Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 363 559 666
Rank change year-on-year +196 +107 -90
Contract jobs citing PLM 245 160 185
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.27% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.30% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 68 133
10th Percentile £433 £404 £400
25th Percentile £506 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £516 £488
Median % change year-on-year +25.91% +5.90% -4.88%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £588
90th Percentile £684 £725 £695
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £500 £465
% change year-on-year +30.00% +7.53% -7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 26 5
10th Percentile £37.91 £39.55 £40.25
25th Percentile £45.00 £42.13 £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 - £64.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -4.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PLM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PLM in the UK

PLM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PLM.

Daily rate trend for PLM in the UK

PLM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PLM over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PLM in the UK

PLM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PLM.

Hourly rate trend for PLM in the UK

PLM
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PLM over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PLM in the UK

PLM
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +197 212 £613 +17.79% 104
UK excluding London +134 175 £650 +30.00% 90
Work from Home +121 72 £650 +25.00% 32
East of England +79 69 £463 - 9
South East +35 42 £500 +5.26% 23
London +108 36 £600 +14.29% 16
North of England +50 29 £625 +38.89% 22
North West +30 24 £590 +18.00% 17
South West +24 13 £650 +25.00% 9
Midlands 0 12 £545 -3.11% 23
West Midlands +17 9 £650 +27.45% 17
Yorkshire +23 5 £650 +550.00% 4
Scotland - 5 £650 - 4
Northern Ireland - 4 £650 - 1
Wales +10 2 £650 +36.84%
East Midlands +7 2 £400 -39.05% 6

PLM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.04%) Confluence
2 3 (1.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (6.53%) Windchill
2 10 (4.08%) CATIA
3 5 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 58 (23.67%) Teamcenter
2 12 (4.90%) SAP PLM
3 8 (3.27%) DELMIA
4 6 (2.45%) ENOVIA
4 6 (2.45%) Primavera
5 3 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.82%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.41%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.41%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.41%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.41%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 22 (8.98%) Azure
2 9 (3.67%) OCI
3 6 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.22%) Azure Key Vault
5 3 (1.22%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.22%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.82%) Asana
6 2 (0.82%) Miro
6 2 (0.82%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.41%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.41%) 3G
1 1 (0.41%) 4G
1 1 (0.41%) 5G
1 1 (0.41%) Broadband
1 1 (0.41%) DSL
1 1 (0.41%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.41%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.41%) Metadata
3 1 (0.41%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (0.41%) Power BI
3 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (3.67%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) ERwin
General
1 64 (26.12%) Aerospace
2 44 (17.96%) Social Skills
3 27 (11.02%) Manufacturing
4 20 (8.16%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.67%) Finance
7 8 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.63%) Electronics
8 4 (1.63%) French Language
8 4 (1.63%) Italian Language
8 4 (1.63%) Law
8 4 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.22%) Automotive
9 3 (1.22%) Marketing
9 3 (1.22%) Military
10 2 (0.82%) German Language
10 2 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.82%) Retail
10 2 (0.82%) Spanish Language
10 2 (0.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (24.08%) Configuration Manager
2 58 (23.67%) Architect
3 51 (20.82%) Consultant
4 42 (17.14%) Solutions Architect
5 33 (13.47%) SAP Consultant
6 26 (10.61%) Senior
7 15 (6.12%) Administrator
8 13 (5.31%) Developer
8 13 (5.31%) Systems Administrator
9 12 (4.90%) Lead
10 11 (4.49%) Senior Systems Administrator
11 9 (3.67%) Configuration Engineer
12 8 (3.27%) Oracle Consultant
12 8 (3.27%) SAP PLM Consultant
12 8 (3.27%) Support Team Leader
13 7 (2.86%) Cloud Consultant
13 7 (2.86%) Functional Consultant
13 7 (2.86%) Team Leader
14 6 (2.45%) SAP Functional Consultant
14 6 (2.45%) Senior Configuration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.31%) Itk
2 5 (2.04%) React
3 4 (1.63%) Web Services
4 3 (1.22%) .NET
4 3 (1.22%) .NET Core
4 3 (1.22%) .NET Framework
4 3 (1.22%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.22%) ASP.NET Web API
4 3 (1.22%) CSS
4 3 (1.22%) Entity Framework
4 3 (1.22%) jQuery
4 3 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.22%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 2 (0.82%) ADO
6 1 (0.41%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.49%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (2.04%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (1.22%) Life Science
4 3 (1.22%) N-Tier
4 3 (1.22%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.82%) Industry 4.0
5 2 (0.82%) iPad
6 1 (0.41%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.41%) FMCG
6 1 (0.41%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.67%) Windows
2 6 (2.45%) Windows Server
2 6 (2.45%) Windows Server 2016
2 6 (2.45%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (0.82%) Android
3 2 (0.82%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.82%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (32.65%) Configuration Management
2 56 (22.86%) Coaching
3 55 (22.45%) Collaborative Working
4 25 (10.20%) DevOps
5 23 (9.39%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (8.57%) Agile
7 18 (7.35%) Business Strategy
8 17 (6.94%) Project Management
9 16 (6.53%) Regulatory Compliance
10 15 (6.12%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (6.12%) ERP
11 13 (5.31%) Change Management
11 13 (5.31%) Computer Science
12 12 (4.90%) Migration
13 11 (4.49%) CAD
13 11 (4.49%) Data Management
14 9 (3.67%) Roadmaps
14 9 (3.67%) Workflow
15 8 (3.27%) Business Intelligence
15 8 (3.27%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.31%) SQL
2 11 (4.49%) C
3 7 (2.86%) ABAP
4 6 (2.45%) C++
5 5 (2.04%) Java
5 5 (2.04%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.63%) C#
7 3 (1.22%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.22%) Python
8 1 (0.41%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 94 (38.37%) Security Cleared
2 71 (28.98%) SC Cleared
3 46 (18.78%) BPSS Clearance
4 25 (10.20%) DV Cleared
5 19 (7.76%) Degree
6 4 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.22%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.22%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.82%) CBAP
9 1 (0.41%) CSPO
9 1 (0.41%) HNC
9 1 (0.41%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.45%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.04%) QA
3 3 (1.22%) GDPR
4 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 2 (0.82%) PMO
4 2 (0.82%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.63%) Terraform
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 57 (23.27%) SAP
2 29 (11.84%) Siemens
3 26 (10.61%) Microsoft
4 16 (6.53%) Oracle
5 7 (2.86%) PTC
6 1 (0.41%) Ariba
6 1 (0.41%) Databricks
6 1 (0.41%) IBM
6 1 (0.41%) Informatica
6 1 (0.41%) Nintex
6 1 (0.41%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.41%) Symantec