PLM Contract Job Trends in Luton

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Luton requiring PLM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 23 29
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 -
Contract jobs citing PLM 5 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 2.91% 2.11% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.40% 2.15% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £54 - £525
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £54 - £525
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 147 93 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 85.47% 97.89% 95.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 57 98
10th Percentile £405 - £371
25th Percentile £452 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £580 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.27% +10.48% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £569
90th Percentile £650 £700 £678
Bedfordshire median daily rate £505 £580 £525
% change year-on-year -12.93% +10.48% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 13 24
10th Percentile £59.80 £28.21 -
25th Percentile £60.00 £60.75 £15.39
Median hourly rate £68.21 £75.00 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% +279.75% -69.02%
75th Percentile £73.46 £82.50 £27.25
90th Percentile £76.20 £88.00 £65.75
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £66.61 £61.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +8.30% +186.05% -59.05%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

PLM job vacancy trend in Luton

PLM
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing PLM

PLM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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 4 (80.00%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 5 (100.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Consultant
1 5 (100.00%) Implementation Consultant
2 3 (60.00%) Implementation Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) ERP
1 5 (100.00%) Test Planning
2 4 (80.00%) Service Management
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Electronic Design Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Re-Platforming
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) SAP
1 5 (100.00%) Siemens