PLM Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 262 272 389
Rank change year-on-year +10 +117 +120
Contract jobs citing PLM 39 72 82
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.39% 0.47% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.54% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 46 31
10th Percentile £385 £458 £450
25th Percentile £400 £625 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £650 £525
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +23.81% +7.69%
75th Percentile £669 £675 £650
90th Percentile £795 - £725
UK median daily rate £525 £650 £516
% change year-on-year -19.23% +25.91% +5.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 21
10th Percentile £54.00 £35.30 £41.80
25th Percentile £67.50 £35.75 £42.50
Median hourly rate £75.00 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% - -
75th Percentile - £48.28 £47.50
90th Percentile - £55.31 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% +11.11% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,020 13,413 23,039
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.13% 87.92% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,197 8,959 16,290
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 580 529
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £25.38 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

PLM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing PLM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

PLM trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing PLM.

PLM daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

PLM
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing PLM over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

PLM daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

PLM
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing PLM.

PLM hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

PLM
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing PLM over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

PLM hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

PLM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (10.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (2.56%) Mendix
Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Siemens NX
2 1 (2.56%) CATIA
2 1 (2.56%) Fusion 360
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.56%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 11 (28.21%) Teamcenter
2 4 (10.26%) SAP MDG
2 4 (10.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.56%) SAP MM
3 1 (2.56%) SAP PLM
3 1 (2.56%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.26%) Mimecast
2 2 (5.13%) AWS
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.56%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.56%) GCP
3 1 (2.56%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) Unified Communications
2 1 (2.56%) HTTP
2 1 (2.56%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) SAP HANA
1 1 (2.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) JIRA
2 1 (2.56%) SpecFlow
2 1 (2.56%) TestComplete
General
1 10 (25.64%) Manufacturing
2 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 6 (15.38%) Automotive
3 6 (15.38%) Retail
4 5 (12.82%) Finance
5 4 (10.26%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.13%) Aerospace
6 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.13%) Aviation
6 2 (5.13%) Spanish Language
7 1 (2.56%) Electronics
7 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (15.38%) Applications Engineer
1 6 (15.38%) Configuration Engineer
2 5 (12.82%) Consultant
3 4 (10.26%) Lead
3 4 (10.26%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (7.69%) Architect
4 3 (7.69%) ERP Implementation Manager
4 3 (7.69%) ERP Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Implementation Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 3 (7.69%) Unified Communications Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Analyst
5 2 (5.13%) CAD Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (5.13%) Functional Consultant
5 2 (5.13%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 2 (5.13%) SAP MDG Consultant
5 2 (5.13%) SAP Retail Consultant
6 1 (2.56%) Digital Project Manager
6 1 (2.56%) SAP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.82%) XML
2 1 (2.56%) JWT
2 1 (2.56%) LDAP
2 1 (2.56%) Middleware
2 1 (2.56%) Playwright
2 1 (2.56%) SAML
2 1 (2.56%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 3 (7.69%) Industry 4.0
3 2 (5.13%) PMI
4 1 (2.56%) Derivative
4 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.56%) FMCG
4 1 (2.56%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Linux
1 1 (2.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (23.08%) CAD
1 9 (23.08%) Decision-Making
1 9 (23.08%) ERP
1 9 (23.08%) Project Management
1 9 (23.08%) User Experience
2 8 (20.51%) Agile
2 8 (20.51%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (17.95%) Workshop Facilitation
4 6 (15.38%) Change Management
4 6 (15.38%) Data Governance
4 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 5 (12.82%) PRINCE2
5 5 (12.82%) Process Improvement
5 5 (12.82%) Product Roadmap
5 5 (12.82%) Quality Management
5 5 (12.82%) Strategic Planning
5 5 (12.82%) User Stories
6 4 (10.26%) Impact Analysis
6 4 (10.26%) Presales
Qualifications
1 8 (20.51%) Degree
1 8 (20.51%) Security Cleared
2 7 (17.95%) SC Cleared
3 5 (12.82%) PMP
4 3 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (7.69%) Master's Degree
5 2 (5.13%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.56%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (10.26%) MOM
2 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (43.59%) SAP
2 6 (15.38%) Ariba
3 5 (12.82%) Siemens
4 4 (10.26%) Cisco
4 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
4 4 (10.26%) Proofpoint
5 3 (7.69%) Rockwell
6 1 (2.56%) Autodesk
6 1 (2.56%) ForgeRock
6 1 (2.56%) Oracle
6 1 (2.56%) QAD
6 1 (2.56%) Salesforce