PLM Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring PLM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
11 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PLM 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 1.96% - 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.29% - 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £64 - £650
75th Percentile - - £675
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £64 £320 £738
% change year-on-year -80.00% -56.61% +28.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £70.95 - -
25th Percentile £71.63 - -
Median hourly rate £73.00 - -
75th Percentile £74.13 - -
90th Percentile £74.65 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £73.00 £35.00 £77.50
% change year-on-year +108.57% -54.84% +55.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 131 95 127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 85.62% 76.61% 75.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 58 100
10th Percentile £170 £318 £306
25th Percentile £231 £356 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £535
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -8.88% +4.90%
75th Percentile £534 £575 £640
90th Percentile £650 £638 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 2
10th Percentile £12.80 - £31.48
25th Percentile £22.50 - £31.81
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £33.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +81.05%
75th Percentile £72.63 - £34.31
90th Percentile £74.90 - £34.43
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £59.44
% change year-on-year -40.83% -41.12% +39.27%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

PLM job vacancy trend in Southampton

PLM
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing PLM

PLM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 (33.33%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Teamcenter
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Mechanical Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Test Planning
2 1 (33.33%) CAD
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) EMC
1 1 (33.33%) PTC
PLM jobs