PLM Contracts in the South East

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring PLM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PLM 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 138 156 186
Rank change year-on-year +18 +30 +59
Contract jobs citing PLM 14 42 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.46% 0.76% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.89% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 12
10th Percentile £389 £483 £411
25th Percentile £422 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £494
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% +1.27% +1.28%
75th Percentile £530 £675 £588
90th Percentile - £760 £670
England median daily rate £525 £613 £520
% change year-on-year -14.29% +17.79% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 15 18
10th Percentile - £54.34 -
25th Percentile - £56.58 £42.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 £58.30 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.64% +29.56% -
75th Percentile - £61.60 £47.50
90th Percentile - £62.96 -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% +11.11% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,758 4,707 5,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.54% 84.81% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,757 2,740 3,571
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 435 221
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.26 £23.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.79
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing PLM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for PLM in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PLM in the South East.

Daily rate trend for PLM in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PLM in the South East over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PLM in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PLM in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for PLM in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PLM within the South East 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
Thames Valley +7 6 £504 +0.70% 9
Hampshire +25 5 - - 2
Oxfordshire - 4 - - 3
Berkshire -7 2 £504 +0.70% 3
Surrey - 2 - - 4
West Sussex - 1 £385 - 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) CATIA
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Big Data
1 1 (7.14%) Data Mining
1 1 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (7.14%) OLAP
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
1 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (35.71%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Aviation
2 3 (21.43%) Manufacturing
3 2 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Automotive
3 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) ERP Implementation Manager
1 4 (28.57%) ERP Manager
1 4 (28.57%) Implementation Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Architect
2 2 (14.29%) CAD Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Product Owner
2 2 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (7.14%) CAD Design Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) CATIA Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Data Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Design Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Implementation Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Power BI Developer
3 1 (7.14%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) SAP PP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Agile
2 6 (42.86%) ERP
2 6 (42.86%) Project Management
3 5 (35.71%) PRINCE2
3 5 (35.71%) Process Improvement
4 4 (28.57%) Impact Analysis
4 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (28.57%) Project Governance
5 3 (21.43%) Coaching
5 3 (21.43%) People Management
5 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (21.43%) Time Management
6 2 (14.29%) CAD
6 2 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
6 2 (14.29%) Epics
6 2 (14.29%) Information Architecture
6 2 (14.29%) Quality Management
6 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
6 2 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (14.29%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) C++
2 1 (7.14%) Java
2 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Degree
2 5 (35.71%) PMP
3 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 2 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) Cognos