Predictive Maintenance Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Predictive Maintenance
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Predictive Maintenance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Predictive Maintenance 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.52% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £18.49 - -
75th Percentile £20.75 - -
90th Percentile £22.10 - -
North West median hourly rate £20.25 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Predictive Maintenance 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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 660 622 461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 85.27% 90.14% 86.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 467 281
10th Percentile £295 £274 £325
25th Percentile £400 £358 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £445 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -6.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile £574 £525 £565
90th Percentile £626 £688 £650
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 29 20
10th Percentile £16.01 £12.82 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £15.50 £21.05
Median hourly rate £35.11 £18.87 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +86.04% -46.09% +34.62%
75th Percentile £85.00 £40.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £111.25 £71.00 £44.13
North West median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +88.90% -37.64% +15.21%

Predictive Maintenance
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Predictive Maintenance within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 15 October 2026. 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
Congleton - 4 - -
Predictive Maintenance
North West

Predictive Maintenance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Robotics
2 3 (75.00%) Industry 4.0
3 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Lean Manufacturing
1 4 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 4 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Generative AI
4 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (25.00%) Proactive Maintenance
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) HNC
1 4 (100.00%) HND
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Siemens