PDM Contract Job Trends in the North West

Product Data Management (PDM)
England > North West

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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 - 129
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Contract jobs citing PDM 6 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.19% - 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% - 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile - - £473
25th Percentile £360 - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £372 - £513
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.50%
75th Percentile £400 - £519
90th Percentile £408 - £523
England median daily rate £386 £481 £513
% change year-on-year -19.84% -6.10% +2.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,677 1,776 2,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.92% 90.24% 86.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,659 1,148 1,497
10th Percentile £275 £300 £306
25th Percentile £375 £394 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £593
90th Percentile £656 £662 £689
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 227 104 248
10th Percentile £19.63 £16.02 £10.95
25th Percentile £25.38 £22.72 £13.45
Median hourly rate £52.78 £32.25 £22.31
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% +44.59% -37.17%
75th Percentile £74.26 £60.00 £45.22
90th Percentile £85.00 £84.70 £57.50
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year +50.00% -16.67% -3.59%

PDM
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

PDM job vacancy trend in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 3 May 2026. 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
Cumbria - 5 £372 - 1
Manchester - 1 - - 2
PDM
England

PDM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (16.67%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) ENOVIA
1 1 (16.67%) Teamcenter
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Project Officer
1 4 (66.67%) Project Support Officer
1 4 (66.67%) Support Officer
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Agile
1 1 (16.67%) Brand Management
1 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
1 1 (16.67%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (16.67%) Change Management
1 1 (16.67%) Data Entry
1 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
1 1 (16.67%) Data Strategy
1 1 (16.67%) Development Roadmap
1 1 (16.67%) ERP
1 1 (16.67%) Migration
1 1 (16.67%) PLM
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
1 1 (16.67%) Proactive Management
1 1 (16.67%) Product Strategy
1 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
1 1 (16.67%) Project Management
1 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) PTC
2 1 (16.67%) Siemens