PDM Contracts in Northern Ireland

Product Data Management (PDM)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring PDM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PDM over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PDM 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.63% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £525 £506 £500
% change year-on-year +3.70% +1.25% +17.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 147 112 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 92.45% 75.68% 76.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 56 79
10th Percentile £154 £211 £164
25th Percentile £295 £355 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £506 £413
Median % change year-on-year -19.01% +22.73% -5.71%
75th Percentile £532 £581 £508
90th Percentile £625 £663 £626
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 21 14
10th Percentile £15.60 - £13.40
25th Percentile £22.50 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £26.59 £13.94 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +90.75% -8.59% -3.11%
75th Percentile £48.48 £23.54 £16.78
90th Percentile £78.47 £31.88 £18.12
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

PDM
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing PDM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for PDM in Northern Ireland

PDM
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PDM within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 2 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
County Antrim - 1 - -
PDM
UK

PDM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) ENOVIA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) CATIA Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Design Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree