Product Data Management (PDM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring PDM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PDM over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 709 889 926
Rank change year-on-year +180 +37 +338
Permanent jobs citing PDM 12 18 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.017% 0.003%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.023% 0.020% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 3
10th Percentile - £39,375 £26,950
25th Percentile £26,250 £42,500 £27,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +38.46% +2.36%
75th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £45,625
90th Percentile - - £51,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +38.46% -

All Process and 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 53,298 89,106 85,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 91.19% 82.51% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 27,465 61,429 52,805
10th Percentile £27,336 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,331
Median % change year-on-year - -8.84% +0.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

PDM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PDM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PDM in the UK

PDM
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PDM.

Salary trend for PDM in the UK

PDM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PDM over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

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 2 July 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
UK excluding London +185 12 £50,000 +11.11% 35
England +139 6 £38,750 -13.89% 74
Scotland +99 6 £51,645 - 2
South East +88 4 £38,750 - 13
South West - 2 - - 4
Work from Home +116 1 £50,000 - 29

PDM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Windchill
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (16.67%) Photoshop
3 1 (8.33%) AutoCAD
3 1 (8.33%) Autodesk Inventor
3 1 (8.33%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Teamcenter
2 2 (16.67%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Google Analytics
1 2 (16.67%) Google Sheets
2 1 (8.33%) IaaS
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Advertising
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Brand Awareness
2 2 (16.67%) Marketing
2 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Lead
2 2 (16.67%) Administrator
2 2 (16.67%) Applications Specialist
2 2 (16.67%) Data Administrator
2 2 (16.67%) E-Commerce Administrator
2 2 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Marketing Manager
3 1 (8.33%) CAD Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Social Media
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Data Management
2 8 (66.67%) PLM
3 6 (50.00%) Change Management
3 6 (50.00%) Coaching
3 6 (50.00%) Configuration Management
4 4 (33.33%) SEO
5 2 (16.67%) Analytics
5 2 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (16.67%) Customer Insight
5 2 (16.67%) Data Entry
5 2 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (16.67%) Email Marketing
5 2 (16.67%) Information Management
5 2 (16.67%) Marketing Automation
5 2 (16.67%) Marketing Strategy
5 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 2 (16.67%) Pay per click
5 2 (16.67%) Product Management
5 2 (16.67%) Social Media Management
5 2 (16.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Bash
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 6 (50.00%) HNC
1 6 (50.00%) HND
2 1 (8.33%) A+ Certification
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Google
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Adobe
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle