The first table below looks at the demand for PLM skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PLM over the 3 months to 24 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Product Lifecyle Management (PLM)
Rank 198 176 164
Rank change year-on-year
-22 -12
Permanent jobs citing PLM 6 9 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.119% 0.197% 0.288%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.159% 0.285% 0.417%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 8
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +12.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,200 £38,200 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,800 £40,000 £57,750
UK excluding London average salary £41,250 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -14.28%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3770 3162 2881
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.98% 69.37% 69.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3158 2737 2424
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
PLM
England

PLM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands PLM Jobs Demand Trend

PLM
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PLM across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands PLM Salary Trend

PLM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PLM across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands PLM Salary Histogram

PLM
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PLM within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Coventry -31 3 £37,500 -6.25%
Birmingham - 3 £28,500 -
PLM
England

PLM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 IT job ads sampled that cited PLM.

1 10 (55.56%) SAP
2 8 (44.44%) ERP
3 6 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 5 (27.78%) Primavera
4 5 (27.78%) Project Management
4 5 (27.78%) PMP
4 5 (27.78%) PMI Certification
4 5 (27.78%) PRINCE
4 5 (27.78%) MS Project
4 5 (27.78%) Back Office
4 5 (27.78%) Finance
4 5 (27.78%) Programme Management
4 5 (27.78%) Project Planning
4 5 (27.78%) Release Management
4 5 (27.78%) Portfolio Management
5 4 (22.22%) SAP PLM
5 4 (22.22%) SAP PM
5 4 (22.22%) ABAP
5 4 (22.22%) CRM
6 3 (16.67%) Billing
6 3 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
6 3 (16.67%) Logistics
6 3 (16.67%) SAP Implementation
6 3 (16.67%) SAP IS-U
6 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (16.67%) Integration Testing
6 3 (16.67%) Cadence
6 3 (16.67%) Manufacturing
6 3 (16.67%) GAP Analysis

PLM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 IT job ads sampled that cited PLM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.556%) Middleware
1 1 (5.556%) J2EE
1 1 (5.556%) JSP
1 1 (5.556%) Web Services
1 1 (5.556%) XML
1 1 (5.556%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (5.556%) WebLogic
1 1 (5.556%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 5 (27.78%) MS Project
3 1 (5.556%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 4 (22.22%) SAP PLM
1 4 (22.22%) SAP PM
2 3 (16.67%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (5.556%) Teamcenter
3 1 (5.556%) ENOVIA
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Eclipse
2 1 (5.556%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (27.78%) Back Office
1 5 (27.78%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Billing
2 3 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (11.11%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.556%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Consultant
2 3 (16.67%) SAP PM Consultant
2 3 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
2 3 (16.67%) SAP PLM Consultant
2 3 (16.67%) SAP CS Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Management Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Sales Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Software Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Team Leader
4 1 (5.556%) Development Team Leader
4 1 (5.556%) Pre Sales Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) ERP Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Development Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Data Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Product Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) ERP
2 5 (27.78%) Project Management
2 5 (27.78%) PRINCE
2 5 (27.78%) Programme Management
2 5 (27.78%) Project Planning
2 5 (27.78%) Release Management
2 5 (27.78%) Portfolio Management
3 4 (22.22%) CRM
4 3 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (16.67%) Logistics
4 3 (16.67%) SAP Implementation
4 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Integration Testing
4 3 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (5.556%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (5.556%) BCP
5 1 (5.556%) CAE
5 1 (5.556%) Data Modelling
5 1 (5.556%) SOA
5 1 (5.556%) OO
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) ABAP
2 2 (11.11%) SQL
3 1 (5.556%) C
3 1 (5.556%) C++
3 1 (5.556%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) PMP
1 5 (27.78%) PMI Certification
2 2 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) SAP
2 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 5 (27.78%) Primavera
4 3 (16.67%) Cadence
5 2 (11.11%) Oracle
6 1 (5.556%) Siemens
6 1 (5.556%) Baan