SAP PLM Contract Job Trends in England

SAP Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring SAP PLM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 537 491 529
Rank change year-on-year -46 +38 +186
Contract jobs citing SAP PLM 4 7 16
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.013% 0.026% 0.044%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.15% 0.35% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £292
25th Percentile - - £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +15.79% -4.52%
75th Percentile - - £626
90th Percentile - - £674
UK median daily rate £600 £1,275 £475
% change year-on-year -52.94% +168.42% -4.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £40.25
25th Percentile - - £50.54
Median hourly rate - - £61.79
75th Percentile - - £62.92
90th Percentile - - £63.29
UK median hourly rate - - £61.79
% change year-on-year - - -27.31%

All Business Application Skills
England

SAP PLM falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,657 2,017 2,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.42% 7.39% 7.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,602 1,113 1,600
10th Percentile £358 £380 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.08%
75th Percentile £665 £672 £675
90th Percentile £760 £773 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 50 81
10th Percentile £18.50 £22.27 £30.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £30.43 £49.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.75 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +10.43% -27.86% +61.40%
75th Percentile £86.00 £67.25 £73.75
90th Percentile £93.75 £80.75 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £41.86 £40.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year +4.64% -29.19% +51.45%

SAP PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

SAP PLM job vacancy trend in England

SAP PLM
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP PLM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP PLM

SAP PLM
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP PLM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP PLM

SAP PLM
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 SAP PLM within the England region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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 - 2 - -
London -19 1 £600 +9.09% 1
SAP PLM
UK

SAP PLM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (50.00%) Simulink
1 2 (50.00%) Windchill
2 1 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
1 1 (25.00%) Veeva
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
1 2 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
1 2 (50.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 2 (50.00%) Law
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) RF Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Synthetic Data
2 1 (25.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) PLM
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (50.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Business Case
4 1 (25.00%) Business Process Mapping
4 1 (25.00%) CAD
4 1 (25.00%) CAPA
4 1 (25.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Data Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
4 1 (25.00%) Data Security
4 1 (25.00%) PDM
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) MATLAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Siemens