PLM Job Trends in the North West

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring PLM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 149 198
Rank change year-on-year -22 +49 +57
Permanent jobs citing PLM 15 56 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.24% 1.11% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 1.21% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4 38 0
10th Percentile - £37,239 -
25th Percentile £60,000 £39,587 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £50,055 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,875 £58,943 -
90th Percentile £98,050 £73,030 -
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -21.43% +11.11%

All Process & 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 5,173 4,612 3,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.20% 91.25% 87.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,546 2,263 3,047
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,114 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,084 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -0.79% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,445 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,500
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 West

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

PLM job vacancy trend in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PLM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PLM

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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 14 January 2026.

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 14 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
Cumbria +11 12 £60,000 +31.50% 4
Manchester +21 3 £89,500 - 4
PLM
England

PLM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (60.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) PTC Creo
2 1 (6.67%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Teamcenter
2 2 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (6.67%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 12 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Banking
3 1 (6.67%) Electronics
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Games
3 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Architect
2 9 (60.00%) Lead
2 9 (60.00%) Lead Architect
2 9 (60.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
2 9 (60.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Data Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Electronics Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Finance Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Finance Systems Manager
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Industry 4.0
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) CAD
2 11 (73.33%) ERP
3 10 (66.67%) Agile
3 10 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 9 (60.00%) Business Strategy
5 2 (13.33%) 3D Modelling
5 2 (13.33%) Configuration Management
5 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (13.33%) Design for Manufacturing
5 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
5 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
5 2 (13.33%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (6.67%) Analytics
6 1 (6.67%) Computer Science
6 1 (6.67%) Lean Manufacturing
6 1 (6.67%) Performance Metrics
6 1 (6.67%) Physics
6 1 (6.67%) Problem Management
6 1 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 12 (80.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.67%) HND
3 1 (6.67%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) GDPR
1 1 (6.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) SAP
2 10 (66.67%) Siemens
3 1 (6.67%) Concur