PDM Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Data Management (PDM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 325 387 439
Rank change year-on-year +62 +52 +45
Contract jobs citing PDM 14 12 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.058% 0.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.068% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 3
10th Percentile £522 £435 £212
25th Percentile £535 £452 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £567 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.54% +2.50% +13.64%
75th Percentile £593 £519 -
90th Percentile £605 £521 -
UK median daily rate £525 £506 £500
% change year-on-year +3.70% +1.25% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 4
10th Percentile £63.25 - £27.13
25th Percentile £64.38 £54.75 £43.44
Median hourly rate £72.50 £59.50 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year +21.85% +1.28% +17.50%
75th Percentile £78.75 £64.25 £64.06
90th Percentile £81.00 - £64.63
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £59.50 £58.75
% change year-on-year +21.85% +1.28% +17.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,562 17,588 21,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.75% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,253 10,507 14,891
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 821 2,055 1,305
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.32 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.22 £15.81
Median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.66% +4.29% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.52 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PDM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PDM in the UK excluding London

PDM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PDM in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PDM in the UK excluding London

PDM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PDM in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PDM in the UK excluding London

PDM
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PDM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PDM in the UK excluding London

PDM
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PDM within the UK excluding London 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
East of England +36 10 - - 13
South West +42 1 - - 2
Scotland +12 1 £608 +43.06% 2
West Midlands - 1 £525 - 1
Midlands - 1 £525 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
PDM
UK

PDM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (71.43%) Confluence
1 10 (71.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) CATIA
1 1 (7.14%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 11 (78.57%) Teamcenter
2 1 (7.14%) ENOVIA
2 1 (7.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Collibra
1 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Metadata
1 1 (7.14%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) ER Studio
General
1 11 (78.57%) Social Skills
2 10 (71.43%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Aerospace
4 2 (14.29%) Finance
5 1 (7.14%) Electronics
5 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Systems Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Principal Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) CATIA Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Configuration Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Data Modeller
4 1 (7.14%) Design Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Test Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Systems Test Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (78.57%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (35.71%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.14%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Data Management
2 10 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (57.14%) Validation
3 8 (57.14%) Verification and Validation
4 7 (50.00%) Document Management
5 6 (42.86%) Systems Engineering
6 5 (35.71%) Cryptography
6 5 (35.71%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 3 (21.43%) Security Management
7 3 (21.43%) SysML
8 2 (14.29%) Architecture Roadmap
8 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
8 2 (14.29%) PLM
8 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
8 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
9 1 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence
9 1 (7.14%) Business Development
9 1 (7.14%) Data Architecture
9 1 (7.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 1 (7.14%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) SC Cleared
1 9 (64.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) ISO 20022
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Sparx