PLM Jobs in the South East

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 226 349 338
Rank change year-on-year +123 -11 +125
Permanent jobs citing PLM 63 41 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.68% 0.24% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.29% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 35 23 19
10th Percentile - £45,750 £47,025
25th Percentile £37,574 £48,750 £54,456
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £52,500 £67,925
Median % change year-on-year -23.62% -22.71% +50.94%
75th Percentile £42,627 £63,750 £73,963
90th Percentile £60,500 £67,500 £80,670
England median annual salary £50,055 £68,338 £72,500
% change year-on-year -26.75% -5.74% +32.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,550 14,220 13,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.62% 84.55% 94.53%
Number of salaries quoted 4,316 9,911 7,968
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing PLM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for PLM in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PLM in the South East.

Salary trend for PLM in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing PLM in the South East over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PLM in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PLM within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Thames Valley +60 28 £65,000 +23.81% 8
Berkshire +50 24 £50,000 -9.08% 2
Hampshire +64 14 £40,101 -49.87% 6
Isle of Wight - 14 £40,101 -
Kent - 7 £40,101 -
Oxfordshire +33 4 £70,000 +33.33% 3
PLM
England

PLM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 35 (55.56%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 35 (55.56%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 35 (55.56%) Rational DOORS
General
1 40 (63.49%) Social Skills
2 35 (55.56%) Aerospace
2 35 (55.56%) Electronics
3 22 (34.92%) Law
4 20 (31.75%) Finance
5 2 (3.17%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.17%) Marketing
6 1 (1.59%) Retail
6 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (57.14%) Systems Engineer
2 35 (55.56%) Junior
2 35 (55.56%) Junior Systems Engineer
3 22 (34.92%) Lead
4 4 (6.35%) Senior
5 2 (3.17%) Digital Transformation
5 2 (3.17%) Firmware Engineer
5 2 (3.17%) Senior Firmware Engineer
6 1 (1.59%) Applications Manager
6 1 (1.59%) Architect
6 1 (1.59%) ERP Manager
6 1 (1.59%) IT Manager
6 1 (1.59%) LIMS Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.59%) JSON
1 1 (1.59%) Middleware
1 1 (1.59%) Web Services
1 1 (1.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (3.17%) LIMS
1 2 (3.17%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.59%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (87.30%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (58.73%) Computer Science
2 37 (58.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 37 (58.73%) Project Management
3 35 (55.56%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 35 (55.56%) Mathematics
3 35 (55.56%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 35 (55.56%) Physics
3 35 (55.56%) SysML
3 35 (55.56%) Systems Engineering
3 35 (55.56%) UML
4 21 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 20 (31.75%) Data Architecture
5 20 (31.75%) Due Diligence
5 20 (31.75%) Matrix Organization
5 20 (31.75%) Portfolio Management
5 20 (31.75%) SAP Implementation
5 20 (31.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 20 (31.75%) Technical Leadership
5 20 (31.75%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 35 (55.56%) MATLAB
2 2 (3.17%) C
2 2 (3.17%) C++
3 1 (1.59%) R
Qualifications
1 37 (58.73%) Degree
2 35 (55.56%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.17%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.59%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.17%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (3.17%) Firmware
Vendors
1 55 (87.30%) IBM
2 20 (31.75%) SAP