SAP PLM Job Trends

SAP Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SAP PLM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 647 723 697
Rank change year-on-year +76 -26 -
Permanent jobs citing SAP PLM 4 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.007% 0.002% 0.004%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.15% 0.030% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £72,225
25th Percentile £95,000 - £72,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - £74,750
75th Percentile £105,000 - £76,563
90th Percentile - - £76,675
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP PLM falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,657 3,343 2,852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.54% 5.83% 5.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,517 1,642 1,981
10th Percentile £31,900 £32,775 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £98,700 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

SAP PLM
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SAP PLM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SAP PLM job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP PLM
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP PLM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP PLM

SAP PLM
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP PLM within the UK over the 6 months to 16 December 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
England +89 4 £100,000 - 5
UK excluding London - 3 - - 4
Work from Home +76 2 - - 3
North West - 2 - -
North of England - 2 - -
London +49 1 £100,000 - 1
South East - 1 - - 4

SAP PLM
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Teamcenter
2 1 (25.00%) SAP QM
2 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Veeva
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Manager
2 1 (25.00%) FMCG Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Trainer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) FMCG
1 1 (25.00%) LIMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) PLM
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Content Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Science
2 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Demand Management
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) LabWare
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle