PDM Job Trends

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 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 680 721
Rank change year-on-year +39 +41 +270
Permanent jobs citing PDM 12 13 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.019% 0.024% 0.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.027% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 6
10th Percentile - £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,938 £37,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,433 £44,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +12.35% -4.86% -15.91%
75th Percentile £52,500 £56,351 £57,831
90th Percentile - £70,234 £60,025
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,433 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.35% -2.22% -18.18%

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 50,076 48,429 57,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.42% 91.10% 89.12%
Number of salaries quoted 29,566 23,408 43,853
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for PDM in the UK

PDM
Top 6 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 23 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
UK excluding London +36 11 £49,433 +12.35% 6
England +62 10 £43,750 -12.28% 9
South East +26 7 £50,000 +17.65% 1
Work from Home +71 4 - -
East of England - 3 £37,500 -
Scotland -8 1 £49,433 +12.35%

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:

Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Windchill
2 3 (25.00%) CATIA
2 3 (25.00%) Siemens NX
2 3 (25.00%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Infor M3
1 3 (25.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 10 (83.33%) Manufacturing
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Finance
4 3 (25.00%) Games
5 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Applications Specialist
1 3 (25.00%) CAD Specialist
1 3 (25.00%) Development Manager
1 3 (25.00%) Product Development Manager
1 3 (25.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Administrator
2 1 (8.33%) Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Data Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Lead
2 1 (8.33%) Senior
2 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Senior Data Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
1 3 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) CAD
1 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (33.33%) ERP
1 4 (33.33%) PLM
2 3 (25.00%) Benchmarking
2 3 (25.00%) Lean Manufacturing
2 3 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (25.00%) Project Management
2 3 (25.00%) Systems Thinking
3 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (8.33%) Business Transformation
3 1 (8.33%) Change Control
3 1 (8.33%) Change Management
3 1 (8.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (8.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (8.33%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (8.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (8.33%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Python
1 4 (33.33%) SQL
2 3 (25.00%) Bash
2 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (8.33%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (8.33%) HNC
1 1 (8.33%) HND
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Salesforce