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 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 645 735 734
Rank change year-on-year +90 -1 +418
Permanent jobs citing PDM 11 20 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.022% 0.028% 0.012%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.025% 0.034% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 8 4 6
10th Percentile £26,250 - £35,125
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £43,250 £52,525
Median % change year-on-year -13.29% -17.66% +43.90%
75th Percentile £50,200 £48,117 £60,025
90th Percentile £52,500 £55,528 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £43,250 £55,050
% change year-on-year -13.29% -21.44% +50.82%

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 43,738 58,305 52,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.91% 82.16% 94.06%
Number of salaries quoted 24,553 31,325 40,400
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,925 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,600 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.70% -2.59% +2.86%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 +94 11 £37,500 -13.29% 7
England +106 10 £37,500 -11.76% 7
South East +25 7 £38,750 -8.82% 2
East of England +8 3 £37,500 - 1
Work from Home +51 1 £50,000 -
Scotland -9 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Windchill
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (18.18%) Photoshop
3 1 (9.09%) AutoCAD
3 1 (9.09%) Autodesk Inventor
3 1 (9.09%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Infor M3
2 2 (18.18%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Google Sheets
2 1 (9.09%) IaaS
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
General
1 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Manufacturing
3 3 (27.27%) Aerospace
3 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Finance
3 3 (27.27%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Administrator
2 2 (18.18%) Applications Specialist
2 2 (18.18%) Data Administrator
2 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) CAD Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) ERP
2 5 (45.45%) PLM
3 4 (36.36%) Change Control
4 3 (27.27%) CAD
4 3 (27.27%) Change Management
4 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) Process Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) Requirements Management
4 3 (27.27%) Systems Thinking
5 2 (18.18%) Data Entry
5 2 (18.18%) Data Management
5 2 (18.18%) Deadline-Driven
5 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
5 2 (18.18%) SEO
6 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
6 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
6 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Bash
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) A+ Certification
1 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
1 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (9.09%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (9.09%) HNC
1 1 (9.09%) HND
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 1 (9.09%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Adobe
2 3 (27.27%) Salesforce
3 2 (18.18%) Google
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle