PLM Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring PLM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 31 35
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 -
Contract jobs citing PLM 5 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 1.53% 1.32% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 1.40% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £54 - £525
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £54 £340 £525
% change year-on-year -84.12% -35.24% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £60.00 £45.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% -10.00% +19.59%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

PLM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 270 143 216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 82.57% 94.08% 86.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 80 131
10th Percentile - £463 £313
25th Percentile £413 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.93% +10.48% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £555
90th Percentile £649 £700 £625
East of England median daily rate £478 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -4.40% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 19 33
10th Percentile £25.15 £20.26 £15.31
25th Percentile £59.75 £28.47 £15.39
Median hourly rate £66.61 £61.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.30% +186.05% -59.05%
75th Percentile £73.46 £81.25 £32.90
90th Percentile £75.00 £88.00 £65.75
East of England median hourly rate £22.63 £50.00 £39.50
% change year-on-year -54.74% +26.58% +60.44%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PLM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

PLM job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing PLM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing PLM

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing PLM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing PLM

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Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PLM within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 19 April 2026. 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
Luton -1 5 £54 - 1
PLM
East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 4 (80.00%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 5 (100.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Consultant
1 5 (100.00%) Implementation Consultant
2 3 (60.00%) Implementation Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) ERP
1 5 (100.00%) Test Planning
2 4 (80.00%) Service Management
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Electronic Design Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Re-Platforming
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) SAP
1 5 (100.00%) Siemens