PLM Contracts in England

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for PLM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PLM over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 334 522 628
Rank change year-on-year +188 +106 -107
Contract jobs citing PLM 216 136 151
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.58% 0.27% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.29% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 62 122
10th Percentile £452 £401 £394
25th Percentile £511 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £520 £488
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +6.67% -2.50%
75th Percentile £675 £634 £588
90th Percentile - £725 £673
UK median daily rate £650 £516 £475
% change year-on-year +25.91% +8.68% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 29 4
10th Percentile £37.91 £38.40 £39.88
25th Percentile £45.00 £41.81 £41.56
Median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -4.26%
75th Percentile - £47.50 £54.38
90th Percentile £59.95 - £66.75
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -4.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

PLM is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,221 46,232 65,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,198 32,361 46,326
10th Percentile £300 £325 £329
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +9.23%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £649
90th Percentile £750 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,221 1,634 1,784
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.90 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.89 £16.54 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.04
90th Percentile £72.33 £75.00 £63.09
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £36.31 £25.00
% change year-on-year -3.59% +45.22% -

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 19 April 2024.

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 19 April 2024.

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 19 April 2024. 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 +77 72 £525 - 9
South East +21 42 £500 +5.26% 20
London +115 35 £600 +25.65% 25
North of England +55 31 £590 +18.00% 16
North West +38 26 £590 +18.00% 12
South West +28 14 £650 +25.00% 9
Midlands +12 12 £598 +6.22% 21
West Midlands +14 9 £650 +27.45% 14
Yorkshire +23 5 £650 +550.00% 3
East Midlands +3 2 - - 7
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UK

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 5 (2.31%) Confluence
2 3 (1.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (7.41%) Windchill
2 11 (5.09%) CATIA
3 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.93%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 52 (24.07%) Teamcenter
2 10 (4.63%) SAP PLM
3 8 (3.70%) DELMIA
4 6 (2.78%) ENOVIA
4 6 (2.78%) Primavera
5 4 (1.85%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.93%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.46%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.46%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 19 (8.80%) Azure
2 6 (2.78%) OCI
3 4 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (1.39%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.93%) Asana
5 2 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (0.93%) Miro
5 2 (0.93%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.46%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (0.46%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.46%) 3G
1 1 (0.46%) 4G
1 1 (0.46%) 5G
1 1 (0.46%) Broadband
1 1 (0.46%) DSL
1 1 (0.46%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.46%) Metadata
2 1 (0.46%) Metadata Repository
2 1 (0.46%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (4.17%) JIRA
2 1 (0.46%) ERwin
General
1 66 (30.56%) Aerospace
2 40 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 24 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 19 (8.80%) Public Sector
5 13 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.85%) Electronics
7 4 (1.85%) Finance
7 4 (1.85%) French Language
7 4 (1.85%) Italian Language
7 4 (1.85%) Law
7 4 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.39%) Automotive
8 3 (1.39%) Military
9 2 (0.93%) German Language
9 2 (0.93%) Marketing
9 2 (0.93%) Retail
9 2 (0.93%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.46%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (27.31%) Configuration Manager
2 44 (20.37%) Consultant
3 41 (18.98%) Architect
4 30 (13.89%) SAP Consultant
5 29 (13.43%) Solutions Architect
6 26 (12.04%) Senior
7 14 (6.48%) Administrator
8 13 (6.02%) Systems Administrator
9 12 (5.56%) Lead
10 11 (5.09%) Senior Systems Administrator
11 10 (4.63%) Developer
12 9 (4.17%) Functional Consultant
13 8 (3.70%) Support Team Leader
14 7 (3.24%) Configuration Engineer
14 7 (3.24%) Team Leader
15 6 (2.78%) Oracle Consultant
15 6 (2.78%) SAP Functional Consultant
15 6 (2.78%) SAP PLM Consultant
15 6 (2.78%) Senior Configuration Engineer
16 5 (2.31%) SAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.02%) Itk
2 3 (1.39%) React
2 3 (1.39%) Web Services
3 2 (0.93%) ADO
4 1 (0.46%) .NET
4 1 (0.46%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.46%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.46%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.46%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.46%) CSS
4 1 (0.46%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.46%) J2EE
4 1 (0.46%) jQuery
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.46%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.46%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.09%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (2.31%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.85%) Life Science
4 3 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (1.39%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.93%) iPad
6 1 (0.46%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.46%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.46%) FMCG
6 1 (0.46%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.46%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.46%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.70%) Windows
2 6 (2.78%) Windows Server
2 6 (2.78%) Windows Server 2016
2 6 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (0.93%) Android
3 2 (0.93%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.93%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (36.57%) Configuration Management
2 56 (25.93%) Coaching
3 55 (25.46%) Collaborative Working
4 22 (10.19%) DevOps
5 20 (9.26%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (8.80%) Agile
7 18 (8.33%) Business Strategy
8 17 (7.87%) Project Management
9 16 (7.41%) Regulatory Compliance
10 14 (6.48%) Change Management
10 14 (6.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (6.02%) Computer Science
11 13 (6.02%) Migration
12 12 (5.56%) CAD
13 11 (5.09%) Data Management
14 9 (4.17%) Data Migration
15 8 (3.70%) ERP
15 8 (3.70%) Information Assurance
15 8 (3.70%) Process Improvement
15 8 (3.70%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.09%) C
2 10 (4.63%) SQL
3 6 (2.78%) ABAP
3 6 (2.78%) C++
4 5 (2.31%) Java
5 3 (1.39%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.93%) C#
7 1 (0.46%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.46%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.46%) Python
Qualifications
1 81 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 59 (27.31%) SC Cleared
3 33 (15.28%) BPSS Clearance
4 24 (11.11%) DV Cleared
5 19 (8.80%) Degree
6 4 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.39%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.39%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.93%) CBAP
9 1 (0.46%) APMP
9 1 (0.46%) CSPO
9 1 (0.46%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.46%) HNC
9 1 (0.46%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.78%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.31%) QA
3 3 (1.39%) GDPR
4 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 2 (0.93%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 51 (23.61%) SAP
2 23 (10.65%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.65%) Siemens
3 9 (4.17%) Oracle
4 8 (3.70%) PTC
5 3 (1.39%) Ariba
6 1 (0.46%) IBM
6 1 (0.46%) Nintex