Skills: pay and hiring demand

CAD jobs and pay

How many open roles ask for CAD, what employers state they pay for it, and where that demand sits.

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1,230 open roles · 0.9% of postings · Median $120,000/yr as of 2026-10-18

Citable summary

CAD appears in 1,230 open roles (0.9% of postings) with an employer-stated median of 120,000 (P25 88,400 – P75 157,500), as of 2026-10-18.

n=1,230, as of 2026-10-18 · How these skill figures are calculated

1,230
Open roles
0.9%
Share of all postings
of postings
401
Postings with a salary range
$120,000
Median stated pay
P25 $88,400 · P75 $157,500

Which job families hire for this skill

Where roles naming this skill are concentrated across job families.

Engineering67.9% (835)Other9.0% (111)Design6.2% (76)Consulting5.3% (65)Operations4.8% (59)Skilled Trades4.1% (51)Data & ML1.2% (15)Sales0.5% (6)

Demand by job family

Job family Open roles Share of skill's roles
Engineering 835 67.9%
Other 111 9.0%
Design 76 6.2%
Consulting 65 5.3%
Operations 59 4.8%
Skilled Trades 51 4.1%
Data & ML 15 1.2%
Sales 6 0.5%
People & HR 4 0.3%
Support 4 0.3%
Finance 2 0.2%
Product 2 0.2%

Skill demand by country

Country Open roles Share of skill's roles
United States 745 60.6%
Canada 61 5.0%
Mexico 59 4.8%
France 32 2.6%
United Kingdom 26 2.1%
SA 23 1.9%
PH 19 1.5%
Greece 18 1.5%
India 17 1.4%
Portugal 17 1.4%
Germany 16 1.3%
United Arab Emirates 14 1.1%
Switzerland 13 1.1%
Spain 13 1.1%
Brazil 12 1.0%
EG 8 0.7%
Poland 7 0.6%
China 6 0.5%
UA 6 0.5%
Austria 5 0.4%
Australia 5 0.4%
Ireland 5 0.4%
Lithuania 5 0.4%
Netherlands 5 0.4%
Romania 5 0.4%
Taiwan 5 0.4%
Bulgaria 3 0.2%
PE 3 0.2%
AR 2 0.2%
Hungary 2 0.2%
MY 2 0.2%
Belgium 1 0.1%
CR 1 0.1%
Italy 1 0.1%
Japan 1 0.1%
KE 1 0.1%
Latvia 1 0.1%
New Zealand 1 0.1%
Singapore 1 0.1%
TR 1 0.1%
VN 1 0.1%

Skills that appear alongside

Skills most often requested in the same job postings as CAD.

Python n=9,587 Excel n=9,003 SQL n=7,324 Roadmapping n=7,151 AWS n=6,210 LLM n=5,045 Agile n=4,513 CI/CD n=4,455 iOS n=4,411 Salesforce n=4,044 CRM n=3,905 Azure n=3,894

Related skills

Procurement n=3,893 Supply Chain n=3,812 GCP n=3,515 Kubernetes n=3,343 Negotiation n=3,223 React n=3,097 Java n=3,014 Git n=2,902 Account Management n=2,710 A/B Testing n=2,658 TypeScript n=2,591 Payroll n=2,517

Method: counts come from public job postings; pay figures use only postings with an employer-stated salary range. salaries.geo_answer_method →