Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 356 543 673
Rank change year-on-year +187 +130 -73
Contract jobs citing PLM 243 157 171
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.27% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.30% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 66 118
10th Percentile £450 £403 £398
25th Percentile £506 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £505 £475
Median % change year-on-year +28.71% +6.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile £675 £597 £588
90th Percentile £768 £725 £679
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +30.00% +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 24 7
10th Percentile £37.91 £39.55 £41.00
25th Percentile £45.00 £41.95 £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 - £49.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -4.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,094 51,920 79,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,889 35,981 55,625
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,716 1,886
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.24 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PLM.

Daily rate trend for PLM in the UK

PLM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PLM over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PLM in the UK

PLM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PLM.

Hourly rate trend for PLM in the UK

PLM
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PLM over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PLM in the UK

PLM
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 11 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
England +182 211 £625 +21.95% 104
UK excluding London +122 173 £650 +30.00% 88
Work from Home +111 69 £650 +23.81% 38
East of England +73 68 £525 - 7
South East +28 42 £500 +1.27% 17
London +101 37 £600 +29.73% 16
North of England +51 29 £625 +38.89% 29
North West +31 24 £590 +18.00% 24
South West +14 13 £650 +25.00% 8
Midlands +10 12 £400 -28.89% 23
West Midlands +3 9 £650 +21.50% 18
Yorkshire +20 5 £650 +550.00% 4
Scotland - 5 £650 - 5
East Midlands +14 3 £388 -47.46% 5
Northern Ireland - 3 £650 - 1
Wales +14 2 £650 +36.84% 1

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 5 (2.06%) Confluence
2 1 (0.41%) IBM Domino
2 1 (0.41%) IBM Notes
2 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (6.17%) Windchill
2 10 (4.12%) CATIA
3 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 55 (22.63%) Teamcenter
2 13 (5.35%) SAP PLM
3 8 (3.29%) DELMIA
4 6 (2.47%) ENOVIA
5 4 (1.65%) Primavera
6 3 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.82%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.41%) SAP EHS
8 1 (0.41%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.41%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 21 (8.64%) Azure
2 10 (4.12%) OCI
3 6 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.23%) Azure Key Vault
5 3 (1.23%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (0.82%) Asana
6 2 (0.82%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (0.82%) dbt
6 2 (0.82%) Miro
7 1 (0.41%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.41%) 3G
1 1 (0.41%) 4G
1 1 (0.41%) 5G
1 1 (0.41%) Broadband
1 1 (0.41%) DSL
1 1 (0.41%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.82%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.41%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.41%) Metadata
4 1 (0.41%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (0.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (4.12%) JIRA
2 1 (0.41%) ERwin
General
1 64 (26.34%) Aerospace
2 36 (14.81%) Social Skills
3 26 (10.70%) Manufacturing
4 19 (7.82%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (3.70%) Finance
7 8 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.65%) Automotive
8 4 (1.65%) Electronics
8 4 (1.65%) French Language
8 4 (1.65%) Italian Language
8 4 (1.65%) Law
8 4 (1.65%) Marketing
8 4 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.23%) Military
10 2 (0.82%) German Language
10 2 (0.82%) Retail
10 2 (0.82%) Spanish Language
10 2 (0.82%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.41%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 59 (24.28%) Configuration Manager
2 57 (23.46%) Architect
3 53 (21.81%) Consultant
4 41 (16.87%) Solutions Architect
5 33 (13.58%) SAP Consultant
6 25 (10.29%) Senior
7 15 (6.17%) Administrator
8 14 (5.76%) Systems Administrator
9 12 (4.94%) Developer
9 12 (4.94%) Lead
10 11 (4.53%) Senior Systems Administrator
11 9 (3.70%) Configuration Engineer
11 9 (3.70%) Oracle Consultant
11 9 (3.70%) SAP PLM Consultant
12 8 (3.29%) Cloud Consultant
12 8 (3.29%) Support Team Leader
13 7 (2.88%) Functional Consultant
13 7 (2.88%) Team Leader
14 6 (2.47%) SAP Functional Consultant
14 6 (2.47%) Senior Configuration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.35%) Itk
2 5 (2.06%) React
2 5 (2.06%) Web Services
3 3 (1.23%) .NET
3 3 (1.23%) .NET Core
3 3 (1.23%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.23%) ARM Templates
3 3 (1.23%) ASP.NET Web API
3 3 (1.23%) CSS
3 3 (1.23%) Entity Framework
3 3 (1.23%) jQuery
3 3 (1.23%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (1.23%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 2 (0.82%) ADO
5 1 (0.41%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.53%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (1.65%) Life Science
3 4 (1.65%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.23%) N-Tier
4 3 (1.23%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.82%) Industry 4.0
5 2 (0.82%) iPad
6 1 (0.41%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.41%) FMCG
6 1 (0.41%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.47%) Windows
1 6 (2.47%) Windows Server
1 6 (2.47%) Windows Server 2016
1 6 (2.47%) Windows Server 2019
2 2 (0.82%) Android
2 2 (0.82%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (32.10%) Configuration Management
2 56 (23.05%) Coaching
3 55 (22.63%) Collaborative Working
4 25 (10.29%) DevOps
5 22 (9.05%) Agile
6 21 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (7.41%) Business Strategy
8 16 (6.58%) Regulatory Compliance
9 15 (6.17%) ERP
9 15 (6.17%) Migration
10 14 (5.76%) Project Management
11 13 (5.35%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (4.94%) Data Management
13 11 (4.53%) Change Management
14 10 (4.12%) Computer Science
14 10 (4.12%) Data Migration
14 10 (4.12%) Workflow
15 8 (3.29%) Business Intelligence
15 8 (3.29%) CAD
15 8 (3.29%) PDM
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.76%) SQL
2 12 (4.94%) C
3 7 (2.88%) ABAP
3 7 (2.88%) Java
4 6 (2.47%) C++
4 6 (2.47%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.65%) C#
6 3 (1.23%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.23%) Python
7 1 (0.41%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 93 (38.27%) Security Cleared
2 71 (29.22%) SC Cleared
3 45 (18.52%) BPSS Clearance
4 25 (10.29%) DV Cleared
5 15 (6.17%) Degree
6 4 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.23%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.23%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.82%) CBAP
9 1 (0.41%) CSPO
9 1 (0.41%) HNC
9 1 (0.41%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.47%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.06%) QA
3 3 (1.23%) GDPR
4 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 2 (0.82%) PMO
4 2 (0.82%) SLA
Systems Management
1 5 (2.06%) Terraform
Vendors
1 58 (23.87%) SAP
2 29 (11.93%) Siemens
3 23 (9.47%) Microsoft
4 17 (7.00%) Oracle
5 6 (2.47%) PTC
6 2 (0.82%) Databricks
7 1 (0.41%) Ariba
7 1 (0.41%) IBM
7 1 (0.41%) Informatica
7 1 (0.41%) Lotus
7 1 (0.41%) Nintex
7 1 (0.41%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.41%) Symantec