PLM Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring PLM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PLM 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.50% - 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% - 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £254 - £650
75th Percentile - - £675
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £645 £527 £650
% change year-on-year +22.39% -18.92% +26.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 163 169 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 80.69% 91.85% 76.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 106 58
10th Percentile £213 £179 £181
25th Percentile £370 £306 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £538
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -20.93% +30.30%
75th Percentile £600 £572 £625
90th Percentile £675 £622 £675
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 17 23
10th Percentile - £13.93 -
25th Percentile £14.50 £14.78 £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.72 £23.00 £15.63
Median % change year-on-year -22.96% +47.15% +0.84%
75th Percentile £53.75 £25.15 £23.74
90th Percentile - £42.92 £31.88
UK median hourly rate £42.71 £27.64 £36.50
% change year-on-year +54.50% -24.27% +1.39%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PLM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

PLM job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

PLM
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing PLM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing PLM

PLM
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 PLM within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 4 June 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
County Antrim - 1 £254 -
PLM
UK

PLM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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%) CATIA
1 1 (100.00%) Windchill
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree