PDM Contracts in England

Product Data Management (PDM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring PDM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PDM over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 455 528 625
Rank change year-on-year +73 +97 +123
Contract jobs citing PDM 15 16 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.063% 0.044% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.069% 0.051% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 8
10th Percentile £518 £420 £463
25th Percentile £525 £478 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +2.50% +21.95%
75th Percentile £575 £522 £579
90th Percentile £583 £545 £675
UK median daily rate £550 £506 £500
% change year-on-year +8.64% +1.25% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 4
10th Percentile £51.75 - £27.13
25th Percentile £63.13 £54.75 £43.44
Median hourly rate £70.00 £59.50 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +1.28% +11.90%
75th Percentile £76.88 £64.25 £64.06
90th Percentile £80.00 - £64.63
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £59.50 £58.75
% change year-on-year +17.65% +1.28% +52.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

PDM 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,765 31,482 43,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 85.95% 90.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,187 20,630 30,308
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £411 £413 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 940 2,281 1,520
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.84 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.00 £15.80
Median hourly rate £28.00 £36.50 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year -23.29% -2.46% +49.68%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.02 £36.40
% change year-on-year -23.66% -1.02% +41.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing PDM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for PDM in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PDM in England.

Daily rate trend for PDM in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PDM in England.

Hourly rate trend for PDM in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PDM in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PDM in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PDM within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
East of England +37 11 - - 11
South West +44 1 - - 5
West Midlands - 1 £525 - 1
Midlands - 1 £525 - 2
South East - 1 - - 10
PDM
UK

PDM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (73.33%) Confluence
1 11 (73.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.67%) Simulink
1 1 (6.67%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 13 (86.67%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) FTP
General
1 12 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Aerospace
3 2 (13.33%) Electronics
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Systems Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Security Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Configuration Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Configuration Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Electronics Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Scrum Master
4 1 (6.67%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Test Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Systems Test Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Test Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Validation Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (73.33%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) CMDB
3 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Data Management
2 11 (73.33%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (60.00%) Validation
3 9 (60.00%) Verification and Validation
4 7 (46.67%) Document Management
5 6 (40.00%) Cryptography
5 6 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
6 5 (33.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 4 (26.67%) Security Management
8 3 (20.00%) PLM
8 3 (20.00%) SysML
9 2 (13.33%) Agile
9 2 (13.33%) Architecture Roadmap
9 2 (13.33%) Change Management
9 2 (13.33%) Configuration Management
9 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
9 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
9 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
10 1 (6.67%) CRM
10 1 (6.67%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 12 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 12 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) HNC