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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 680 634 802
Rank change year-on-year -46 +168 +193
Permanent jobs citing PDM 14 6 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.019% 0.014% 0.041%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.015% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 7
10th Percentile £35,250 £47,600 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,125 £53,000 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.35% +37.78% -18.18%
75th Percentile £52,500 £71,000 £47,500
90th Percentile - £76,400 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% -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 58,352 39,745 74,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.73% 93.47% 87.16%
Number of salaries quoted 35,337 22,215 56,156
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,029
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,424 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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
England -14 13 £50,000 -37.50% 3
UK excluding London -17 13 £50,000 +13.64% 2
Work from Home +13 9 - -
South East -17 8 £50,000 -
South West - 4 - - 2
East of England - 1 £30,000 -

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 (21.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) CATIA
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (21.43%) Siemens NX
1 3 (21.43%) SOLIDWORKS
1 3 (21.43%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
General
1 8 (57.14%) Manufacturing
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Retail
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Development Manager
1 5 (35.71%) Product Development Manager
1 5 (35.71%) Product Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Administrator
2 3 (21.43%) Applications Specialist
2 3 (21.43%) CAD Specialist
2 3 (21.43%) Data Administrator
3 1 (7.14%) Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Data Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Senior
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Data Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) SEO Executive
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Data Structures
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
1 3 (21.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Benchmarking
1 5 (35.71%) Data Management
1 5 (35.71%) Lean Manufacturing
1 5 (35.71%) Project Management
2 4 (28.57%) Data Analysis
2 4 (28.57%) E-Commerce
3 3 (21.43%) CAD
3 3 (21.43%) Data Strategy
3 3 (21.43%) ERP
3 3 (21.43%) Logistics
3 3 (21.43%) Master Data Management
3 3 (21.43%) PLM
3 3 (21.43%) Process Improvement
3 3 (21.43%) Statistical Analysis
4 1 (7.14%) Business Transformation
4 1 (7.14%) Coaching
4 1 (7.14%) DevOps
4 1 (7.14%) Logical Data Model
4 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.14%) Physical Data Model
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Python
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 3 (21.43%) Bash
2 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft