PDM Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Product Data Management (PDM)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring PDM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 - 181
Rank change year-on-year - - +60
Contract jobs citing PDM 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.021% - 0.065%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% - 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £459
25th Percentile - - £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £483
75th Percentile - - £503
90th Percentile - - £512
England median daily rate £851 £438 £563
% change year-on-year +94.40% -22.22% -6.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

PDM 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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,217 3,071 4,085
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.48% 86.82% 88.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,797 1,744 2,708
10th Percentile £218 £263 £300
25th Percentile £363 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £669 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 150 190
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.20 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.12 £17.75
Median hourly rate £29.60 £27.44 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.86% -8.53% +33.33%
75th Percentile £52.50 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £68.79 £67.57 £62.18
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.79% +20.52%

PDM
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PDM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

PDM job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PDM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PDM

PDM
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PDM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PDM

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PDM within the North of England region over the 6 months to 23 December 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
North West - 1 - - 4
PDM
England

PDM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (100.00%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) ENOVIA
1 1 (100.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Brand Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Development Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) PTC
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens