PLM Contracts in the Midlands

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for PLM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PLM over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 138 183
Rank change year-on-year +14 +45 -34
Contract jobs citing PLM 11 35 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.40% 1.01% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 1.14% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 16 25
10th Percentile £444 £419 -
25th Percentile £509 £472 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £563 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.22% +18.42% +18.75%
75th Percentile £675 £711 £533
90th Percentile - £890 £706
England median daily rate £600 £520 £488
% change year-on-year +15.38% +6.67% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £53.75 -
25th Percentile £50.00 £55.63 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.13 -
90th Percentile - £64.25 -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -4.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

PLM is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,247 3,061 4,518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.13% 88.39% 88.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,501 2,132 3,341
10th Percentile £235 £250 £233
25th Percentile £356 £370 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +4.21% +17.65%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £566
90th Percentile £700 £675 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 120 155
10th Percentile £11.09 £11.80 £10.20
25th Percentile £13.96 £15.00 £13.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £17.72 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +7.22% +1.37% +9.25%
75th Percentile £35.00 £26.64 £22.00
90th Percentile £55.00 £55.25 £33.30
England median hourly rate £35.00 £38.35 £24.00
% change year-on-year -8.74% +59.79% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for PLM in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for PLM in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PLM in the Midlands over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PLM in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for PLM in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PLM within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
West Midlands +19 9 £650 +27.45% 16
East Midlands +1 1 - - 7
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) CATIA
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
1 2 (18.18%) PowerApps
General
1 4 (36.36%) Manufacturing
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation
3 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
3 1 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365 Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Programme Test Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Test Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
1 2 (18.18%) Change Management
1 2 (18.18%) IT Asset Management
1 2 (18.18%) ITIL
1 2 (18.18%) Project Management
1 2 (18.18%) Service Management
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
2 1 (9.09%) Data Migration
2 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
2 1 (9.09%) Migration
2 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
2 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) SAP