PLM Contracts in London

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 328 370 453
Rank change year-on-year +42 +83 +98
Contract jobs citing PLM 26 30 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.20% 0.17% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.19% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 19
10th Percentile £546 £413 £427
25th Percentile - £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year +17.07% +7.89% -9.52%
75th Percentile £625 £669 £568
90th Percentile £774 £754 £600
England median daily rate £550 £590 £520
% change year-on-year -6.78% +13.46% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,891 15,474 22,954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.21% 88.55% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,950 11,028 16,622
10th Percentile £333 £343 £372
25th Percentile £425 £446 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £587
Median % change year-on-year - -6.34% +2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £686 £700
90th Percentile £799 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 303 260
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.59 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.01 £23.00
Median hourly rate £32.00 £30.00 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -25.47% +11.17%
75th Percentile £50.13 £48.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.30 £68.60 £82.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £37.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +1.65% +46.03%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for PLM in London

PLM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for PLM in London

PLM
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for PLM in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for PLM in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PLM within the London region over the 6 months to 1 July 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
Central London - 7 £720 - 16
West London +11 3 £600 - 8
PLM
England

PLM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (3.85%) CMS
1 1 (3.85%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 6 (23.08%) SAP PLM
2 4 (15.38%) Teamcenter
3 3 (11.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (7.69%) SAP MDG
4 2 (7.69%) SAP VC
5 1 (3.85%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (3.85%) Infor M3
5 1 (3.85%) SAP QM
5 1 (3.85%) SAP SRM
5 1 (3.85%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) Azure
1 2 (7.69%) SaaS
1 2 (7.69%) Veeva
2 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (3.85%) Miro
2 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.85%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) DB2
1 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) SpecFlow
2 1 (3.85%) TestComplete
General
1 14 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Finance
3 5 (19.23%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (15.38%) Manufacturing
4 4 (15.38%) Marketing
5 3 (11.54%) Banking
5 3 (11.54%) Retail
6 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (7.69%) Retail Banking
7 1 (3.85%) Automotive
7 1 (3.85%) Cantonese Language
7 1 (3.85%) Investment Banking
7 1 (3.85%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 5 (19.23%) Analyst
1 5 (19.23%) Project Manager
2 4 (15.38%) Business Analyst
2 4 (15.38%) Product Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Consultant
3 3 (11.54%) IT Manager
3 3 (11.54%) IT Project Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Product Owner
3 3 (11.54%) SAP Consultant
3 3 (11.54%) SAP PLM Consultant
3 3 (11.54%) Senior
4 2 (7.69%) Configuration Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Senior Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Senior Product Manager
5 1 (3.85%) Business IT Analyst
5 1 (3.85%) Developer
5 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (3.85%) QA Engineer
5 1 (3.85%) Quantitative Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) EDI
2 1 (3.85%) ADO
2 1 (3.85%) NumPy
2 1 (3.85%) Pandas
2 1 (3.85%) Playwright
2 1 (3.85%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.69%) Digital Media
2 2 (7.69%) LIMS
2 2 (7.69%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.85%) Derivative
3 1 (3.85%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.85%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (3.85%) FMCG
3 1 (3.85%) IoT
3 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Linux
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Agile
2 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (23.08%) Product Management
3 6 (23.08%) Project Delivery
3 6 (23.08%) Project Management
3 6 (23.08%) Roadmaps
3 6 (23.08%) User Stories
4 5 (19.23%) Analytics
4 5 (19.23%) Decision-Making
4 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (19.23%) Product Roadmap
4 5 (19.23%) Product Strategy
5 4 (15.38%) Backlog Management
5 4 (15.38%) Data Privacy
5 4 (15.38%) Global Marketing
5 4 (15.38%) Performance Metrics
5 4 (15.38%) Product Backlog
5 4 (15.38%) Programme Delivery
5 4 (15.38%) SDLC
5 4 (15.38%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) ABAP
2 1 (3.85%) C++
2 1 (3.85%) Python
2 1 (3.85%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) Accessibility
2 3 (11.54%) QA
3 1 (3.85%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (3.85%) GxP
3 1 (3.85%) ISO 13485
3 1 (3.85%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) SAP
2 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
3 4 (15.38%) Siemens
4 2 (7.69%) Cisco
4 2 (7.69%) Logitech
5 1 (3.85%) Infor
5 1 (3.85%) LabVantage
5 1 (3.85%) LabWare
5 1 (3.85%) OneTrust
5 1 (3.85%) Oracle
5 1 (3.85%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.85%) Sitecore