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As of 4 November 2026, Altium Designer leads electrical pcb design with 1,717 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of EPLAN at 1,357.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Leader
Altium Designer · 1,717
Runner-up
EPLAN · 1,357
Most hiring, 90 days
Altium Designer
Highest postings per company
Xpedition
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
9,219companies across the category
19%of them on Altium Designer
24,312postings naming a electrical pcb design in 90 days
40tools with enough evidence to rank
02 — Ranking

Every electrical pcb design we can measure

Companies naming the tool, and postings naming it in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the leader.

#ToolCompaniescompaniesPostings, 90 dayspostingsper company
1
Altium DesignerAltium
1,717
4,2942.5
2
EPLANEPLAN
1,357
2,9262.2
3
AutoCAD ElectricalAutodesk
727
1,6102.2
4
SPICEUC Berkeley
584
2,1933.8
5
KiCadKiCad
507
8251.6
6
OrCADCadence
500
1,2872.6
7
LTspiceAnalog Devices
419
1,0312.5
8
EPLAN Electric P8EPLAN
391
6561.7
9
PSpiceCadence
260
1,0694.1
10
Cadence AllegroCadence
230
8133.5
11
SolidWorks ElectricalDassault Systemes
212
3401.6
12
CanecoSchneider Electric
168
5423.2
13
E3.seriesZuken
168
5533.3
14
PADSSiemens
159
2911.8
15
SEE ElectricalSchneider Electric (IGE+XAO)
159
4332.7
16
XpeditionSiemens
149
9426.3
17
Keysight ADSKeysight
137
5033.7
18
HyperLynxSiemens EDA
125
4803.8
19
ZukenZuken
104
6306.1
20
WSCADWSCAD
99
1371.4
21
Siemens CapitalSiemens
92
3994.3
22
ODB++Siemens
82
1501.8
23
SigrityCadence
82
2833.5
24
Plancal NovaHottgenroth Software
79
1441.8
25
EPLAN Pro PanelEPLAN
66
891.3
26
Caneco BTSchneider Electric
65
1442.2
27
AWR Microwave OfficeCadence
54
1031.9
28
SIMARISSiemens
53
821.5
29
SIMPLISSimplis Technologies
51
2414.7
30
ValorSiemens
48
1873.9
31
ELCADAucotec
47
972.1
32
SIMetrixSIMetrix Technologies
46
1312.8
33
IPC-2221IPC
43
902.1
34
Engineering BaseZuken
41
1624.0
35
SEE Electrical ExpertIGE+XAO
39
681.7
36
CAM350Downstream Technologies
36
1073.0
37
TRICTRIC
35
481.4
38
DDS-CADData Design System
30
301.0
39
SmartPlant ElectricalHexagon
30
1284.3
40
MultisimNational Instruments
28
742.6
03 — Head to head

Compare two tools

Same data, two columns: who chooses which by size, industry and country.

Altium Designer vs EPLAN1,717 · 1,357Altium Designer vs AutoCAD Electrical1,717 · 727Altium Designer vs SPICE1,717 · 584Altium Designer vs KiCad1,717 · 507Altium Designer vs OrCAD1,717 · 500EPLAN vs AutoCAD Electrical1,357 · 727EPLAN vs SPICE1,357 · 584EPLAN vs KiCad1,357 · 507EPLAN vs OrCAD1,357 · 500AutoCAD Electrical vs SPICE727 · 584AutoCAD Electrical vs KiCad727 · 507AutoCAD Electrical vs OrCAD727 · 500SPICE vs KiCad584 · 507SPICE vs OrCAD584 · 500KiCad vs OrCAD507 · 500
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Altium Designer leads electrical pcb design with 1,717 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of EPLAN at 1,357. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/category/electrical-pcb-design)
How we know

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Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • CatalogueBreaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov: 6,296 tools with vendor and category, editions folded into their parent.
  • CompaniesCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, any confidence. Candidate wish-lists excluded.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not countedTools used by teams that do not post jobs, and companies without a career site we can read.
FAQ

electrical pcb design: questions

How is this ranking made?

By the number of companies whose own job postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue (version T-1.0.1-prov). No vendor paid for a position and no editor chose the order.

Why is this different from review-site rankings?

Review sites rank by reviews collected. This ranks by companies hiring people to work in the tool, which is closer to seats in use. It under-counts tools used by teams that rarely post jobs.

What about product editions?

Editions and sub-products () are counted under the parent so no company is counted twice.

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