CAD Jobs in the West Midlands

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 154 165
Rank change year-on-year +26 +11 +51
Permanent jobs citing CAD 145 102 145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.69% 1.77% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 1.83% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 45 7 88
10th Percentile £29,200 £26,250 -
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,375 £35,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -20.45% +17.33%
75th Percentile £55,000 £38,250 £48,000
90th Percentile £60,250 £51,400 £49,400
England median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,880 5,588 7,489
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 80.26% 96.69% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,789 3,127 4,852
10th Percentile £26,700 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £39,967 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £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 13 June 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 13 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
Warwickshire +11 79 £50,000 - 18
Birmingham +7 28 £60,000 +71.43% 17
Staffordshire - 17 £35,000 - 18
Coventry +28 4 - - 11
Dudley - 4 £31,000 - 3
Wolverhampton +17 3 £65,000 - 4
Shropshire - 2 £41,500 - 4
Solihull -5 1 £45,000 - 2
Worcestershire - 1 £27,500 - 14
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 76 (52.41%) Microsoft Office
2 57 (39.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (4.14%) AutoCAD
4 3 (2.07%) Revit
4 3 (2.07%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (1.38%) Simulink
6 1 (0.69%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.69%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.69%) Fusion 360
6 1 (0.69%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.69%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.38%) AWS
1 2 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.69%) Amazon Cognito
2 1 (0.69%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (0.69%) Amazon S3
2 1 (0.69%) AWS CodePipeline
2 1 (0.69%) Azure
2 1 (0.69%) GCP
2 1 (0.69%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.07%) FlexRay
2 1 (0.69%) Broadband
2 1 (0.69%) Firewall
2 1 (0.69%) GPON
2 1 (0.69%) LAN
2 1 (0.69%) MPLS
2 1 (0.69%) SD-WAN
2 1 (0.69%) VoIP
2 1 (0.69%) WAN
2 1 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.69%) Wireless
2 1 (0.69%) WLAN
2 1 (0.69%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 3 (2.07%) LabVIEW
2 1 (0.69%) Git
2 1 (0.69%) JIRA
General
1 64 (44.14%) Analytical Skills
2 62 (42.76%) Finance
3 60 (41.38%) Marketing
4 57 (39.31%) Retail
5 21 (14.48%) Manufacturing
6 13 (8.97%) Social Skills
7 5 (3.45%) Automotive
8 2 (1.38%) Legal
9 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.69%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (28.97%) Development Manager
2 15 (10.34%) Programmer
3 14 (9.66%) Lead
4 12 (8.28%) Systems Engineer
5 10 (6.90%) Software Engineer
6 9 (6.21%) Architect
7 8 (5.52%) Project Manager
8 7 (4.83%) PLC Engineer
8 7 (4.83%) PLC Software Engineer
8 7 (4.83%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (4.14%) Business Architect
9 6 (4.14%) Business Solution Architect
10 4 (2.76%) Developer
10 4 (2.76%) Technical Leader
11 3 (2.07%) Analyst
11 3 (2.07%) CAD Technician
11 3 (2.07%) IT Engineer
11 3 (2.07%) Senior
12 2 (1.38%) IT Analyst
12 2 (1.38%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.07%) .NET
2 2 (1.38%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.69%) AWS Amplify
3 1 (0.69%) Node.js
3 1 (0.69%) React
3 1 (0.69%) React Native
3 1 (0.69%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (0.69%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 22 (15.17%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (2.07%) Driving Licence
2 3 (2.07%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (1.38%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.69%) IoT
4 1 (0.69%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.69%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.69%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.38%) Windows
1 2 (1.38%) Windows 10
1 2 (1.38%) Windows Server
1 2 (1.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (45.52%) Agile
2 62 (42.76%) Customer Requirements
3 56 (38.62%) Business Development
3 56 (38.62%) Commercial Awareness
3 56 (38.62%) Data Management
3 56 (38.62%) Facilities Management
3 56 (38.62%) Financial Modelling
3 56 (38.62%) Logistics
4 29 (20.00%) Customer Service
5 16 (11.03%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (9.66%) Project Management
7 11 (7.59%) Software Engineering
8 6 (4.14%) Computer Science
8 6 (4.14%) Validation
9 4 (2.76%) Change Management
9 4 (2.76%) E-Procurement
9 4 (2.76%) Mathematics
9 4 (2.76%) Scrum
9 4 (2.76%) Supplier Management
9 4 (2.76%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.76%) JavaScript
2 3 (2.07%) C#
3 2 (1.38%) Java
3 2 (1.38%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.69%) Python
4 1 (0.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (11.03%) Degree
2 5 (3.45%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (2.76%) HND
4 2 (1.38%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.38%) PhD
5 1 (0.69%) CCNP
5 1 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.69%) CWNA
5 1 (0.69%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 3 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (1.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 79 (54.48%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.83%) Siemens
3 3 (2.07%) ServiceNow
3 3 (2.07%) VMware
4 2 (1.38%) ANSYS
5 1 (0.69%) Aruba
5 1 (0.69%) Autodesk
5 1 (0.69%) Cisco
5 1 (0.69%) Ekahau
5 1 (0.69%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.69%) Google
5 1 (0.69%) Juniper
5 1 (0.69%) Meraki
5 1 (0.69%) MikroTik
5 1 (0.69%) Nokia
5 1 (0.69%) Ruckus Wireless