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 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 526 568 675
Rank change year-on-year +42 +107 +168
Contract jobs citing SAP PLM 13 12 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.043% 0.028% 0.029%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.53% 0.38% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 5
10th Percentile £510 £689 £292
25th Percentile - £1,532 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £2,000 £550
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% +263.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £1,000 - £560
90th Percentile £1,060 - £629
UK excluding London median daily rate - £135 £600
% change year-on-year - -77.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 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 2,459 3,189 3,824
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.19% 7.31% 6.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,391 1,871 2,174
10th Percentile £396 £363 £363
25th Percentile £463 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £674 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.29% - +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 119 58
10th Percentile £20.47 £14.71 £22.71
25th Percentile £32.25 £21.25 £35.72
Median hourly rate £58.75 £40.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.88% -18.37% +40.00%
75th Percentile £73.13 £56.91 £61.56
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.00 £72.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £40.00 £53.08
% change year-on-year +50.00% -24.65% +87.75%

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

SAP PLM
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

SAP PLM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP PLM over the 6 months to 23 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP PLM in the UK

SAP PLM
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

SAP PLM
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 23 June 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 +69 6 £600 - 16
Work from Home +36 6 £1,050 - 10
London +56 5 £600 - 9

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (46.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (30.77%) Teamcenter
3 3 (23.08%) SAP MDG
3 3 (23.08%) SAP VC
4 2 (15.38%) SAP ERP
4 2 (15.38%) SAP PP
4 2 (15.38%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) SaaS
1 2 (15.38%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) SAP HANA
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Manufacturing
3 4 (30.77%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (23.08%) Aerospace
4 3 (23.08%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (15.38%) Automotive
5 2 (15.38%) Finance
5 2 (15.38%) Marketing
6 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Consultant
1 5 (38.46%) SAP Consultant
2 3 (23.08%) Functional Consultant
2 3 (23.08%) Project Manager
2 3 (23.08%) SAP Functional Consultant
2 3 (23.08%) SAP PLM Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (15.38%) IT Manager
3 2 (15.38%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Architect
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Enterprise Architect
3 2 (15.38%) SAP MM Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) SAP MM Functional Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) SAP PP Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) SAP PP Functional Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (7.69%) Middleware
2 1 (7.69%) REST
2 1 (7.69%) RESTful
2 1 (7.69%) SAPUI5
2 1 (7.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
1 2 (15.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) PLM
2 5 (38.46%) Document Management
2 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Integration Testing
3 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (23.08%) CAD
4 3 (23.08%) Change Management
4 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
4 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (23.08%) ERP
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (23.08%) Validation
5 2 (15.38%) Data Privacy
5 2 (15.38%) Data Security
5 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (15.38%) Performance Tuning
5 2 (15.38%) Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (23.08%) Siemens
3 1 (7.69%) Ariba
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle
3 1 (7.69%) Salesforce
3 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow