PLM Contract Job Trends in Reading

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring PLM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 63 63
Rank change year-on-year -6 0 +28
Contract jobs citing PLM 10 11 32
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.09% 1.47% 2.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 1.57% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 4
10th Percentile - £477 £470
25th Percentile - £488 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £83 £504 £500
Median % change year-on-year -83.52% +0.70% +11.11%
75th Percentile - £530 £502
90th Percentile - £539 £504
Berkshire median daily rate £279 £504 £500
% change year-on-year -44.59% +0.70% -14.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 15
10th Percentile £80.98 - £54.34
25th Percentile £81.31 - £56.58
Median hourly rate £82.25 - £58.30
75th Percentile £82.81 - £62.54
90th Percentile £82.93 - £63.29
Berkshire median hourly rate £82.25 - £61.60

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 812 701 1,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 88.26% 93.84% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 546 391 615
10th Percentile £310 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% -6.45%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £615
90th Percentile £673 £671 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 5 37
10th Percentile £56.63 £27.35 £19.10
25th Percentile £80.00 £29.00 £52.90
Median hourly rate £83.00 £61.76 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +34.39% +0.26% -12.00%
75th Percentile £95.00 £64.73 £67.50
90th Percentile £107.00 £72.20 £87.53
Berkshire median hourly rate £81.50 £61.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +32.53% +5.48% -9.86%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

PLM job vacancy trend in Reading

PLM
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing PLM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing PLM

PLM
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing PLM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing PLM

PLM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 (10.00%) CATIA
1 1 (10.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 10 (100.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (10.00%) Avionics
3 1 (10.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Consultant
1 5 (50.00%) Senior
1 5 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (20.00%) DOORS Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Product Delivery Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Product Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Requirements Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Software Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Software Product Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Digital Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) Configuration Management
2 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (30.00%) Change Management
3 3 (30.00%) Migration
3 3 (30.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 3 (30.00%) Programme Management
3 3 (30.00%) Requirements Engineering
3 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (20.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) CAD
5 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
5 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
5 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (10.00%) Requirements Management
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) IBM
1 1 (10.00%) SAP
1 1 (10.00%) Siemens