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Market evidence report — computer-aided-design-operator
Source: 38 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 38), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-10. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 34 | 89 % |
| junior | 2 | 5 % |
| lead | 1 | 3 % |
| senior | 1 | 3 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AutoCAD | 21 | 55 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Excel | 7 | 18 % |
| 3 | Microsoft Word | 7 | 18 % |
| 4 | Microsoft Office | 5 | 13 % |
| 5 | Revit | 4 | 11 % |
| 6 | AutoCAD Civil 3D | 3 | 8 % |
| 7 | CAD software | 3 | 8 % |
| 8 | Microsoft Outlook | 3 | 8 % |
| 9 | Microsoft PowerPoint | 3 | 8 % |
| 10 | MicroStation | 3 | 8 % |
| 11 | Siemens NX | 3 | 8 % |
| 12 | SolidWorks | 3 | 8 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drafting | 11 | 29 % |
| 2 | cad drafting | 9 | 24 % |
| 3 | 3d modeling | 8 | 21 % |
| 4 | cad design | 6 | 16 % |
| 5 | technical drawing | 5 | 13 % |
| 6 | grading design | 3 | 8 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drawing preparation | 7 | 18 % |
| 2 | drawing development | 5 | 13 % |
| 3 | drawing creation | 4 | 11 % |
| 4 | design coordination | 3 | 8 % |
| 5 | drawing revision | 3 | 8 % |
| 6 | team collaboration | 3 | 8 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 38 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
38 ads.
Top hard skills:
- drafting — 29 % (11 ads)
- cad drafting — 24 % (9 ads)
- 3d modeling — 21 % (8 ads)
- cad design — 16 % (6 ads)
- technical drawing — 13 % (5 ads)
- grading design — 8 % (3 ads)
- 2d drafting — 5 % (2 ads)
- blueprint reading — 5 % (2 ads)
- construction documentation — 5 % (2 ads)
- data analysis — 5 % (2 ads)
Top tools:
- AutoCAD — 55 % (21 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 18 % (7 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 18 % (7 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 13 % (5 ads)
- Revit — 11 % (4 ads)
- AutoCAD Civil 3D — 8 % (3 ads)
- CAD software — 8 % (3 ads)
- Microsoft Outlook — 8 % (3 ads)
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 8 % (3 ads)
- MicroStation — 8 % (3 ads)
Seniority: mid 89 % · junior 5 % · lead 3 % · senior 3 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| CAD Design Specialist | 3 |
| CAD Drafter | 2 |
| Computer Aided Design Designer | 2 |
| Drafter/CAD Operator III | 2 |
| 3D CAD Specialist | 1 |
| Aerospace CAD Specialist Siemens NX | 1 |
| AutoCAD Designer (Hiring Six Designers!) - ON-SITE - Contract | 1 |
| CAD Designer - On-Call | 1 |
| CAD Designer (AutoCAD & Vector works Specialist) | 1 |
| CAD Designing - CAD Designer 2 | 1 |
| CAD Drafter - Civil & Utility Design Specialist | 1 |
| CAD Drafter – Civil & Utility Design Specialist | 1 |
| CAD Specialist | 1 |
| CAD Technician | 1 |
| CAD Technician - Land Development/Site Design | 1 |
| CAD/BIM Operator - PHOENIX | 1 |
| CAD/CAM Design Specialist | 1 |
| CADD Operator | 1 |
| Computer Aided Design Drafter | 1 |
| Computer Aided Design Technician | 1 |
| Design Specialist (CAD/SketchUp) at Custom Home Group Quarryville, PA | 1 |
| Drafter - CAD Operator (Dr1-DR2) | 1 |
| Electrical CAD Design Drafter | 1 |
| Junior CAD Drafter: Solid Edge & SolidWorks | 1 |
| Lead Electrical CAD Designer – Data Center Infrastructure (REMOTE) | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.