PLM Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of 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 121 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PLM 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.23% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £710 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £720 - -
75th Percentile £730 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £720 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,629 1,950 2,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.27% 92.07% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,111 1,208 1,778
10th Percentile £325 £366 £371
25th Percentile £424 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 18 16
10th Percentile £16.90 £17.15 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.63 £24.09 £16.31
Median hourly rate £27.04 £40.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -33.25% +29.60% -27.53%
75th Percentile £35.88 £107.13 £48.19
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -22.76% +27.27% -35.67%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

PLM job vacancy trend in the City of London

PLM
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PLM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PLM

PLM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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