PTC Contracts

PTC
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of PTC products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PTC over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Parametric Technology Corporation.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 571 705
Rank change year-on-year +59 +134 +137
Contract jobs citing PTC 8 11 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.025% 0.022%
As % of the Vendors category 0.058% 0.060% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 5
10th Percentile - £320 £328
25th Percentile - £344 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +13.33% -35.34%
75th Percentile - £600 £500
90th Percentile - £650 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £350 £350
% change year-on-year - - -39.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 6
10th Percentile - - £30.84
25th Percentile £62.50 - £38.70
Median hourly rate £65.00 £45.00 £44.65
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% +0.78% +6.70%
75th Percentile £67.50 - £49.69
90th Percentile £68.13 - £50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £45.00 £44.65
% change year-on-year +44.44% +0.78% +6.70%

All Vendors
UK

PTC falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,893 18,473 25,523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.46% 42.41% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,711 11,449 17,111
10th Percentile £288 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £517 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
75th Percentile £619 £628 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 1,101 689
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.13 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.61 £14.48 £19.06
Median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%
75th Percentile £56.00 £57.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +106.79%

PTC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PTC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PTC in the UK

PTC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PTC.

Daily rate trend for PTC in the UK

PTC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PTC.

Hourly rate trend for PTC in the UK

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Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PTC within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
UK excluding London +64 7 - - 8
England +54 7 - - 10
Work from Home +46 6 - - 6
South West +46 3 - -
East of England +29 2 - - 2
South East - 2 - - 1

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MagicDraw
1 2 (25.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Configuration Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Change Control
1 5 (62.50%) Configuration Management
1 5 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) Coaching
2 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (25.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (25.00%) SDLC
2 2 (25.00%) SysML
2 2 (25.00%) UML
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) CAD
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) PLM
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) Def Stans
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) PTC Integrity
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) IBM
1 2 (25.00%) Sparx