PLM Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring PLM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 78 96
Rank change year-on-year -18 +18 +39
Contract jobs citing PLM 10 7 12
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.62% 0.62% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.73% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £95 - £416
25th Percentile £159 - £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £277 - £525
75th Percentile £407 - £538
90th Percentile £478 - -
England median daily rate £556 £501 £524
% change year-on-year +11.03% -4.34% -4.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - £37.91
Median hourly rate £59.25 £35.00 £40.28
Median % change year-on-year +69.29% -13.10% -42.46%
75th Percentile £72.38 £45.00 £43.23
90th Percentile £73.95 £51.00 £47.25
England median hourly rate £66.00 £46.18 £47.50
% change year-on-year +42.92% -2.78% +5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,361 960 1,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.48% 84.36% 86.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 567 408 787
10th Percentile £198 £242 £225
25th Percentile £363 £340 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £483 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% -3.45% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £600
90th Percentile £681 £688 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 441 190 355
10th Percentile £14.09 - £14.00
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.62 £14.50
Median hourly rate £20.75 £32.89 £21.46
Median % change year-on-year -36.91% +53.26% -2.45%
75th Percentile £64.00 £67.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.23 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +23.09%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

PLM job vacancy trend in the East of England

PLM
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing PLM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing PLM

PLM
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PLM in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PLM in the East of England

PLM
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing PLM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing PLM

PLM
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PLM in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PLM in the East of England

PLM
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PLM within the East of England region over the 6 months to 26 December 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
Hertfordshire -17 6 - - 3
Essex - 3 £53 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 £500 -
PLM
England

PLM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 7 (70.00%) Windchill
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (30.00%) Simulink
3 1 (10.00%) PTC Creo
3 1 (10.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) SAP PLM
2 1 (10.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) JIRA
1 3 (30.00%) Rational DOORS
1 3 (30.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 4 (40.00%) Law
2 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) RF Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Configuration Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Senior
2 2 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Configuration Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Design Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Mechanical Design Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Mechanical Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Configuration Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Design Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Synthetic Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 3 (30.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (30.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 3 (30.00%) Scenario Testing
1 3 (30.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (20.00%) Change Management
2 2 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (20.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) CAD
3 1 (10.00%) ERP
3 1 (10.00%) Finite Element Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Product Requirements
3 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) SAP
2 2 (20.00%) PTC
3 1 (10.00%) ANSYS
3 1 (10.00%) EMC
3 1 (10.00%) IFS
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Siemens