PLM Contracts in the Midlands

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
England > Midlands

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 120 132
Rank change year-on-year +22 +12 +52
Contract jobs citing PLM 13 13 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.68% 0.47% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.57% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 16
10th Percentile £380 £381 £419
25th Percentile - £400 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £473 £563
Median % change year-on-year -15.34% -16.00% +18.42%
75th Percentile £538 £643 £711
90th Percentile £808 £675 £890
England median daily rate £525 £613 £520
% change year-on-year -14.29% +17.79% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
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 £70.00 £50.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% +11.11% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,676 2,266 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.57% 82.19% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,510 2,125
10th Percentile £200 £237 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £11.96
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +7.22% +1.37%
75th Percentile £24.22 £35.00 £26.81
90th Percentile £36.55 £55.00 £55.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
West Midlands +14 9 £400 -38.46% 17
East Midlands +11 4 £800 +106.45% 4
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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 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Siemens NX
2 1 (7.69%) Fusion 360
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Mimecast
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) SaaS
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (30.77%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
3 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Lead
1 3 (23.08%) Unified Communications Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Data Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Data Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Lead Product Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Lead Product Owner
3 1 (7.69%) Messaging Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Operations Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Product Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Product Operations Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Product Owner
3 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Technical Leader
3 1 (7.69%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Derivative
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Agile
1 5 (38.46%) Decision-Making
2 4 (30.77%) Change Management
2 4 (30.77%) Information Security
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Strategic Planning
2 4 (30.77%) System Testing
2 4 (30.77%) User Experience
3 3 (23.08%) Agile Project Management
3 3 (23.08%) Product Management
3 3 (23.08%) Project Management
3 3 (23.08%) Scrum
3 3 (23.08%) SDLC
3 3 (23.08%) Service Catalogue
4 2 (15.38%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 2 (15.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (15.38%) Product Operations
4 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
4 2 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (15.38%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Cisco
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
1 4 (30.77%) Proofpoint
2 2 (15.38%) Siemens
3 1 (7.69%) Autodesk
3 1 (7.69%) Databricks