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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 352 548 671
Rank change year-on-year +196 +123 -77
Contract jobs citing PLM 241 147 170
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 0.26% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.29% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 67 112
10th Percentile £413 £404 £400
25th Percentile £505 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £520 £498
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +4.52% -0.50%
75th Percentile £675 £605 £600
90th Percentile £754 £713 £686
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £511 £465
% change year-on-year +27.14% +9.95% -7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 21 10
10th Percentile £40.00 £39.55 £42.13
25th Percentile - £41.81 £42.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -30.77%
75th Percentile - £47.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £59.95 - £48.02
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 36,749 50,370 79,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 89.70% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,629 34,859 55,702
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £640
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £486
% change year-on-year - +2.87% +9.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,511 1,675 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% +44.08% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.99%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 29 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
England +174 210 £600 +15.38% 96
UK excluding London +131 170 £650 +27.14% 82
Work from Home +118 67 £650 +15.56% 34
East of England +65 62 £525 - 4
South East +20 45 £500 +1.27% 17
London +89 39 £575 +24.32% 18
North of England +49 30 £625 +38.89% 20
North West +39 25 £590 +18.00% 17
Midlands +4 14 £400 -30.43% 23
South West +7 11 £650 +24.40% 9
West Midlands +5 10 £525 - 16
Yorkshire +17 5 £650 +550.00% 1
East Midlands +5 4 £400 -36.48% 7
Scotland - 4 £650 - 8
Northern Ireland - 3 £650 - 1
Wales +16 2 £650 +36.84% 2

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 (2.07%) Confluence
2 1 (0.41%) IBM Domino
2 1 (0.41%) IBM Notes
2 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (4.15%) CATIA
2 9 (3.73%) Windchill
3 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 54 (22.41%) Teamcenter
2 12 (4.98%) SAP PLM
3 8 (3.32%) DELMIA
4 6 (2.49%) ENOVIA
5 4 (1.66%) Primavera
6 2 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.41%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.41%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 23 (9.54%) Azure
2 10 (4.15%) OCI
3 7 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.07%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.66%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (1.24%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (1.24%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (1.24%) dbt
8 2 (0.83%) Asana
8 2 (0.83%) Miro
9 1 (0.41%) AWS
9 1 (0.41%) IaaS
9 1 (0.41%) PaaS
9 1 (0.41%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.41%) SaaS
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 8 (3.32%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.66%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.83%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (4.15%) JIRA
General
1 62 (25.73%) Aerospace
2 26 (10.79%) Social Skills
3 23 (9.54%) Manufacturing
4 19 (7.88%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.32%) Finance
7 5 (2.07%) Automotive
7 5 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.07%) Marketing
7 5 (2.07%) Military
8 4 (1.66%) Electronics
8 4 (1.66%) French Language
8 4 (1.66%) Italian Language
8 4 (1.66%) Law
8 4 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.24%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.83%) German Language
10 2 (0.83%) Retail
10 2 (0.83%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.41%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 59 (24.48%) Architect
1 59 (24.48%) Configuration Manager
2 47 (19.50%) Consultant
3 43 (17.84%) Solutions Architect
4 30 (12.45%) SAP Consultant
5 25 (10.37%) Senior
6 15 (6.22%) Administrator
7 14 (5.81%) Systems Administrator
8 11 (4.56%) Developer
8 11 (4.56%) Senior Systems Administrator
9 10 (4.15%) Lead
10 9 (3.73%) Oracle Consultant
11 8 (3.32%) Cloud Consultant
11 8 (3.32%) Data Engineer
11 8 (3.32%) SAP PLM Consultant
11 8 (3.32%) Support Team Leader
12 7 (2.90%) Team Leader
13 5 (2.07%) ABAP Developer
13 5 (2.07%) Functional Consultant
13 5 (2.07%) SAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.39%) Itk
2 5 (2.07%) React
2 5 (2.07%) Web Services
3 3 (1.24%) .NET
3 3 (1.24%) .NET Core
3 3 (1.24%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.24%) ARM Templates
3 3 (1.24%) ASP.NET Web API
3 3 (1.24%) CSS
3 3 (1.24%) Entity Framework
3 3 (1.24%) jQuery
3 3 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (1.24%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 2 (0.83%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.56%) Product Ownership
2 6 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.07%) Life Science
4 4 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (1.66%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.24%) N-Tier
6 2 (0.83%) FMCG
6 2 (0.83%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (0.83%) iPad
7 1 (0.41%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.41%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.49%) Windows
1 6 (2.49%) Windows Server
1 6 (2.49%) Windows Server 2016
1 6 (2.49%) Windows Server 2019
2 2 (0.83%) Android
2 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (29.88%) Configuration Management
2 56 (23.24%) Coaching
3 55 (22.82%) Collaborative Working
4 27 (11.20%) DevOps
5 23 (9.54%) Agile
6 20 (8.30%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (7.88%) Change Management
8 15 (6.22%) Roadmaps
9 14 (5.81%) Business Strategy
9 14 (5.81%) Migration
10 13 (5.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (5.39%) Project Management
11 12 (4.98%) ERP
11 12 (4.98%) Regulatory Compliance
12 11 (4.56%) Data Management
13 10 (4.15%) Computer Science
13 10 (4.15%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (4.15%) Workflow
14 9 (3.73%) Business Intelligence
14 9 (3.73%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.05%) SQL
2 12 (4.98%) C
3 7 (2.90%) ABAP
3 7 (2.90%) Java
4 6 (2.49%) C++
4 6 (2.49%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.66%) C#
6 3 (1.24%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.24%) Python
7 1 (0.41%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 93 (38.59%) Security Cleared
2 63 (26.14%) SC Cleared
3 39 (16.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 27 (11.20%) DV Cleared
5 14 (5.81%) Degree
6 4 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.24%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.24%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.83%) CBAP
9 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.41%) CSPO
9 1 (0.41%) HNC
9 1 (0.41%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.49%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.07%) QA
3 3 (1.24%) GDPR
4 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 2 (0.83%) PMO
4 2 (0.83%) SLA
Systems Management
1 7 (2.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 52 (21.58%) SAP
2 30 (12.45%) Microsoft
3 28 (11.62%) Siemens
4 16 (6.64%) Oracle
5 6 (2.49%) PTC
6 4 (1.66%) Databricks
7 2 (0.83%) Symantec
8 1 (0.41%) Ariba
8 1 (0.41%) Informatica
8 1 (0.41%) Lotus
8 1 (0.41%) Nintex
8 1 (0.41%) Salesforce