PLM Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring PLM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 73 89
Rank change year-on-year -40 +16 +18
Contract jobs citing PLM 2 3 8
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.11% 0.33% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.38% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £170 £775 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £800 £550
Median % change year-on-year -77.50% +45.45% +20.88%
75th Percentile £190 £825 £675
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £700 £450 £590
% change year-on-year +55.56% -23.73% +18.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,464 797 1,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 83.75% 88.75% 86.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 875 545 845
10th Percentile £302 £312 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £650 £665 £694
North West median daily rate £475 £474 £500
% change year-on-year +0.26% -5.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 26 79
10th Percentile £21.33 £14.16 £12.48
25th Percentile £37.50 £26.61 £13.81
Median hourly rate £57.50 £60.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +130.77% +4.00%
75th Percentile £77.50 £74.69 £60.63
90th Percentile £89.50 £86.63 £72.90
North West median hourly rate £55.00 £31.88 £26.66
% change year-on-year +72.52% +19.58% -23.83%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

PLM job vacancy trend in Manchester

PLM
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing PLM

PLM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (100.00%) Windchill
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Administrator