PLM Job Trends in the North of England

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring PLM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 234 217 267
Rank change year-on-year -17 +50 +93
Permanent jobs citing PLM 29 59 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.28% 0.62% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.69% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 12 40 1
10th Percentile £46,250 £36,459 -
25th Percentile £56,563 £37,574 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.86% +0.11% +12.75%
75th Percentile £80,000 £58,943 £55,000
90th Percentile £86,750 £71,010 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,435 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.23% -20.81% +21.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,633 8,529 6,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.34% 89.80% 90.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,561 3,882 5,257
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -0.94%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,225 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

PLM job vacancy trend in the North of England

PLM
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PLM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing PLM

PLM
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PLM in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for PLM in the North of England

PLM
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PLM within the North of England region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -13 18 £65,000 +29.86% 3
Yorkshire - 7 £80,000 - 10
North East +11 4 £47,500 -5.00% 2
PLM
England

PLM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (31.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Siemens NX
2 2 (6.90%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 8 (27.59%) Teamcenter
2 3 (10.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (6.90%) SAP PLM
4 1 (3.45%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (3.45%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) AWS
1 6 (20.69%) Azure
2 3 (10.34%) GCP
3 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) Metadata
1 3 (10.34%) TIBCO EBX
2 2 (6.90%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (34.48%) JIRA
General
1 13 (44.83%) Manufacturing
2 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Finance
3 2 (6.90%) Law
4 1 (3.45%) Banking
4 1 (3.45%) Electronics
4 1 (3.45%) Games
4 1 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (48.28%) Architect
2 10 (34.48%) Lead
2 10 (34.48%) Lead Architect
3 9 (31.03%) Lead Solutions Architect
3 9 (31.03%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Administrator
4 3 (10.34%) Consultant
4 3 (10.34%) SAP Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Data Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Data Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Migration Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Technical Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Applications Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Electronics Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Finance Systems Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Functional Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) SAP Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) Itk
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Taxonomies
2 1 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.45%) Industry 4.0
2 1 (3.45%) Life Science
2 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
1 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) CAD
1 15 (51.72%) ERP
2 10 (34.48%) Agile
2 10 (34.48%) Enterprise Architecture
3 9 (31.03%) Business Strategy
4 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
5 4 (13.79%) CRM
5 4 (13.79%) Data Modelling
5 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (10.34%) Change Management
6 3 (10.34%) Data Governance
6 3 (10.34%) Data Stewardship
6 3 (10.34%) DevOps
6 3 (10.34%) ETL
6 3 (10.34%) Integration Patterns
6 3 (10.34%) Metadata Management
6 3 (10.34%) Workflow
7 2 (6.90%) Design for Manufacturing
7 2 (6.90%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) PowerShell
1 3 (10.34%) Python
1 3 (10.34%) SQL
1 3 (10.34%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 12 (41.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (13.79%) HND
3 3 (10.34%) HNC
4 2 (6.90%) Degree
5 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.45%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.45%) GDPR
2 1 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Hyper-V
1 3 (10.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 17 (58.62%) SAP
2 13 (44.83%) Siemens
3 3 (10.34%) Informatica
3 3 (10.34%) TIBCO
3 3 (10.34%) VMware
4 1 (3.45%) Concur
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft