PLM Contracts

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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 366 555 673
Rank change year-on-year +189 +118 -66
Contract jobs citing PLM 243 140 183
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 0.25% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.28% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 67 118
10th Percentile £413 £395 £398
25th Percentile £500 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +26.83% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £675 £605 £588
90th Percentile £731 £687 £662
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £510 £465
% change year-on-year +22.55% +9.68% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 19 14
10th Percentile £40.00 £39.49 -
25th Percentile - £41.81 £42.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -30.77%
75th Percentile - £47.50 £51.40
90th Percentile £59.95 £49.50 £81.75
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 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +177 212 £595 +15.25% 107
UK excluding London +126 172 £625 +22.55% 92
Work from Home +114 67 £650 +15.56% 39
East of England +57 61 £525 +5.00% 2
South East +33 48 £500 - 22
London +86 39 £575 +21.05% 20
North of England +42 29 £625 +25.00% 15
North West +27 24 £590 +18.00% 9
Midlands +11 15 £400 -32.77% 25
South West +12 11 £650 +25.00% 18
West Midlands +9 11 £500 -4.76% 17
Yorkshire +15 5 £650 +550.00% 3
East Midlands +5 4 £400 -36.48% 8
Scotland - 4 £650 - 10
Northern Ireland - 3 £650 - 1
Wales +19 2 £650 +36.84%

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 10 (4.12%) CATIA
2 8 (3.29%) Windchill
3 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 53 (21.81%) Teamcenter
2 12 (4.94%) SAP PLM
3 8 (3.29%) DELMIA
4 6 (2.47%) ENOVIA
5 4 (1.65%) Primavera
6 2 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.41%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 24 (9.88%) Azure
2 10 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (4.12%) OCI
3 6 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.23%) Azure Key Vault
5 3 (1.23%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (1.23%) dbt
6 2 (0.82%) Asana
6 2 (0.82%) Miro
6 2 (0.82%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.41%) AWS
7 1 (0.41%) IaaS
7 1 (0.41%) PaaS
7 1 (0.41%) SaaS
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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.29%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.06%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.82%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.82%) Power BI
5 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 10 (4.12%) JIRA
General
1 62 (25.51%) Aerospace
2 24 (9.88%) Social Skills
3 23 (9.47%) Manufacturing
4 20 (8.23%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.29%) Finance
7 7 (2.88%) Military
8 5 (2.06%) Automotive
8 5 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.06%) Marketing
9 4 (1.65%) Electronics
9 4 (1.65%) French Language
9 4 (1.65%) Italian Language
9 4 (1.65%) Law
9 4 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.23%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.82%) German Language
11 2 (0.82%) Retail
11 2 (0.82%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.41%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 60 (24.69%) Architect
2 59 (24.28%) Configuration Manager
3 45 (18.52%) Consultant
4 44 (18.11%) Solutions Architect
5 29 (11.93%) SAP Consultant
6 25 (10.29%) Senior
7 15 (6.17%) Administrator
8 14 (5.76%) Systems Administrator
9 11 (4.53%) Developer
9 11 (4.53%) Senior Systems Administrator
10 10 (4.12%) Lead
11 9 (3.70%) Data Engineer
11 9 (3.70%) Oracle Consultant
12 8 (3.29%) Cloud Consultant
12 8 (3.29%) SAP PLM Consultant
12 8 (3.29%) Support Team Leader
13 7 (2.88%) Team Leader
14 5 (2.06%) ABAP Developer
14 5 (2.06%) Functional Consultant
14 5 (2.06%) SAP Developer
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
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.17%) Product Ownership
2 6 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.06%) Life Science
4 4 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (1.65%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.23%) N-Tier
6 2 (0.82%) FMCG
6 2 (0.82%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (0.82%) iPad
7 1 (0.41%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
7 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 71 (29.22%) Configuration Management
2 56 (23.05%) Coaching
3 55 (22.63%) Collaborative Working
4 28 (11.52%) DevOps
5 23 (9.47%) Agile
5 23 (9.47%) Change Management
6 20 (8.23%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (7.41%) Roadmaps
8 14 (5.76%) Business Strategy
8 14 (5.76%) Migration
9 13 (5.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (5.35%) Project Management
9 13 (5.35%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (4.94%) Information Management
10 12 (4.94%) Regulatory Compliance
10 12 (4.94%) Strategic Roadmap
11 11 (4.53%) Data Management
11 11 (4.53%) Information Exploitation
12 10 (4.12%) Computer Science
12 10 (4.12%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.41%) SQL
2 11 (4.53%) C
3 7 (2.88%) ABAP
3 7 (2.88%) Java
4 6 (2.47%) C++
4 6 (2.47%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.23%) C#
5 3 (1.23%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 96 (39.51%) Security Cleared
2 65 (26.75%) SC Cleared
3 38 (15.64%) BPSS Clearance
4 29 (11.93%) DV Cleared
5 14 (5.76%) 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%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
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 8 (3.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 50 (20.58%) SAP
2 32 (13.17%) Microsoft
3 27 (11.11%) Siemens
4 16 (6.58%) Oracle
5 6 (2.47%) PTC
6 5 (2.06%) Databricks
7 2 (0.82%) Symantec
8 1 (0.41%) Ariba
8 1 (0.41%) Informatica
8 1 (0.41%) Lotus
8 1 (0.41%) Nintex
8 1 (0.41%) Salesforce