PLM Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria 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 5 28 -
Rank change year-on-year +23 - -
Contract jobs citing PLM 16 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 16.16% 1.82% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.33% 2.20% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 0
10th Percentile £433 £570 -
25th Percentile £438 £600 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £700 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% - -
75th Percentile £463 £800 -
90th Percentile £494 £830 -
North West median daily rate £450 £480 £650
% change year-on-year -6.25% -26.15% -15.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 75 182 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 75.76% 82.73% 83.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 81 127
10th Percentile £399 £363 £340
25th Percentile £447 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.10%
75th Percentile £541 £550 £627
90th Percentile £606 £650 £670
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 21 11
10th Percentile £25.15 £45.22 £25.00
25th Percentile £25.82 £48.60 £28.30
Median hourly rate £36.53 £62.32 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.37% +18.70% +1.10%
75th Percentile £56.82 £70.90 £55.43
90th Percentile £63.40 £80.59 £65.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £35.00
% change year-on-year -37.64% +15.21% +41.19%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

PLM job vacancy trend in Cumbria

PLM
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing PLM

PLM
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PLM in Cumbria over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PLM in Cumbria

PLM
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PLM within the Cumbria 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
Barrow-in-Furness +18 16 £450 -35.71% 2
PLM
North West

PLM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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 16 (100.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 16 (100.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 10 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (56.25%) Aerospace
2 9 (56.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Architect
2 6 (37.50%) Applications Engineer
2 6 (37.50%) Configuration Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (37.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (62.50%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) CAD
2 10 (62.50%) Knowledge Transfer
2 10 (62.50%) Use Case
2 10 (62.50%) Visualisation
3 9 (56.25%) Coaching
3 9 (56.25%) Knowledge Management
3 9 (56.25%) Mentoring
4 6 (37.50%) Data Governance
4 6 (37.50%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 12 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (68.75%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Siemens
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft