Science
17 21 (2.52%) Continuous Improvement
17 21 (2.52%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 44 (5.28%) C#
2 38 (4.56%) C++
3 30 (3.60%) C
4 13 (1.56%) JavaScript
4 13 (1.56%) SQL
5 12 (1.44%) TypeScript
6 7 (0.84%) Java
6 7 (0.84%) PowerShell
6 7 (0.84%) Python
7 6 (0.72%) MATLAB
7 6 (0.72%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.60%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.48%) Assembly Language
9 4 (0.48%) PHP
10 3 (0.36%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.12%) Fortran
11 1 (0.12%) Ladder Logic
11 1 (0.12%) Perl
Qualifications
1 128 (15.35%) Degree
2 49 (5.88%) Security Cleared
3 31 (3.72%) HND
4 27 (3.24%) HNC
5 13 (1.56%) PhD
6 11 (1.32%) DV Cleared
7 8 (0.96%) SC Cleared
8 7 (0.84%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (0.72%) CTC Cleared
9 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.60%) MCAD
11 3 (0.36%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.12%) CCNP
12 1 (0.12%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.12%) CWNA
12 1 (0.12%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.12%) MCTS
12 1 (0.12%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.44%) GDPR
2 6 (0.72%) NCSC
3 5 (0.60%) ISO 9001
3 5 (0.60%) QA
4 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.48%) IEC 61131
4 4 (0.48%) JTAG
5 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (0.96%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.48%) Firmware
3 3 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.24%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (2.04%) Ansible
2 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (0.24%) WSUS
3 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 305 (36.57%) Microsoft
2 20 (2.40%) SAP
3 14 (1.68%) Siemens
4 13 (1.56%) Google
5 10 (1.20%) ANSYS
5 10 (1.20%) EMC
5 10 (1.20%) Progress
6 8 (0.96%) Adobe
7 6 (0.72%) ServiceNow
8 5 (0.60%) Vectorworks
9 4 (0.48%) Autodesk
10 3 (0.36%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.36%) VMware
11 2 (0.24%) Acronis
11 2 (0.24%) Allen-Bradley
11 2 (0.24%) EqualLogic
11 2 (0.24%) IFS
11 2 (0.24%) Mitel
11 2 (0.24%) Symantec
11 2 (0.24%) Synology