Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring PLM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PLM over the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 393 639 701
Rank change year-on-year +246 +62 +254
Permanent jobs citing PLM 425 102 320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.17% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.19% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 266 45 85
10th Percentile £37,574 £44,250 £40,973
25th Percentile £44,000 £55,000 £47,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,435 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.81% +12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £60,265 £76,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £74,205 £82,500 £113,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £60,000 £51,350
% change year-on-year -10.42% +16.85% -0.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

PLM 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 59,910 53,276 102,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 92.01% 90.42% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 25,957 38,478 64,616
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,250 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £51,716 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.35% -5.97% +10.00%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PLM in the UK

PLM
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for PLM in the UK

PLM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PLM over the 6 months to 16 January 2025.

Salary histogram for PLM in the UK

PLM
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PLM within the UK over the 6 months to 16 January 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 +239 407 £53,750 -10.42% 47
England +157 298 £55,435 -20.81% 67
North of England +150 205 £50,055 +0.11% 9
North West +123 199 £50,055 - 8
Scotland +121 121 £58,033 - 2
South West +41 32 £57,500 - 8
Work from Home +47 25 £55,435 -14.72% 62
Midlands -4 21 £52,550 -31.08% 4
South East -51 15 £40,101 -35.84% 23
West Midlands -22 13 £72,500 -4.92% 1
East of England -33 11 £40,101 - 5
London -15 10 £74,169 +5.96% 17
East Midlands - 8 £40,101 - 3
Yorkshire +28 4 £40,101 -19.80%
Wales +22 2 £40,101 -30.86%
North East - 2 £50,000 - 1

PLM
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 9 (2.12%) Confluence
2 2 (0.47%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.24%) ThingWorx
3 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 171 (40.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 171 (40.24%) Microsoft Office
1 171 (40.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 77 (18.12%) Simulink
3 44 (10.35%) Windchill
4 8 (1.88%) Siemens NX
5 7 (1.65%) CATIA
6 6 (1.41%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.24%) Autodesk Inventor
7 1 (0.24%) Revit
Business Applications
1 313 (73.65%) Teamcenter
2 12 (2.82%) NEC Housing
3 6 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.94%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.71%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.47%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.24%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.24%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 12 (2.82%) Figma
1 12 (2.82%) SaaS
2 11 (2.59%) Azure
3 9 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (0.71%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.47%) Power Automate
5 2 (0.47%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.24%) AWS
6 1 (0.24%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.24%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.71%) ASN.1
1 3 (0.71%) SMS
2 1 (0.24%) Broadband
2 1 (0.24%) Internet
2 1 (0.24%) RS-232
2 1 (0.24%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.71%) Power BI
2 2 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.24%) MySQL
3 1 (0.24%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.24%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 77 (18.12%) Rational DOORS
2 22 (5.18%) JIRA
3 9 (2.12%) Cucumber
3 9 (2.12%) Selenium
3 9 (2.12%) SpecFlow
4 3 (0.71%) GitLab
5 2 (0.47%) Postman
5 2 (0.47%) Tricentis qTest
6 1 (0.24%) kappa
6 1 (0.24%) LabVIEW
General
1 294 (69.18%) Social Skills
2 248 (58.35%) Aerospace
3 168 (39.53%) Automotive
4 78 (18.35%) Electronics
5 51 (12.00%) Manufacturing
6 17 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (4.00%) Finance
7 14 (3.29%) Social Housing
8 13 (3.06%) Public Sector
9 12 (2.82%) Local Government
9 12 (2.82%) Police
9 12 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.65%) Marketing
11 5 (1.18%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.71%) Billing
13 3 (0.71%) Games
13 3 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.71%) Military
14 2 (0.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 192 (45.18%) Senior
2 144 (33.88%) Systems Engineer
3 92 (21.65%) Engineering Manager
3 92 (21.65%) Systems Engineering Manager
3 92 (21.65%) Systems Manager
4 68 (16.00%) Senior Manager
5 67 (15.76%) Junior
5 67 (15.76%) Junior Systems Engineer
6 57 (13.41%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 45 (10.59%) Product Manager
8 26 (6.12%) Lead
9 20 (4.71%) Products Support Engineer
9 20 (4.71%) Support Engineer
10 9 (2.12%) Analyst
10 9 (2.12%) Automation Test Lead
10 9 (2.12%) Test Leader
11 8 (1.88%) Architect
12 7 (1.65%) Solutions Architect
13 6 (1.41%) Business Analyst
14 5 (1.18%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.12%) MHP
2 4 (0.94%) JSON
2 4 (0.94%) XML
3 2 (0.47%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (0.47%) Web Services
4 1 (0.24%) CSS
4 1 (0.24%) HTML
4 1 (0.24%) Middleware
4 1 (0.24%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.06%) Management Information System
2 18 (4.24%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.29%) Mobile App
4 9 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (0.47%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (0.47%) FMCG
5 2 (0.47%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.47%) Robotics
6 1 (0.24%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.24%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.24%) IoT
6 1 (0.24%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.24%) SCADA
6 1 (0.24%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.24%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (58.35%) Systems Engineering
2 102 (24.00%) Computer Science
3 88 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
4 81 (19.06%) Project Management
5 80 (18.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 80 (18.82%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 78 (18.35%) Physics
7 77 (18.12%) Mathematics
7 77 (18.12%) SysML
7 77 (18.12%) UML
8 67 (15.76%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 66 (15.53%) Agile
10 50 (11.76%) Data Management
11 48 (11.29%) Configuration Management
11 48 (11.29%) Roadmaps
12 47 (11.06%) PDM
13 46 (10.82%) Decision-Making
14 42 (9.88%) 3D Modelling
15 35 (8.24%) Requirements Management
16 33 (7.76%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 245 (57.65%) MATLAB
2 10 (2.35%) SQL
3 5 (1.18%) Java
4 2 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.24%) ABAP
5 1 (0.24%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.24%) Perl
5 1 (0.24%) PHP
5 1 (0.24%) Python
5 1 (0.24%) R
Qualifications
1 322 (75.76%) Degree
2 175 (41.18%) HND
3 174 (40.94%) HNC
4 164 (38.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (2.82%) DBS Check
6 3 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.47%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.24%) CSPO
8 1 (0.24%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.24%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.24%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.24%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.82%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.47%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.47%) GAMP
2 2 (0.47%) GDPR
2 2 (0.47%) GxP
2 2 (0.47%) ISO 13485
3 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.24%) QA
System Software
1 3 (0.71%) Docker
2 2 (0.47%) Firmware
Vendors
1 170 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 168 (39.53%) ANSYS
3 77 (18.12%) IBM
4 43 (10.12%) Siemens
5 22 (5.18%) Cadence
6 15 (3.53%) SAP
7 12 (2.82%) NEC
8 10 (2.35%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.24%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.24%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.24%) Databricks
9 1 (0.24%) PTC
9 1 (0.24%) WooCommerce