PLM Job Trends in Cumbria

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring PLM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 33 32
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 +5
Permanent jobs citing PLM 12 13 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 3.14% 2.68% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.75% 3.37% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,628 -
Median % change year-on-year +31.50% - -
North West median annual salary £65,000 £50,055 -
% change year-on-year +29.86% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cumbria

PLM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 320 386 199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 83.77% 79.59% 88.44%
Number of salaries quoted 141 169 88
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,802 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,854 £40,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £38,867
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +33.79% -13.63%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,350 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,750 £71,434 £67,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% -1.82%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PLM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

PLM job vacancy trend in Cumbria

PLM
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing PLM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing PLM

PLM
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PLM within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 4 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Barrow-in-Furness +6 3 £60,000 +31.50% 5
Broughton-in-Furness - 2 - -
Millom - 2 - - 1
Ulverston -2 1 - - 1
Kirkby-in-Furness -3 1 - - 1
Dalton-in-Furness - 1 - - 1
PLM
North West

PLM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (75.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 9 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (83.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Architect
2 9 (75.00%) Lead
2 9 (75.00%) Lead Architect
2 9 (75.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
2 9 (75.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Data Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) CAD
1 11 (91.67%) ERP
2 10 (83.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 9 (75.00%) Agile
3 9 (75.00%) Business Strategy
4 2 (16.67%) 3D Modelling
4 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 2 (16.67%) Design for Manufacturing
4 2 (16.67%) Process Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) Business Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
5 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (8.33%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (8.33%) Technology Enablement
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (75.00%) Siemens