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 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 732 670 870
Rank change year-on-year -62 +200 +24
Permanent jobs citing PDM 9 8 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.009% 0.017% 0.017%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.013% 0.019% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 6
10th Percentile £30,246 - £39,375
25th Percentile £30,616 £26,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,232 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.54% +11.11% +38.46%
75th Percentile £31,848 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £32,218 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,232 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -37.54% +11.11% +38.46%

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 71,035 42,845 86,740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.51% 91.34% 82.14%
Number of salaries quoted 49,086 23,535 61,317
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.00% - -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
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 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 -61 8 £31,232 -37.54% 9
England -71 8 £31,232 -19.40% 11
Work from Home -10 6 - - 4
South West -58 5 £32,464 - 1
South East -27 2 - - 1
East of England - 1 £30,000 - 3

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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Retail
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Administrator
1 3 (33.33%) Data Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Data Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Development Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Product Development Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Product Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Data Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) SEO Executive
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Data Analysis
1 5 (55.56%) Data Management
2 4 (44.44%) E-Commerce
3 3 (33.33%) Data Strategy
3 3 (33.33%) ERP
3 3 (33.33%) Logistics
3 3 (33.33%) Master Data Management
3 3 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Benchmarking
4 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 2 (22.22%) Lean Manufacturing
5 1 (11.11%) B2B
5 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
5 1 (11.11%) Migration
5 1 (11.11%) SEO
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Python
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft