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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 687 659 988
Rank change year-on-year -28 +329 -152
Permanent jobs citing PLM 155 231 288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.29% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.30% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 101 95 84
10th Percentile £40,000 £54,175 £43,738
25th Percentile £50,000 £61,888 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,500 £51,345
Median % change year-on-year -13.91% +47.05% -14.43%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £59,425
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £67,925 £50,000
% change year-on-year -19.03% +35.85% -

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 73,969 76,929 168,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.84% 95.34% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 48,628 50,249 85,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for PLM in the UK

PLM
Top 15 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 26 July 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 -52 127 £65,000 -13.33% 40
UK excluding London -58 100 £55,000 -19.03% 42
Work from Home +3 38 £85,000 +6.25% 18
London +44 34 £95,000 +18.75% 7
North of England -5 31 £49,777 -37.78% 6
North West -4 25 £49,500 - 6
South East -16 24 £56,248 -17.19% 15
Scotland -28 18 £55,000 - 8
South West -2 12 £135,000 +129.79% 5
Midlands -30 10 £68,000 +26.51% 7
West Midlands -14 8 £58,500 +8.84% 5
East of England -2 7 - - 3
Yorkshire +49 5 - -
East Midlands -26 2 £77,500 - 2
North East -20 1 £57,500 -

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 7 (4.52%) IIS
1 7 (4.52%) JBoss
1 7 (4.52%) Tomcat
1 7 (4.52%) WebLogic
1 7 (4.52%) WebSphere
1 7 (4.52%) WildFly
2 1 (0.65%) CMS
2 1 (0.65%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (6.45%) Windchill
2 8 (5.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (5.16%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (4.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.94%) Simulink
5 2 (1.29%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 45 (29.03%) Teamcenter
2 20 (12.90%) NEC Housing
3 8 (5.16%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (3.87%) SAP IBP
4 6 (3.87%) SAP PLM
5 2 (1.29%) Primavera
5 2 (1.29%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (1.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (1.29%) SAP PM
5 2 (1.29%) SAP PP
5 2 (1.29%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.65%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.65%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 20 (12.90%) Figma
2 7 (4.52%) Azure
3 6 (3.87%) AWS
4 5 (3.23%) SaaS
5 3 (1.94%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.65%) Azure Pipelines
6 1 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.65%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.58%) RS-232
2 2 (1.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.52%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.23%) Metadata
3 3 (1.94%) Power BI
4 1 (0.65%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.65%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (13.55%) JIRA
2 4 (2.58%) LabVIEW
2 4 (2.58%) Rational DOORS
General
1 46 (29.68%) Social Skills
2 33 (21.29%) Finance
3 32 (20.65%) Manufacturing
4 31 (20.00%) Aerospace
5 22 (14.19%) Public Sector
6 20 (12.90%) Local Government
6 20 (12.90%) Police
6 20 (12.90%) Presentation Skills
6 20 (12.90%) Social Housing
7 12 (7.74%) Law
8 11 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (6.45%) Automotive
9 10 (6.45%) Banking
9 10 (6.45%) Electronics
10 9 (5.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (4.52%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (3.87%) Aviation
12 6 (3.87%) Retail
13 5 (3.23%) Marketing
13 5 (3.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (30.32%) Architect
2 26 (16.77%) Product Manager
3 23 (14.84%) Senior
4 15 (9.68%) Systems Engineer
5 11 (7.10%) Infrastructure Architect
5 11 (7.10%) Lead
6 10 (6.45%) Consultant
7 8 (5.16%) Senior Manager
7 8 (5.16%) Technical Architect
8 7 (4.52%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.87%) Configuration Specialist
9 6 (3.87%) SAP Manager
9 6 (3.87%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 6 (3.87%) Supply Chain Manager
10 5 (3.23%) Analyst
10 5 (3.23%) Data Architect
10 5 (3.23%) Data Migration Architect
10 5 (3.23%) Migration Architect
11 4 (2.58%) Commercial Officer
11 4 (2.58%) Systems Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.81%) Itk
2 7 (4.52%) HTML
3 6 (3.87%) Web Services
3 6 (3.87%) XML
4 3 (1.94%) SAP TM
5 1 (0.65%) Apache FOP
5 1 (0.65%) CSS
5 1 (0.65%) HTML5
5 1 (0.65%) RESTful
5 1 (0.65%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.65%) XSL
5 1 (0.65%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.90%) Mobile App
2 10 (6.45%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.52%) IoT
4 5 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.23%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.94%) Life Science
5 3 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.29%) CMDB
6 2 (1.29%) PMI
6 2 (1.29%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.65%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.65%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (0.65%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.65%) Replication
7 1 (0.65%) SCADA
7 1 (0.65%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.10%) Windows
2 9 (5.81%) Linux
3 1 (0.65%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (20.65%) Roadmaps
2 31 (20.00%) Agile
3 28 (18.06%) Decision-Making
4 25 (16.13%) Customer Requirements
5 24 (15.48%) CAD
6 22 (14.19%) Market Research
6 22 (14.19%) Project Management
6 22 (14.19%) User Experience
7 21 (13.55%) Presales
7 21 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (13.55%) UX Design
8 20 (12.90%) Business Case
8 20 (12.90%) Housing Management
8 20 (12.90%) Resource Allocation
8 20 (12.90%) Time Management
9 16 (10.32%) ERP
9 16 (10.32%) Systems Engineering
10 15 (9.68%) Digital Engineering
10 15 (9.68%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (9.03%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.81%) C++
1 9 (5.81%) MATLAB
2 6 (3.87%) Java
3 5 (3.23%) C
3 5 (3.23%) C#
3 5 (3.23%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.23%) Shell Script
4 4 (2.58%) SQL
5 1 (0.65%) ABAP
5 1 (0.65%) VBA
5 1 (0.65%) XPath
Qualifications
1 38 (24.52%) Degree
2 21 (13.55%) DBS Check
3 17 (10.97%) Security Cleared
4 13 (8.39%) HND
5 9 (5.81%) HNC
6 8 (5.16%) PhD
7 5 (3.23%) MCAD
7 5 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.29%) BC Cleared
8 2 (1.29%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.65%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.65%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.90%) Accessibility
2 6 (3.87%) PMO
3 4 (2.58%) QA
4 3 (1.94%) GxP
5 2 (1.29%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.29%) GDPR
6 1 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.65%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (4.52%) Docker
2 1 (0.65%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (5.16%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.65%) MOM
2 1 (0.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (12.90%) NEC
2 14 (9.03%) ANSYS
3 12 (7.74%) SAP
4 8 (5.16%) Oracle
5 6 (3.87%) Microsoft
6 3 (1.94%) IBM
6 3 (1.94%) Siemens
7 2 (1.29%) BMC
7 2 (1.29%) Citrix
7 2 (1.29%) IFS
7 2 (1.29%) PTC
7 2 (1.29%) Remedy
8 1 (0.65%) Google
8 1 (0.65%) Salesforce