PLM Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring PLM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 69 68
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +26
Contract jobs citing PLM 3 4 11
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.40% 0.46% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.56% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £488
25th Percentile - - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £54 - £609
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.60%
75th Percentile - - £686
90th Percentile - - £716
South West median daily rate £54 £525 £587
% change year-on-year -89.71% -10.56% -6.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £45.00
South West median hourly rate £30.00 - £45.00
% change year-on-year - - -35.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 692 720 909
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.90% 82.76% 87.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 369 588
10th Percentile £249 £260 £305
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.89% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £753 £725 £722
South West median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 132 125
10th Percentile £12.82 £44.18 £28.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £62.38 £50.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.57% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% -

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

PLM job vacancy trend in Bristol

PLM
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing PLM

PLM
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing PLM

PLM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (33.33%) NASTRAN
1 1 (33.33%) PTC Creo
1 1 (33.33%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) iPaaS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Mechanical Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Stress Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CAD
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Finite Element Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Stress Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) Tcl
1 1 (33.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) PTC
1 1 (33.33%) SAP