PLM Contract Job Trends in Central London

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London 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 124 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PLM 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.21% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £710 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £720 - -
75th Percentile £730 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £650 £475 £463
% change year-on-year +36.84% +2.70% -20.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,795 2,165 2,758
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.93% 92.25% 89.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,225 1,375 1,916
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £686 £700
90th Percentile £775 £775 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 27 17
10th Percentile £17.61 £19.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.54 £27.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.76% +27.27% -35.67%
75th Percentile £35.63 £70.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £61.65 £122.20 £59.30
London median hourly rate £30.25 £36.65 £40.00
% change year-on-year -17.46% -8.38% +6.67%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

PLM job vacancy trend in Central London

PLM
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PLM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing PLM

PLM
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PLM within the Central London region over the 6 months to 14 October 2025. 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
City of London - 4 £720 - 1
PLM
London

PLM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) SAP MDG
1 2 (50.00%) SAP PLM
1 2 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (50.00%) SAP VC
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) SAP PLM Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (50.00%) Document Management
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 2 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
1 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (25.00%) Product Vision
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft