PLM Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 233 343
Rank change year-on-year -31 +110 +94
Contract jobs citing PLM 71 169 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.55% 0.82% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.98% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 50 44
10th Percentile £377 £400 £391
25th Percentile £438 £506 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £650 £511
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +27.14% +12.36%
75th Percentile £684 £675 £595
90th Percentile £825 - £719
UK median daily rate £525 £650 £516
% change year-on-year -19.23% +25.91% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 83 21
10th Percentile £23.58 £40.00 £39.55
25th Percentile £41.06 - £41.81
Median hourly rate £52.50 £50.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £75.00 - £47.50
90th Percentile - £59.95 -
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £50.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,664 17,222 20,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.66% 83.58% 89.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,264 10,282 14,009
10th Percentile £235 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £690
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 845 2,110 1,238
10th Percentile £13.83 £12.40 £10.63
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £15.22
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +8.57% +75.00%
75th Percentile £60.63 £61.30 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.50 £36.13
% change year-on-year -24.66% +1.04% +40.67%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for PLM in the UK excluding London

PLM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for PLM in the UK excluding London

PLM
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PLM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for PLM in the UK excluding London

PLM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for PLM in the UK excluding London

PLM
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PLM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for PLM in the UK excluding London

PLM
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 PLM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
North of England +1 22 £450 -28.00% 39
North West 0 20 £450 -23.73% 24
Midlands +17 18 £525 +31.25% 35
South East +11 12 £477 -4.65% 40
East of England -19 11 £340 -35.24% 30
West Midlands +15 9 £400 -38.46% 22
East Midlands +12 9 £800 +100.00% 13
South West +37 6 £525 -19.23% 23
Scotland +8 2 - - 11
Yorkshire +7 2 - - 12
PLM
UK

PLM
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 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.23%) Exchange Server 2013
2 3 (4.23%) Mendix
3 1 (1.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (28.17%) Siemens NX
2 8 (11.27%) Windchill
3 4 (5.63%) CATIA
3 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (4.23%) Fusion 360
4 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 30 (42.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.04%) AWS
2 4 (5.63%) Mimecast
3 3 (4.23%) Azure
4 2 (2.82%) GCP
4 2 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.82%) SaaS
5 1 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.41%) iPaaS
5 1 (1.41%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.23%) Unified Communications
2 2 (2.82%) HTTP
2 2 (2.82%) Kerberos
3 1 (1.41%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.41%) Big Data
2 1 (1.41%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.41%) OLAP
2 1 (1.41%) Power BI
2 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (8.45%) JIRA
General
1 24 (33.80%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (11.27%) Finance
3 7 (9.86%) Manufacturing
4 5 (7.04%) Aerospace
4 5 (7.04%) Automotive
4 5 (7.04%) Aviation
5 4 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.41%) Electronics
8 1 (1.41%) Law
8 1 (1.41%) Legal
8 1 (1.41%) Marketing
8 1 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.41%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (30.99%) Configuration Engineer
2 13 (18.31%) Applications Engineer
3 10 (14.08%) Lead
4 5 (7.04%) Architect
4 5 (7.04%) Product Owner
5 4 (5.63%) ERP Implementation Manager
5 4 (5.63%) ERP Manager
5 4 (5.63%) Implementation Manager
5 4 (5.63%) Senior
5 4 (5.63%) Senior Configuration Engineer
6 3 (4.23%) Analyst
6 3 (4.23%) CAD Engineer
6 3 (4.23%) Portfolio Manager
6 3 (4.23%) Portfolio Test Manager
6 3 (4.23%) Project Manager
6 3 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.23%) Test Manager
6 3 (4.23%) Unified Communications Engineer
7 2 (2.82%) Developer
7 2 (2.82%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (19.72%) XML
2 2 (2.82%) CSS
2 2 (2.82%) JWT
2 2 (2.82%) LDAP
2 2 (2.82%) Middleware
2 2 (2.82%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.45%) Product Ownership
2 5 (7.04%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.82%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.82%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 2 (2.82%) Replication
5 1 (1.41%) CMDB
5 1 (1.41%) Derivative
5 1 (1.41%) FMCG
5 1 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.41%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.82%) Linux
1 2 (2.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (36.62%) CAD
2 19 (26.76%) Agile
3 18 (25.35%) User Experience
4 16 (22.54%) Change Management
5 15 (21.13%) Data Governance
6 13 (18.31%) Configuration Management
7 12 (16.90%) Project Management
8 10 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (14.08%) Process Improvement
8 10 (14.08%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (12.68%) ERP
10 7 (9.86%) Data Management
10 7 (9.86%) Decision-Making
10 7 (9.86%) PRINCE2
10 7 (9.86%) Roadmaps
10 7 (9.86%) Translating Business Requirements
10 7 (9.86%) User Stories
11 6 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (8.45%) Customer Requirements
11 6 (8.45%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.23%) SQL
2 1 (1.41%) C++
2 1 (1.41%) Java
2 1 (1.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (35.21%) Security Cleared
2 18 (25.35%) SC Cleared
3 9 (12.68%) Degree
4 7 (9.86%) PMP
5 4 (5.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (4.23%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.82%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.41%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.41%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (19.72%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.82%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.41%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (2.82%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (11.27%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.45%) SAP
2 6 (8.45%) Siemens
3 4 (5.63%) Cisco
3 4 (5.63%) Proofpoint
4 3 (4.23%) Autodesk
5 2 (2.82%) ForgeRock
5 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.82%) Twitter
6 1 (1.41%) Cognos
6 1 (1.41%) Databricks