Product Data Management (PDM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PDM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PDM over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 870 968 1168
Rank change year-on-year +98 +200 -289
Permanent jobs citing PDM 24 17 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.016% 0.023%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.028% 0.017% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 15
10th Percentile £36,250 £27,175 -
25th Percentile £39,375 £28,188 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -2.78% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £43,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.86% -2.78% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

PDM is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,343 100,922 147,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.11% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,769 59,097 83,311
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,488
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Top 9 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 24 April 2024. 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 +132 24 £45,000 -18.18% 31
UK excluding London +28 23 £45,000 +2.86% 29
Work from Home +110 16 - - 13
Midlands +18 16 - -
East Midlands -2 16 - -
North of England - 7 £45,000 - 7
Yorkshire - 5 £45,000 - 2
North West - 2 £37,500 - 5
London - 1 - - 3

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:

Applications
1 16 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 16 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
1 16 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 17 (70.83%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Electronics
4 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Project Manager
2 2 (8.33%) Analyst
2 2 (8.33%) Procurement Analyst
3 1 (4.17%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 16 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 16 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
1 16 (66.67%) Taxonomies
2 1 (4.17%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (4.17%) Device Driver
2 1 (4.17%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (4.17%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (4.17%) Linux
1 1 (4.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) Data Management
2 16 (66.67%) Business Strategy
2 16 (66.67%) Data Cleansing
2 16 (66.67%) Data Validation
2 16 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 16 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 16 (66.67%) Electronic Trading
2 16 (66.67%) Information Management
2 16 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 16 (66.67%) Product Information Management
2 16 (66.67%) Time Management
2 16 (66.67%) Validation
3 2 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (8.33%) Business Transformation
3 2 (8.33%) Data Analysis
4 1 (4.17%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (4.17%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (4.17%) Software Engineering
4 1 (4.17%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) C
1 1 (4.17%) Python
1 1 (4.17%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 16 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) SAP