PLM Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for PLM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PLM over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 359 427
Rank change year-on-year +141 +68 -62
Contract jobs citing PLM 174 97 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.85% 0.41% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.46% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 43 61
10th Percentile £417 £390 £300
25th Percentile £506 £450 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £581 £513
90th Percentile - £725 £638
UK median daily rate £650 £510 £475
% change year-on-year +27.45% +7.37% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 25 7
10th Percentile £37.91 £39.55 £41.00
25th Percentile £45.00 £42.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -4.26%
75th Percentile - £47.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £59.95 - £49.58
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -4.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

PLM is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,341 21,054 27,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.49% 89.57% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,323 14,598 19,040
10th Percentile £250 £256 £232
25th Percentile £375 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,053 1,291 1,337
10th Percentile £12.31 £11.00 £12.23
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £72.82 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PLM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PLM in the UK excluding London

PLM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PLM in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PLM in the UK excluding London

PLM
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PLM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PLM in the UK excluding London

PLM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PLM in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PLM in the UK excluding London

PLM
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PLM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PLM in the UK excluding London

PLM
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PLM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +65 68 £525 - 6
South East +21 42 £500 +1.27% 17
North of England +46 29 £625 +38.89% 26
North West +38 24 £590 +18.00% 22
South West +21 13 £650 +25.00% 7
Midlands +11 12 £400 -30.43% 21
West Midlands +13 9 £650 +21.50% 14
Yorkshire +30 5 £650 +550.00% 2
Scotland - 5 £650 - 2
Northern Ireland - 4 £650 - 1
East Midlands +12 3 £388 -41.51% 7
Wales +13 2 £650 +36.84%
PLM
UK

PLM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 12 (6.90%) Windchill
2 10 (5.75%) CATIA
3 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 29 (16.67%) Teamcenter
2 8 (4.60%) DELMIA
3 6 (3.45%) SAP PLM
4 3 (1.72%) ENOVIA
5 2 (1.15%) SAP Business One
5 2 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.57%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.57%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 15 (8.62%) Azure
2 2 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (1.15%) dbt
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.57%) 3G
1 1 (0.57%) 4G
1 1 (0.57%) 5G
1 1 (0.57%) Broadband
1 1 (0.57%) DSL
1 1 (0.57%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.15%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.57%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.57%) Metadata
3 1 (0.57%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 3 (1.72%) JIRA
2 1 (0.57%) ERwin
General
1 63 (36.21%) Aerospace
2 17 (9.77%) Public Sector
3 14 (8.05%) Manufacturing
4 12 (6.90%) Social Skills
5 8 (4.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.30%) Automotive
6 4 (2.30%) Electronics
7 3 (1.72%) Military
8 1 (0.57%) Aviation
8 1 (0.57%) Avionics
8 1 (0.57%) Finance
8 1 (0.57%) Law
8 1 (0.57%) Marketing
8 1 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.57%) Retail
8 1 (0.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (33.91%) Configuration Manager
2 34 (19.54%) Architect
3 28 (16.09%) Solutions Architect
4 27 (15.52%) Consultant
5 26 (14.94%) SAP Consultant
6 21 (12.07%) Senior
7 15 (8.62%) Administrator
8 13 (7.47%) Systems Administrator
9 11 (6.32%) Senior Systems Administrator
10 10 (5.75%) Lead
11 9 (5.17%) Configuration Engineer
12 8 (4.60%) Support Team Leader
13 7 (4.02%) Developer
13 7 (4.02%) Team Leader
14 6 (3.45%) Data Engineer
14 6 (3.45%) Senior Configuration Engineer
15 4 (2.30%) ABAP Developer
15 4 (2.30%) Functional Consultant
15 4 (2.30%) Industrial Engineer
15 4 (2.30%) SAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.47%) Itk
2 1 (0.57%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.32%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (1.72%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.15%) iPad
4 1 (0.57%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (0.57%) FMCG
4 1 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.57%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.57%) Life Science
4 1 (0.57%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.02%) Windows
2 6 (3.45%) Windows Server
2 6 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
2 6 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (44.83%) Configuration Management
2 56 (32.18%) Coaching
3 55 (31.61%) Collaborative Working
4 18 (10.34%) DevOps
5 16 (9.20%) Business Strategy
5 16 (9.20%) Regulatory Compliance
6 11 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (5.75%) Agile
7 10 (5.75%) Data Management
8 9 (5.17%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (5.17%) Workflow
9 8 (4.60%) Customer Requirements
9 8 (4.60%) Information Assurance
10 7 (4.02%) Change Management
10 7 (4.02%) ERP
11 6 (3.45%) Migration
11 6 (3.45%) PDM
11 6 (3.45%) Root Cause Analysis
12 5 (2.87%) Project Management
13 4 (2.30%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.32%) C
2 10 (5.75%) SQL
3 6 (3.45%) C++
4 5 (2.87%) ABAP
5 1 (0.57%) C#
5 1 (0.57%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 77 (44.25%) Security Cleared
2 56 (32.18%) SC Cleared
3 31 (17.82%) BPSS Clearance
4 24 (13.79%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.45%) Degree
6 1 (0.57%) CSPO
6 1 (0.57%) HNC
6 1 (0.57%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.72%) Data Quality
1 3 (1.72%) GDPR
2 1 (0.57%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (24.71%) SAP
2 24 (13.79%) Microsoft
3 13 (7.47%) Siemens
4 3 (1.72%) PTC
5 2 (1.15%) Databricks
6 1 (0.57%) Ariba
6 1 (0.57%) IBM
6 1 (0.57%) Oracle