The first table below looks at the demand for PLM skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PLM over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Product Lifecyle Management (PLM)
Rank 467 504 533
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +29
Contract jobs citing PLM 46 55 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.111% 0.103% 0.068%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.155% 0.151% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 13
Average daily rate £433 £475 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.89% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £370 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £548 £554 £533
UK excluding London average daily rate £428 £475 £500
% change year-on-year
-9.89% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 12 3
Average hourly rate £37.80 £55.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.27% +52.77%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £55.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year
-31.27% +52.77%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
29704 36492 38199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.44% 68.42% 67.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 18148 21397 22087
Average daily rate £420 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.81% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 918 1197 1399
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.55 £13.21 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
PLM
UK

PLM
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PLM across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England PLM Jobs Demand Trend

PLM
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PLM across the England region.

England PLM Daily Rate Trend

PLM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PLM across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England PLM Daily Rate Histogram

PLM
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PLM across the England region.

England PLM Hourly Rate Trend

PLM
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PLM across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England PLM Hourly Rate Histogram

PLM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PLM within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West Midlands +24 25 - -
North West +12 8 £438 -7.89%
South East +16 5 - -
London +32 4 £525 -4.29%
East of England +17 2 £231 -
Midlands - 1 £450 -
PLM
UK

PLM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing PLM also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PLM.

1 53 (61.63%) SAP
2 37 (43.02%) Manufacturing
3 35 (40.70%) ENOVIA
4 30 (34.88%) Project Management
5 24 (27.91%) Automotive
6 22 (25.58%) Validation
7 21 (24.42%) Teamcenter
8 16 (18.60%) Siemens
9 14 (16.28%) Change Management
10 13 (15.12%) Windchill
10 13 (15.12%) ClearQuest
10 13 (15.12%) ClearCase
11 12 (13.95%) Data Modelling
11 12 (13.95%) Requirements Management
11 12 (13.95%) Time Management
11 12 (13.95%) SAP PLM
11 12 (13.95%) Rational DOORS
12 10 (11.63%) Business Transformation
12 10 (11.63%) SC Cleared
12 10 (11.63%) Security Cleared
12 10 (11.63%) Logistics
13 9 (10.47%) ERP
13 9 (10.47%) SAP EHS
14 8 (9.302%) Integration Testing
14 8 (9.302%) Apache
14 8 (9.302%) Tomcat
14 8 (9.302%) Java
14 8 (9.302%) PDM
15 7 (8.140%) Workflow
15 7 (8.140%) SAP PM

PLM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing PLM also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PLM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (8.140%) WebSphere
2 5 (5.814%) .NET
3 3 (3.488%) Java EE
4 2 (2.326%) SAML
5 1 (1.163%) Web Services
5 1 (1.163%) XML
5 1 (1.163%) J2EE
5 1 (1.163%) Java RMI
Application Platforms
1 8 (9.302%) Apache
1 8 (9.302%) Tomcat
2 6 (6.977%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (15.12%) Windchill
2 2 (2.326%) MS Project
2 2 (2.326%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 35 (40.70%) ENOVIA
2 21 (24.42%) Teamcenter
3 12 (13.95%) SAP PLM
4 9 (10.47%) SAP EHS
5 7 (8.140%) SAP PM
6 5 (5.814%) SAP xRPM
6 5 (5.814%) SAP cProjects
7 4 (4.651%) SAP SCM
8 2 (2.326%) SAP FI
8 2 (2.326%) SAP PS
8 2 (2.326%) SAP CO
8 2 (2.326%) SAP Retail
8 2 (2.326%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (1.163%) SAP CRM
9 1 (1.163%) SAP MM
9 1 (1.163%) SAP BPC
9 1 (1.163%) SAP GRC
9 1 (1.163%) SAP HCM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.326%) NAS
1 2 (2.326%) SAN
1 2 (2.326%) LDAP
1 2 (2.326%) LAN
1 2 (2.326%) WAN
1 2 (2.326%) VPN
2 1 (1.163%) RIP
2 1 (1.163%) SDH
2 1 (1.163%) DWDM
2 1 (1.163%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.140%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.326%) MySQL
3 1 (1.163%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.163%) SAP BI
3 1 (1.163%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 13 (15.12%) ClearQuest
1 13 (15.12%) ClearCase
2 12 (13.95%) Rational DOORS
General
1 37 (43.02%) Manufacturing
2 24 (27.91%) Automotive
3 5 (5.814%) Retail
3 5 (5.814%) Marketing
4 4 (4.651%) Finance
5 2 (2.326%) Back Office
6 1 (1.163%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.163%) Billing
6 1 (1.163%) German Language
Job Titles
1 21 (24.42%) Consultant
2 19 (22.09%) Applications Engineer
3 16 (18.60%) Analyst
4 12 (13.95%) Requirements Engineer
5 10 (11.63%) Project Manager
6 8 (9.302%) SAP Consultant
7 7 (8.140%) SAP PLM Consultant
8 5 (5.814%) Business Analyst
8 5 (5.814%) Architect
9 4 (4.651%) SAP Analyst
9 4 (4.651%) Test Analyst
10 3 (3.488%) Solutions Architect
10 3 (3.488%) Junior Consultant
10 3 (3.488%) Business Consultant
10 3 (3.488%) Junior
11 2 (2.326%) SAP Manager
11 2 (2.326%) SAP CS Consultant
11 2 (2.326%) Junior SAP Consultant
11 2 (2.326%) Test Leader
11 2 (2.326%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.488%) Computer Science
2 2 (2.326%) FMCG
3 1 (1.163%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.977%) Windows
2 4 (4.651%) Linux
3 2 (2.326%) AIX
3 2 (2.326%) HPUX
4 1 (1.163%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (34.88%) Project Management
2 22 (25.58%) Validation
3 14 (16.28%) Change Management
4 12 (13.95%) Data Modelling
4 12 (13.95%) Requirements Management
4 12 (13.95%) Time Management
5 10 (11.63%) Business Transformation
5 10 (11.63%) Logistics
6 9 (10.47%) ERP
7 8 (9.302%) Integration Testing
7 8 (9.302%) PDM
8 7 (8.140%) Workflow
9 6 (6.977%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (5.814%) Quality Management
10 5 (5.814%) ITIL
10 5 (5.814%) CRM
11 4 (4.651%) Use Case
11 4 (4.651%) CAD
11 4 (4.651%) Business Analysis
11 4 (4.651%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.302%) Java
2 5 (5.814%) VB.NET
2 5 (5.814%) C++
3 1 (1.163%) ABAP
3 1 (1.163%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (11.63%) SC Cleared
1 10 (11.63%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.977%) Degree
3 5 (5.814%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (5.814%) ISEB
4 2 (2.326%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.326%) MCSE
5 1 (1.163%) PMP
5 1 (1.163%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.163%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.163%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.326%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.163%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.163%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.326%) Nagios
Vendors
1 53 (61.63%) SAP
2 16 (18.60%) Siemens
3 7 (8.140%) Oracle
4 3 (3.488%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.326%) Primavera
6 1 (1.163%) Cadence
6 1 (1.163%) IBM
6 1 (1.163%) HP
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