PLM Contract Job Trends in Essex

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring PLM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PLM 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 1.71% - 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.47% - 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £53 - £400
75th Percentile - - £425
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £54 - £525
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £47.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £50.00
75th Percentile - - £52.50
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £60.00 £45.00 £46.56
% change year-on-year +33.33% -3.34% +10.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 81 74 192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 69.23% 81.32% 82.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 39 113
10th Percentile £185 £181 £186
25th Percentile £300 £281 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £321 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.68% -28.58% -5.26%
75th Percentile £448 £500 £551
90th Percentile £596 £600 £600
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -4.90% +2.46% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 3 39
10th Percentile £12.75 £31.00 £10.42
25th Percentile £16.17 £32.50 £13.51
Median hourly rate £20.44 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.61% +7.69% -26.99%
75th Percentile £46.60 £117.50 £56.53
90th Percentile £61.50 £167.00 £75.00
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year -58.00% +31.16% +15.69%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

PLM job vacancy trend in Essex

PLM
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing PLM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing PLM

PLM
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing PLM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing PLM

PLM
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PLM within the Essex region over the 6 months to 1 March 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
Basildon - 2 £53 - 1
PLM
East of England

PLM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 1 (50.00%) PTC Creo
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Teamcenter
2 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Implementation Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Mechanical Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Mechanical Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) CAD
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Finite Element Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Product Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Re-Platforming
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Siemens
2 1 (50.00%) ANSYS
2 1 (50.00%) EMC
2 1 (50.00%) PTC
2 1 (50.00%) SAP