PDM Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Data Management (PDM)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for PDM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PDM over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 388 431 485
Rank change year-on-year +43 +54 -63
Contract jobs citing PDM 11 7 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.053% 0.031% 0.092%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.063% 0.034% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 17
10th Percentile £431 - -
25th Percentile £464 - £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £440
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +13.64% +3.53%
75th Percentile £519 - £700
90th Percentile £522 - £726
UK median daily rate £506 £500 £440
% change year-on-year +1.25% +13.64% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 4
10th Percentile - £27.13 -
25th Percentile £54.75 £43.44 £25.28
Median hourly rate £59.50 £58.75 £38.43
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% +52.90% -
75th Percentile £64.25 £64.06 £51.25
90th Percentile - £64.63 £53.50
UK median hourly rate £59.50 £58.75 £38.43
% change year-on-year +1.28% +52.90% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,325 20,337 27,186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.38% 89.23% 89.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,289 13,953 19,001
10th Percentile £250 £260 £238
25th Percentile £375 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,130 1,241 1,347
10th Percentile £12.42 £10.63 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.40
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.50 £62.35
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%

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
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 May 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
North of England +29 6 £513 +2.50% 3
North West +22 6 £513 +2.50% 2
East of England +10 3 - - 12
South West - 2 £488 - 7
Scotland - 2 £425 - 3
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 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (18.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (54.55%) Teamcenter
General
1 3 (27.27%) Electronics
1 3 (27.27%) Military
2 1 (9.09%) Avionics
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) ABAP Developer
1 3 (27.27%) Developer
1 3 (27.27%) Principal Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) RF Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) SAP Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Configuration Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Data Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Applications Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Business Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) SAP Business Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Analogue Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Data Management
2 6 (54.55%) PLM
3 4 (36.36%) Configuration Management
4 3 (27.27%) Impact Assessments
4 3 (27.27%) Physics
5 2 (18.18%) Conceptual Models
5 2 (18.18%) Data Architecture
5 2 (18.18%) Data Governance
5 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
5 2 (18.18%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Logical Data Model
5 2 (18.18%) Physical Data Model
6 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (9.09%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) ABAP
2 3 (27.27%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) SAP
1 4 (36.36%) Siemens
2 3 (27.27%) Keysight
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 2 (18.18%) Sparx