PLM Contracts in the UK excluding London

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for PLM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PLM over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 234 358 421
Rank change year-on-year +124 +63 -41
Contract jobs citing PLM 164 88 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.81% 0.38% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 0.43% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 38 58
10th Percentile £465 £388 £300
25th Percentile £519 £431 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £500 £453
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +10.50% -9.50%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £525
90th Percentile - £768 £638
UK median daily rate £650 £510 £490
% change year-on-year +27.45% +4.08% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 23 8
10th Percentile £38.06 £39.55 £41.38
25th Percentile £45.00 £41.91 £42.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -4.26%
75th Percentile - £47.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £59.95 - £49.06
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -4.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

PLM 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 17,076 20,688 27,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.26% 89.44% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,209 14,247 19,122
10th Percentile £250 £258 £235
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,062 1,260 1,365
10th Percentile £12.34 £10.63 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.71 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

PLM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for PLM in the UK excluding London

PLM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for PLM in the UK excluding London

PLM
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PLM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PLM in the UK excluding London

PLM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for PLM in the UK excluding London

PLM
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PLM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PLM in the UK excluding London

PLM
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 PLM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
East of England +69 65 £525 - 5
South East +27 37 £500 +1.27% 25
North of England +48 30 £625 +38.89% 28
North West +31 25 £590 +18.00% 25
South West +10 12 £650 +25.00% 9
Midlands +4 12 £400 -28.89% 24
West Midlands +11 9 £650 +18.18% 17
Yorkshire +22 5 £650 +550.00% 1
Scotland - 4 £650 - 9
East Midlands +13 3 £388 -53.03% 7
Northern Ireland - 3 £650 -
Wales +17 2 £650 +36.84% 2
PLM
UK

PLM
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 10 (6.10%) CATIA
2 8 (4.88%) Windchill
3 4 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 29 (17.68%) Teamcenter
2 8 (4.88%) DELMIA
3 4 (2.44%) SAP PLM
4 3 (1.83%) ENOVIA
5 2 (1.22%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (9.15%) Azure
2 2 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (1.22%) dbt
2 2 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.61%) AWS
3 1 (0.61%) IaaS
3 1 (0.61%) PaaS
3 1 (0.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.61%) 3G
1 1 (0.61%) 4G
1 1 (0.61%) 5G
1 1 (0.61%) Broadband
1 1 (0.61%) DSL
1 1 (0.61%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.49%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.22%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.61%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.61%) Metadata
3 1 (0.61%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 3 (1.83%) JIRA
2 1 (0.61%) ERwin
General
1 62 (37.80%) Aerospace
2 16 (9.76%) Public Sector
3 13 (7.93%) Manufacturing
4 10 (6.10%) Social Skills
5 5 (3.05%) Automotive
5 5 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.44%) Electronics
7 3 (1.83%) Military
8 1 (0.61%) Aviation
8 1 (0.61%) Avionics
8 1 (0.61%) Law
8 1 (0.61%) Marketing
8 1 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.61%) Retail
8 1 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (35.98%) Configuration Manager
2 34 (20.73%) Architect
3 28 (17.07%) Solutions Architect
4 21 (12.80%) Consultant
5 20 (12.20%) SAP Consultant
5 20 (12.20%) Senior
6 14 (8.54%) Administrator
7 13 (7.93%) Systems Administrator
8 11 (6.71%) Senior Systems Administrator
9 9 (5.49%) Lead
10 8 (4.88%) Support Team Leader
11 7 (4.27%) Developer
11 7 (4.27%) Team Leader
12 6 (3.66%) Configuration Engineer
12 6 (3.66%) Data Engineer
13 4 (2.44%) ABAP Developer
13 4 (2.44%) Industrial Engineer
13 4 (2.44%) SAP Developer
13 4 (2.44%) Senior Configuration Engineer
14 2 (1.22%) IT Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.93%) Itk
2 1 (0.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (1.83%) Management Information System
2 3 (1.83%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.22%) iPad
4 1 (0.61%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (0.61%) FMCG
4 1 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.61%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.66%) Windows
1 6 (3.66%) Windows Server
1 6 (3.66%) Windows Server 2016
1 6 (3.66%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (45.73%) Configuration Management
2 56 (34.15%) Coaching
3 55 (33.54%) Collaborative Working
4 18 (10.98%) DevOps
5 11 (6.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (6.10%) Agile
6 10 (6.10%) Data Management
7 9 (5.49%) Business Strategy
7 9 (5.49%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (5.49%) Regulatory Compliance
7 9 (5.49%) Workflow
8 8 (4.88%) Change Management
9 6 (3.66%) ERP
9 6 (3.66%) Migration
9 6 (3.66%) PDM
9 6 (3.66%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (3.05%) Customer Requirements
10 5 (3.05%) Project Management
11 4 (2.44%) Stakeholder Management
11 4 (2.44%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.71%) C
2 10 (6.10%) SQL
3 6 (3.66%) C++
4 5 (3.05%) ABAP
5 1 (0.61%) C#
5 1 (0.61%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 71 (43.29%) Security Cleared
2 48 (29.27%) SC Cleared
3 29 (17.68%) BPSS Clearance
4 20 (12.20%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.44%) Degree
6 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.61%) CSPO
6 1 (0.61%) HNC
6 1 (0.61%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.83%) Data Quality
1 3 (1.83%) GDPR
2 1 (0.61%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (21.34%) SAP
2 25 (15.24%) Microsoft
3 13 (7.93%) Siemens
4 3 (1.83%) PTC
5 2 (1.22%) Databricks
6 1 (0.61%) Ariba
6 1 (0.61%) IBM
6 1 (0.61%) Oracle