CAD Jobs in the UK excluding London

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 302 398 557
Rank change year-on-year +96 +159 +32
Permanent jobs citing CAD 637 389 333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.84% 0.69% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.72% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 348 84 215
10th Percentile £28,000 £22,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £33,688 £25,750 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,250 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -13.07% +17.33%
75th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £51,409
90th Percentile £60,025 £72,500 £60,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,321 53,973 69,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.77% 95.48% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,680 28,676 41,266
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

CAD
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CAD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CAD in the UK excluding London

CAD
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CAD in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for CAD in the UK excluding London

CAD
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CAD in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for CAD in the UK excluding London

CAD
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CAD within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Midlands +67 230 £40,000 - 176
East of England +86 131 £50,000 - 74
South East -39 122 £43,260 +46.64% 143
West Midlands +9 119 £45,000 +28.57% 105
East Midlands +70 111 £40,000 -15.79% 71
North of England +79 85 £40,000 +9.59% 141
South West 0 50 £44,250 -23.04% 91
Yorkshire +85 47 £35,000 +59.09% 49
North West +8 36 £45,000 -35.71% 71
Northern Ireland - 9 £27,000 - 7
Wales -9 6 £28,000 -49.09% 13
Scotland -71 4 - - 33
North East - 2 £32,500 - 21
CAD
UK

CAD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (0.31%) CMS
1 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (0.31%) Exchange Server 2013
1 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.31%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 189 (29.67%) Microsoft Office
2 152 (23.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 80 (12.56%) AutoCAD
4 27 (4.24%) SOLIDWORKS
5 24 (3.77%) Revit
6 15 (2.35%) Microsoft Project
7 10 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 10 (1.57%) Solid Edge
8 7 (1.10%) MS Visio
8 7 (1.10%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.94%) Siemens NX
10 5 (0.78%) Adobe Illustrator
11 4 (0.63%) Autodesk Inventor
11 4 (0.63%) InDesign
11 4 (0.63%) OrCAD
12 3 (0.47%) Simulink
13 2 (0.31%) CATIA
13 2 (0.31%) Fusion 360
14 1 (0.16%) Blender
14 1 (0.16%) SketchUp
Cloud Services
1 17 (2.67%) AWS
2 5 (0.78%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (0.47%) Azure
3 3 (0.47%) Power Platform
3 3 (0.47%) SaaS
4 2 (0.31%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.16%) Amazon Cognito
5 1 (0.16%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.16%) Amazon Neptune
5 1 (0.16%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.16%) AWS CodePipeline
5 1 (0.16%) GCP
5 1 (0.16%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.08%) TCP/IP
2 5 (0.78%) Wireless
3 4 (0.63%) 3G
3 4 (0.63%) 4G
3 4 (0.63%) GPRS
3 4 (0.63%) Modbus
3 4 (0.63%) Network Security
4 3 (0.47%) Bluetooth
4 3 (0.47%) Firewall
4 3 (0.47%) FlexRay
4 3 (0.47%) MPLS
4 3 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.47%) VoIP
4 3 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.47%) WLAN
5 2 (0.31%) DNS
5 2 (0.31%) SAN
5 2 (0.31%) Skype
5 2 (0.31%) VLAN
5 2 (0.31%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.57%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.47%) Power BI
3 2 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.16%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.16%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (0.94%) Subversion
2 5 (0.78%) JIRA
2 5 (0.78%) LabVIEW
3 4 (0.63%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.31%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.16%) Git
General
1 183 (28.73%) Analytical Skills
2 163 (25.59%) Finance
3 158 (24.80%) Retail
4 157 (24.65%) Marketing
5 127 (19.94%) Manufacturing
6 84 (13.19%) Social Skills
7 42 (6.59%) Aerospace
8 39 (6.12%) Electronics
9 30 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 30 (4.71%) Legal
10 20 (3.14%) Games
11 19 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (2.04%) Automotive
13 11 (1.73%) Fire and Rescue
14 9 (1.41%) Public Sector
14 9 (1.41%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (1.10%) Local Government
16 7 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
17 4 (0.63%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 88 (13.81%) Programmer
2 87 (13.66%) Senior
3 80 (12.56%) Development Manager
4 54 (8.48%) Project Manager
5 38 (5.97%) Architect
6 37 (5.81%) Developer
7 29 (4.55%) CAD Technician
8 27 (4.24%) Hardware Engineer
8 27 (4.24%) Software Engineer
9 25 (3.92%) Analyst
9 25 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
10 24 (3.77%) Business Architect
10 24 (3.77%) Business Solution Architect
10 24 (3.77%) Designer
10 24 (3.77%) Senior Hardware Engineer
11 22 (3.45%) RF Engineer
11 22 (3.45%) Senior RF Engineer
12 20 (3.14%) Lead
13 17 (2.67%) CAD Designer
13 17 (2.67%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (3.30%) .NET
2 16 (2.51%) JSON
2 16 (2.51%) JSON Schema
2 16 (2.51%) KML
2 16 (2.51%) XML
3 14 (2.20%) Regular Expression
4 13 (2.04%) ASP.NET
5 11 (1.73%) XML Schema
6 10 (1.57%) DirectX
6 10 (1.57%) OpenGL
7 9 (1.41%) ASP.NET Core
8 8 (1.26%) Node.js
8 8 (1.26%) React
9 6 (0.94%) .NET Core
10 5 (0.78%) Unreal Engine
11 4 (0.63%) Flash
11 4 (0.63%) Unity (Game Engine)
11 4 (0.63%) WebGL
11 4 (0.63%) WPF
12 1 (0.16%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 36 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
2 30 (4.71%) Driving Licence
3 29 (4.55%) IoT
4 16 (2.51%) Home Automation
4 16 (2.51%) Smart Home
5 14 (2.20%) Housing Association
6 12 (1.88%) Renewable Energy
7 10 (1.57%) Animation
8 9 (1.41%) Robotics
9 7 (1.10%) Graphic Design
10 6 (0.94%) 3D Graphics
10 6 (0.94%) Analogue Electronics
10 6 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.78%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.63%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.63%) ARM Cortex
12 4 (0.63%) Augmented Reality
12 4 (0.63%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (0.63%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.30%) Linux
2 9 (1.41%) Windows
3 7 (1.10%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (25.12%) Agile
2 150 (23.55%) Customer Requirements
3 148 (23.23%) Logistics
4 132 (20.72%) Business Development
4 132 (20.72%) Data Management
5 131 (20.57%) Facilities Management
6 130 (20.41%) Commercial Awareness
7 129 (20.25%) Financial Modelling
8 75 (11.77%) Problem-Solving
8 75 (11.77%) Project Management
9 43 (6.75%) Mathematics
10 39 (6.12%) Customer Service
11 38 (5.97%) Software Engineering
12 28 (4.40%) 3D Modelling
13 27 (4.24%) Software Testing
14 26 (4.08%) Time Management
15 21 (3.30%) Continuous Improvement
16 20 (3.14%) ERP
17 19 (2.98%) Computer Science
17 19 (2.98%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 39 (6.12%) C#
2 25 (3.92%) C++
3 21 (3.30%) C
4 13 (2.04%) SQL
5 9 (1.41%) JavaScript
6 8 (1.26%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.10%) MATLAB
8 6 (0.94%) T-SQL
9 4 (0.63%) Assembly Language
10 3 (0.47%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.31%) Java
11 2 (0.31%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.31%) Python
12 1 (0.16%) Fortran
12 1 (0.16%) Ladder Logic
12 1 (0.16%) Perl
Qualifications
1 119 (18.68%) Degree
2 46 (7.22%) Security Cleared
3 31 (4.87%) HND
4 27 (4.24%) HNC
5 13 (2.04%) PhD
6 11 (1.73%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.10%) Master's Degree
8 6 (0.94%) CTC Cleared
8 6 (0.94%) SC Cleared
9 5 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.31%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.16%) CCNP
12 1 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.16%) CWNA
12 1 (0.16%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.16%) MCTS
12 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.16%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.88%) GDPR
2 6 (0.94%) NCSC
3 5 (0.78%) ISO 9001
3 5 (0.78%) QA
4 4 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.63%) IEC 61131
4 4 (0.63%) JTAG
System Software
1 4 (0.63%) Firmware
2 3 (0.47%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.31%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (2.51%) Ansible
2 2 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.16%) WSUS
Vendors
1 204 (32.03%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.14%) SAP
3 13 (2.04%) Siemens
4 11 (1.73%) ANSYS
5 10 (1.57%) EMC
5 10 (1.57%) Progress
6 8 (1.26%) Google
7 7 (1.10%) Adobe
8 5 (0.78%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.47%) Autodesk
9 3 (0.47%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.31%) Acronis
10 2 (0.31%) Allen-Bradley
10 2 (0.31%) Dell
10 2 (0.31%) EqualLogic
10 2 (0.31%) IFS
10 2 (0.31%) Mitel
10 2 (0.31%) Symantec
10 2 (0.31%) Synology
10 2 (0.31%) VMware