PLM Jobs in the North West

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring PLM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PLM over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 283 252
Rank change year-on-year +210 -31 +33
Permanent jobs citing PLM 355 8 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.52% 0.077% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.72% 0.095% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 217 8 2
10th Percentile - £41,625 -
25th Percentile £48,869 £47,250 £60,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £57,500 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.95% -9.45% -31.35%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,594 £66,250
90th Percentile - £89,313 -
England median annual salary £50,055 £65,000 £67,925
% change year-on-year -22.99% -4.31% +23.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,516 8,426 7,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.78% 80.99% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,815 6,336 3,833
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing PLM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for PLM in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PLM in the North West.

Salary trend for PLM in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing PLM in the North West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PLM in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PLM within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Lancashire - 209 £50,055 - 8
Cumbria - 138 £60,000 - 7
Manchester +57 5 £55,000 -5.17% 8
Cheshire +8 3 - - 4
PLM
England

PLM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 58 (16.34%) Confluence
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 161 (45.35%) Microsoft Office
2 160 (45.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 160 (45.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.97%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 217 (61.13%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.28%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.28%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 58 (16.34%) JIRA
2 7 (1.97%) Rational DOORS
General
1 199 (56.06%) Social Skills
2 197 (55.49%) Aerospace
3 187 (52.68%) Automotive
4 140 (39.44%) Manufacturing
5 9 (2.54%) Electronics
6 3 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (0.85%) Public Sector
7 2 (0.56%) Marketing
8 1 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 200 (56.34%) Systems Engineer
2 114 (32.11%) Architect
2 114 (32.11%) Solutions Architect
3 67 (18.87%) Senior
4 62 (17.46%) Lead
5 58 (16.34%) Lead Architect
5 58 (16.34%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 54 (15.21%) Integration Engineer
6 54 (15.21%) Systems Integration Engineer
7 45 (12.68%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 30 (8.45%) Senior Integration Engineer
9 20 (5.63%) Products Support Engineer
9 20 (5.63%) Support Engineer
10 13 (3.66%) Product Manager
11 7 (1.97%) Junior
11 7 (1.97%) Junior Systems Engineer
12 2 (0.56%) IT Architect
13 1 (0.28%) Electronics Engineer
13 1 (0.28%) SAP Programme Manager
13 1 (0.28%) Senior Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.63%) Management Information System
2 10 (2.82%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.28%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (0.28%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (0.28%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (55.49%) Systems Engineering
2 115 (32.39%) CAD
3 114 (32.11%) ERP
4 69 (19.44%) Roadmaps
5 68 (19.15%) Agile
6 58 (16.34%) Business Strategy
6 58 (16.34%) Enterprise Architecture
7 57 (16.06%) Customer Requirements
8 56 (15.77%) Business Analysis
8 56 (15.77%) Demand Management
8 56 (15.77%) Strategic Roadmap
9 54 (15.21%) Requirements Management
10 20 (5.63%) Bill of Materials
11 19 (5.35%) Computer Science
12 13 (3.66%) Decision-Making
12 13 (3.66%) Project Management
13 12 (3.38%) Backlog Prioritisation
13 12 (3.38%) Data-Driven Decision Making
13 12 (3.38%) Product Management
13 12 (3.38%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 197 (55.49%) MATLAB
2 1 (0.28%) C
2 1 (0.28%) C++
2 1 (0.28%) Python
Qualifications
1 336 (94.65%) BPSS Clearance
2 209 (58.87%) Degree
3 187 (52.68%) HNC
3 187 (52.68%) HND
4 3 (0.85%) Chartered Engineer
4 3 (0.85%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.85%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.28%) Firmware
Vendors
1 190 (53.52%) ANSYS
2 162 (45.63%) Microsoft
3 78 (21.97%) Siemens
4 59 (16.62%) SAP
5 7 (1.97%) IBM
6 1 (0.28%) Cisco