Product Data Management (PDM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring PDM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 787 673 787
Rank change year-on-year -114 +114 -1
Permanent jobs citing PDM 6 15 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.005% 0.030% 0.023%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.007% 0.034% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 3
10th Percentile £37,971 £26,250 -
25th Percentile £46,232 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -11.76% -19.09%
75th Percentile - £51,645 £52,109
90th Percentile - £52,500 £57,124
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,464 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -13.43% -11.76% -22.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

PDM 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 80,366 44,460 65,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.09% 88.73% 80.84%
Number of salaries quoted 55,743 25,365 40,240
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -6.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.86% -7.07%

PDM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

PDM job vacancy trend in the UK

PDM
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PDM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PDM

PDM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PDM over the 6 months to 31 August 2026.

Salary histogram for PDM in the UK

PDM
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PDM within the UK over the 6 months to 31 August 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
South West -68 4 £32,464 - 4
England -101 4 £32,464 -13.43% 29
UK excluding London -127 4 £32,464 -13.43% 25
Work from Home -38 3 - - 7

PDM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (33.33%) EPLAN
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Retail
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Administrator
1 3 (50.00%) Data Administrator
2 2 (33.33%) Design Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Electrical Design Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Electrical Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (33.33%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Data Management
2 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis
3 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (50.00%) Data Strategy
3 3 (50.00%) E-Commerce
3 3 (50.00%) ERP
3 3 (50.00%) Logistics
3 3 (50.00%) Master Data Management
3 3 (50.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (33.33%) Design for Manufacturing
4 2 (33.33%) Motion Control
4 2 (33.33%) Prototyping
4 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 1 (16.67%) Migration
5 1 (16.67%) Organisational Learning
5 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Chartered Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) HNC
2 2 (33.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Autodesk