The first table below looks at the demand for PLM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PLM over the 3 months to 20 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 Wales 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Product Lifecyle Management (PLM)
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing PLM 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.485% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.709% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £463 £488
% change year-on-year
-8.10% -5.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £55.00 £77.50
% change year-on-year
-31.27% -29.03%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
282 367 397
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 68.45% 65.65% 61.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 182 175
Average daily rate £365 £375 £374
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% +0.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 20
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -65.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
PLM
UK

PLM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales PLM Daily Rate Trend

PLM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales PLM Hourly Rate Trend

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 20 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
North Wales - 1 £350 -
PLM
UK

PLM
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
1 3 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) XSLT
1 3 (100.00%) HND
1 3 (100.00%) UML
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) CAD
1 3 (100.00%) PDM
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) SysML
1 3 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science

PLM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) XSLT
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) UML
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) CAD
1 3 (100.00%) PDM
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) SysML
1 3 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) HND
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft