The first table below looks at the demand for PLM skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PLM over the 3 months to 21 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.

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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Product Lifecyle Management (PLM)
Rank 474 521 540
Rank change year-on-year
+47 +19
Contract jobs citing PLM 66 60 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.140% 0.103% 0.066%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.197% 0.151% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 17 13
Average daily rate £433 £475 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.89% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £393 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £603 £543 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £463 £488
% change year-on-year
-8.10% -5.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 12 2
Average hourly rate £37.80 £55.00 £77.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.27% -29.03%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £55.00 £77.50
% change year-on-year
-31.27% -29.03%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
33459 39616 40749
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.87% 67.77% 67.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 19984 22785 23155
Average daily rate £413 £401 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.99% -8.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 998 1285 1448
Average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%

PLM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

PLM Daily Rate Trend

PLM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PLM within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

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 within the UK.

PLM Hourly Rate Trend

PLM
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PLM within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

PLM Hourly Rate Histogram

PLM
Top 25 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England +45 57 £438 -7.89%
West Midlands +31 27 £275 -
Coventry +14 26 - -
South East +30 9 £285 -
London +15 9 £600 +14.92%
North West +13 8 £438 -5.40%
Cumbria +9 8 £438 -8.37%
Berkshire - 5 - -
Surrey +20 4 £285 -
Weybridge - 4 £285 -
Reading - 4 - -
East of England +10 2 £231 -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
Wales - 2 £350 -
Hertfordshire - 2 £231 -
Stevenage - 2 £231 -
County Antrim - 2 - -
Belfast - 2 - -
Barrow-in-Furness +5 1 £438 -7.89%
Scotland - 1 £500 -
North Wales - 1 £350 -
Midlands - 1 £450 -
Denbighshire - 1 £350 -
St Asaph - 1 £350 -
Aberdeen - 1 £500 -

PLM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 55 (56.12%) SAP
2 40 (40.82%) Manufacturing
3 37 (37.76%) ENOVIA
4 31 (31.63%) Project Management
5 24 (24.49%) Teamcenter
5 24 (24.49%) Automotive
6 22 (22.45%) Validation
7 16 (16.33%) Data Modelling
7 16 (16.33%) Siemens
8 15 (15.31%) Change Management
9 13 (13.27%) ClearQuest
9 13 (13.27%) ClearCase
9 13 (13.27%) Windchill
10 12 (12.24%) Requirements Management
10 12 (12.24%) Time Management
10 12 (12.24%) SAP PLM
10 12 (12.24%) Rational DOORS
11 11 (11.22%) ERP
11 11 (11.22%) Java
12 10 (10.20%) PDM
12 10 (10.20%) Business Transformation
12 10 (10.20%) SC Cleared
12 10 (10.20%) Security Cleared
12 10 (10.20%) Logistics
13 9 (9.184%) Degree
13 9 (9.184%) SAP EHS
14 8 (8.163%) .NET
14 8 (8.163%) Apache
14 8 (8.163%) Tomcat
14 8 (8.163%) Integration Testing

PLM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 8 (8.163%) .NET
2 7 (7.143%) WebSphere
3 4 (4.082%) XML
4 3 (3.061%) Java EE
4 3 (3.061%) XSLT
4 3 (3.061%) CSS
4 3 (3.061%) HTML
5 2 (2.041%) SAML
6 1 (1.020%) Web Services
6 1 (1.020%) COM
6 1 (1.020%) J2EE
6 1 (1.020%) Java RMI
Application Platforms
1 8 (8.163%) Apache
1 8 (8.163%) Tomcat
2 6 (6.122%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (13.27%) Windchill
2 3 (3.061%) MS Office
2 3 (3.061%) CATIA
3 2 (2.041%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 37 (37.76%) ENOVIA
2 24 (24.49%) Teamcenter
3 12 (12.24%) SAP PLM
4 9 (9.184%) SAP EHS
5 7 (7.143%) SAP PM
6 5 (5.102%) SAP xRPM
6 5 (5.102%) SAP cProjects
6 5 (5.102%) SAP SCM
7 2 (2.041%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (2.041%) SAP FI
7 2 (2.041%) SAP PS
7 2 (2.041%) SAP CO
7 2 (2.041%) SAP Retail
8 1 (1.020%) SAP HCM
8 1 (1.020%) SAP BPC
8 1 (1.020%) SAP GRC
8 1 (1.020%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (1.020%) SAP MM
8 1 (1.020%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.041%) SAN
1 2 (2.041%) LAN
1 2 (2.041%) WAN
1 2 (2.041%) VPN
1 2 (2.041%) LDAP
1 2 (2.041%) NAS
2 1 (1.020%) Reverse Proxy
2 1 (1.020%) RIP
2 1 (1.020%) SDH
2 1 (1.020%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.143%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.041%) MySQL
3 1 (1.020%) SAP HANA
3 1 (1.020%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.020%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 13 (13.27%) ClearQuest
1 13 (13.27%) ClearCase
2 12 (12.24%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (3.061%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (40.82%) Manufacturing
2 24 (24.49%) Automotive
3 5 (5.102%) Marketing
3 5 (5.102%) Retail
4 4 (4.082%) Finance
4 4 (4.082%) Aerospace
5 2 (2.041%) Back Office
6 1 (1.020%) French Language
6 1 (1.020%) German Language
6 1 (1.020%) Billing
6 1 (1.020%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (24.49%) Consultant
2 19 (19.39%) Analyst
2 19 (19.39%) Applications Engineer
3 12 (12.24%) Requirements Engineer
4 11 (11.22%) Project Manager
5 9 (9.184%) SAP Consultant
6 7 (7.143%) SAP PLM Consultant
6 7 (7.143%) Business Analyst
7 5 (5.102%) Architect
8 4 (4.082%) Developer
8 4 (4.082%) Test Analyst
8 4 (4.082%) SAP Analyst
9 3 (3.061%) Junior Consultant
9 3 (3.061%) Business Consultant
9 3 (3.061%) Junior
9 3 (3.061%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.061%) Software Developer
10 2 (2.041%) Business Process Analyst
10 2 (2.041%) Process Analyst
10 2 (2.041%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.122%) Computer Science
2 3 (3.061%) FMCG
3 1 (1.020%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.102%) Windows
2 4 (4.082%) Linux
3 2 (2.041%) AIX
3 2 (2.041%) HPUX
4 1 (1.020%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (31.63%) Project Management
2 22 (22.45%) Validation
3 16 (16.33%) Data Modelling
4 15 (15.31%) Change Management
5 12 (12.24%) Requirements Management
5 12 (12.24%) Time Management
6 11 (11.22%) ERP
7 10 (10.20%) PDM
7 10 (10.20%) Business Transformation
7 10 (10.20%) Logistics
8 8 (8.163%) Integration Testing
9 7 (7.143%) CAD
9 7 (7.143%) Workflow
10 6 (6.122%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (6.122%) ITIL
11 5 (5.102%) CRM
11 5 (5.102%) Quality Management
12 4 (4.082%) Process Management
12 4 (4.082%) Business Analysis
12 4 (4.082%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.22%) Java
2 6 (6.122%) C++
3 5 (5.102%) VB.NET
4 3 (3.061%) C#
5 1 (1.020%) SQL
5 1 (1.020%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 10 (10.20%) SC Cleared
1 10 (10.20%) Security Cleared
2 9 (9.184%) Degree
3 5 (5.102%) ISEB
3 5 (5.102%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (3.061%) HND
4 3 (3.061%) MCSE
4 3 (3.061%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.041%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.041%) CCNP
6 1 (1.020%) PMP
6 1 (1.020%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.061%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.020%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.020%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.041%) Nagios
Vendors
1 55 (56.12%) SAP
2 16 (16.33%) Siemens
3 7 (7.143%) Oracle
3 7 (7.143%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.041%) Primavera
5 1 (1.020%) IBM
5 1 (1.020%) HP
5 1 (1.020%) Cadence
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