PDM Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Data Management (PDM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring PDM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PDM over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 363 388 488
Rank change year-on-year +25 +100 +6
Contract jobs citing PDM 6 25 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.036% 0.12% 0.063%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.14% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 9
10th Percentile - £506 £590
25th Percentile - £522 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile - £638 £675
90th Percentile - £650 -
UK median daily rate £368 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -36.09% -2.13% +7.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 1
10th Percentile £33.13 - -
25th Percentile - £22.06 -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £24.46 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.11% -30.12% -2.78%
75th Percentile - £28.67 -
90th Percentile £46.88 £30.77 -
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £24.46 £35.00
% change year-on-year +43.11% -30.12% -2.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

PDM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,041 18,439 26,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.81% 88.33% 89.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,020 12,105 18,694
10th Percentile £250 £250 £260
25th Percentile £381 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.89%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £686 £688 £680
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 897 1,303 1,340
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.25 £12.66
25th Percentile £18.13 £17.72 £15.75
Median hourly rate £35.00 £43.33 £28.90
Median % change year-on-year -19.22% +49.93% +60.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.38
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.50 £70.30
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £43.86 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.92% +25.31% +66.67%

PDM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PDM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PDM in the UK excluding London

PDM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PDM in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for PDM in the UK excluding London

PDM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PDM in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for PDM in the UK excluding London

PDM
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PDM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PDM in the UK excluding London

PDM
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PDM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +28 5 - - 2
East of England - 5 - -
PDM
UK

PDM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (83.33%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) FTP
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Document Controller
2 3 (50.00%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Data Management
2 5 (83.33%) Configuration Management
2 5 (83.33%) PLM
3 4 (66.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Sprint Retrospective
4 1 (16.67%) Sprint Review
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared