PLM Contracts in England

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring PLM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PLM over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 385 332 518
Rank change year-on-year -53 +186 +110
Contract jobs citing PLM 100 213 135
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.41% 0.57% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.66% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 62 61
10th Percentile £381 £451 £400
25th Percentile £438 £508 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £613 £520
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +17.79% +6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £625
90th Percentile £803 - £725
UK median daily rate £525 £650 £516
% change year-on-year -19.23% +25.91% +5.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 89 26
10th Percentile £41.25 £37.91 £39.55
25th Percentile £43.13 £45.00 £42.13
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £75.00 - £47.50
90th Percentile - £59.95 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% +11.11% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PLM in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for PLM in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PLM in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PLM in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for PLM in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PLM in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PLM 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 PLM within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +32 31 £600 - 40
North of England +15 25 £450 -28.00% 38
North West +16 23 £450 -23.73% 29
South East +18 14 £504 +0.70% 25
Midlands +22 13 £400 -15.34% 23
East of England -26 11 £340 -35.24% 4
West Midlands +14 9 £400 -38.46% 17
South West +39 6 £525 -19.23% 12
East Midlands +11 4 £800 +106.45% 4
Yorkshire +5 2 - - 8
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PLM
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 4 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.00%) Exchange Server 2013
2 3 (3.00%) Mendix
3 1 (1.00%) CMS
3 1 (1.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.00%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 14 (14.00%) Siemens NX
2 7 (7.00%) Windchill
3 4 (4.00%) CATIA
4 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (1.00%) AutoCAD
5 1 (1.00%) Fusion 360
5 1 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.00%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 25 (25.00%) Teamcenter
2 7 (7.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (5.00%) SAP PLM
4 4 (4.00%) SAP MDG
5 1 (1.00%) SAP EHS
5 1 (1.00%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.00%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.00%) SAP QM
5 1 (1.00%) SAP SRM
5 1 (1.00%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.00%) Azure
1 4 (4.00%) Mimecast
1 4 (4.00%) SaaS
2 3 (3.00%) AWS
2 3 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.00%) GCP
3 2 (2.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.00%) Veeva
4 1 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.00%) iPaaS
4 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.00%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (2.00%) HTTP
2 2 (2.00%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.00%) Relational Database
1 2 (2.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.00%) Big Data
2 1 (1.00%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.00%) DB2
2 1 (1.00%) OLAP
2 1 (1.00%) Power BI
2 1 (1.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (1.00%) SpecFlow
2 1 (1.00%) TestComplete
General
1 43 (43.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (15.00%) Manufacturing
3 14 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (13.00%) Finance
5 11 (11.00%) Automotive
6 7 (7.00%) Retail
7 5 (5.00%) Aerospace
7 5 (5.00%) Aviation
7 5 (5.00%) Marketing
8 4 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (3.00%) Banking
9 3 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (3.00%) Retail Banking
10 2 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.00%) Public Sector
10 2 (2.00%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.00%) Electronics
11 1 (1.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 19 (19.00%) Configuration Engineer
2 12 (12.00%) Lead
3 10 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
4 8 (8.00%) Consultant
4 8 (8.00%) Product Manager
4 8 (8.00%) Project Manager
5 7 (7.00%) Senior
6 6 (6.00%) Architect
6 6 (6.00%) Product Owner
7 5 (5.00%) ERP Manager
7 5 (5.00%) SAP Consultant
8 4 (4.00%) Analyst
8 4 (4.00%) ERP Implementation Manager
8 4 (4.00%) Implementation Manager
8 4 (4.00%) Senior Configuration Engineer
9 3 (3.00%) Business Analyst
9 3 (3.00%) CAD Engineer
9 3 (3.00%) IT Manager
9 3 (3.00%) Test Manager
9 3 (3.00%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.00%) XML
2 2 (2.00%) CSS
2 2 (2.00%) EDI
2 2 (2.00%) JWT
2 2 (2.00%) LDAP
2 2 (2.00%) Middleware
2 2 (2.00%) SAML
3 1 (1.00%) ADO
3 1 (1.00%) Playwright
3 1 (1.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.00%) Product Ownership
2 8 (8.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 6 (6.00%) Industry 4.0
4 3 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.00%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.00%) Digital Media
5 2 (2.00%) FMCG
5 2 (2.00%) LIMS
5 2 (2.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.00%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.00%) Replication
6 1 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.00%) Derivative
6 1 (1.00%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.00%) IoT
6 1 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.00%) Life Science
6 1 (1.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.00%) Linux
2 2 (2.00%) Unix
3 1 (1.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (38.00%) Agile
2 24 (24.00%) Project Management
3 22 (22.00%) CAD
3 22 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (20.00%) ERP
4 20 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 20 (20.00%) User Experience
5 19 (19.00%) Decision-Making
6 18 (18.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (17.00%) Change Management
8 14 (14.00%) Product Roadmap
9 13 (13.00%) Product Management
10 12 (12.00%) Analytics
10 12 (12.00%) Configuration Management
10 12 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (12.00%) Data Governance
11 11 (11.00%) Workshop Facilitation
12 10 (10.00%) Process Improvement
13 9 (9.00%) Agile Project Management
13 9 (9.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.00%) SQL
2 1 (1.00%) C++
2 1 (1.00%) Java
2 1 (1.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (17.00%) Degree
3 16 (16.00%) SC Cleared
4 8 (8.00%) PMP
5 7 (7.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (6.00%) Master's Degree
7 5 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (4.00%) PMI Certification
9 2 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.00%) Data Quality
2 5 (5.00%) QA
3 4 (4.00%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.00%) Def Stans
5 1 (1.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (1.00%) GxP
5 1 (1.00%) ISO 13485
5 1 (1.00%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 6 (6.00%) MOM
2 2 (2.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (24.00%) SAP
2 13 (13.00%) Microsoft
3 12 (12.00%) Siemens
4 7 (7.00%) Cisco
5 6 (6.00%) Rockwell
6 4 (4.00%) Ariba
6 4 (4.00%) Oracle
6 4 (4.00%) Proofpoint
7 3 (3.00%) Logitech
8 2 (2.00%) ForgeRock
8 2 (2.00%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.00%) Twitter
9 1 (1.00%) Autodesk
9 1 (1.00%) Cognos
9 1 (1.00%) LabVantage
9 1 (1.00%) LabWare
9 1 (1.00%) OneTrust
9 1 (1.00%) QAD
9 1 (1.00%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.00%) Sitecore