PLM Contracts in the West Midlands

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 102 123 161
Rank change year-on-year +21 +38 -39
Contract jobs citing PLM 9 22 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.47% 0.90% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 1.03% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 18
10th Percentile £445 £424 -
25th Percentile £513 £466 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £510 £475
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% +7.37% +58.33%
75th Percentile £675 £584 £591
90th Percentile - £910 £755
England median daily rate £600 £520 £488
% change year-on-year +15.38% +6.67% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -4.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,610 2,139 3,279
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.85% 87.99% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,066 1,471 2,430
10th Percentile £275 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £406 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +6.72% +16.42%
75th Percentile £612 £600 £575
90th Percentile £728 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £532
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.38% +9.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 45 71
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.64
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +7.39% -8.33%
75th Percentile £40.81 £23.22 £19.86
90th Percentile £57.50 £47.00 £24.25
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £23.96
% change year-on-year -6.17% +55.71% -0.19%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing PLM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for PLM in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for PLM in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PLM in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PLM in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for PLM in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PLM within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 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
Warwickshire -5 6 - - 4
Birmingham +12 2 £650 -5.45% 1
Staffordshire +7 1 £400 -23.08% 5
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
1 1 (11.11%) PowerApps
General
1 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Automotive
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
3 1 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Test Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Test Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Test Programme Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
1 1 (11.11%) Change Management
1 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
1 1 (11.11%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL
1 1 (11.11%) Migration
1 1 (11.11%) Project Management
1 1 (11.11%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) SAP