SAP PLM Contracts

SAP Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SAP PLM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP PLM over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 570 707
Rank change year-on-year +57 +137 +137
Contract jobs citing SAP PLM 7 12 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.028% 0.018%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.29% 0.37% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £560 - £551
25th Percentile £575 - £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £2,000 £555
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% +260.36% -12.94%
75th Percentile - - £558
90th Percentile - - £559
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £40.00 -

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP PLM falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,404 3,235 3,808
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.21% 7.43% 6.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,348 1,884 2,189
10th Percentile £400 £363 £363
25th Percentile £475 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% - -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £788 £775 £794
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £529
% change year-on-year +4.76% -0.66% +0.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 112 56
10th Percentile £22.27 £14.71 £21.25
25th Percentile £38.58 £21.25 £29.21
Median hourly rate £60.00 £43.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -7.89% +35.71%
75th Percentile £77.50 £59.94 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £43.75 £49.00
% change year-on-year +37.14% -10.71% +108.29%

SAP PLM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP PLM in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP PLM in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP PLM in the UK

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Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP PLM 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
England +52 5 £600 - 4
London +39 5 £600 - 3
Work from Home +42 2 £550 - 4

SAP PLM
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 1 (14.29%) AutoCAD
1 1 (14.29%) PTC Creo
1 1 (14.29%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SAP PP
1 2 (28.57%) SAP R/3
1 2 (28.57%) Teamcenter
2 1 (14.29%) SAP EHS
2 1 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) SaaS
1 2 (28.57%) Veeva
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Consultant
1 4 (57.14%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Functional Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) IT Manager
2 2 (28.57%) IT Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) SAP Functional Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) SAP MM Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) SAP MM Functional Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) SAP PLM Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) SAP PP Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) SAP PP Functional Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 2 (28.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (14.29%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) PLM
2 3 (42.86%) CAD
3 2 (28.57%) Budget Management
3 2 (28.57%) Budgeting
3 2 (28.57%) CAPA
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Data Privacy
3 2 (28.57%) Data Security
3 2 (28.57%) Document Management
3 2 (28.57%) Global Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Integration Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Inventory Management
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) Workflow
4 1 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) Siemens