Preventative Maintenance Contracts in England

Preventative Maintenance
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Preventative Maintenance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Preventative Maintenance over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 450 498 556
Rank change year-on-year +48 +58 +153
Contract jobs citing Preventative Maintenance 35 44 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.12% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.14% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 19 70
10th Percentile £249 - £162
25th Percentile £300 £126 £236
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £165 £425
Median % change year-on-year +248.48% -61.18% +51.79%
75th Percentile £613 £406 £673
90th Percentile £625 £475 £753
UK median daily rate £436 £165 £459
% change year-on-year +164.39% -64.01% +99.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.50 -
Median hourly rate £15.84 £19.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.63% - -
75th Percentile - £19.50 -
90th Percentile £18.34 £21.84 -
UK median hourly rate £15.84 £19.00 -
% change year-on-year -16.63% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Preventative 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Preventative Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Preventative Maintenance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Preventative Maintenance in England

Preventative Maintenance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Preventative Maintenance in England.

Daily rate trend for Preventative Maintenance in England

Preventative Maintenance
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Preventative Maintenance in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Preventative Maintenance in England

Preventative Maintenance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Preventative Maintenance in England.

Hourly rate trend for Preventative Maintenance in England

Preventative Maintenance
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Preventative Maintenance in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Preventative Maintenance in England

Preventative Maintenance
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Preventative Maintenance within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
South East +47 15 £575 +53.33% 111
London +40 12 £300 - 91
Midlands +21 5 £325 -31.58% 105
West Midlands +13 5 £325 -31.58% 53
South West +43 1 - - 54
North of England +10 1 £300 +138.10% 96
East of England - 1 - - 58
Yorkshire - 1 £300 - 44
Preventative Maintenance
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Preventative Maintenance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (34.29%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.86%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) SAP IBP
1 2 (5.71%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.14%) AWS
1 6 (17.14%) Azure
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (31.43%) LAN
2 6 (17.14%) Cisco Firepower
2 6 (17.14%) Cisco IOS
2 6 (17.14%) Cisco ISE
2 6 (17.14%) Junos
3 2 (5.71%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Tableau
General
1 17 (48.57%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.71%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Manufacturing
5 3 (8.57%) Finance
5 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.71%) Back Office
6 2 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Retail
7 1 (2.86%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.86%) Aviation
7 1 (2.86%) Electronics
7 1 (2.86%) Marketing
7 1 (2.86%) Military
7 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (31.43%) Network Engineer
2 5 (14.29%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) IT Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) IT Support
3 4 (11.43%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Juniper Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Support Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Audio Visual Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Collaboration Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Lead
4 2 (5.71%) Product Lead
5 1 (2.86%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Data Centre Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Electrical Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Senior
5 1 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (2.86%) Senior Business Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.86%) CMDB
3 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.86%) IoT
3 1 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.86%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (5.71%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Agile
2 11 (31.43%) Customer Service
2 11 (31.43%) Time Management
3 10 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
3 10 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (25.71%) CAFM
5 8 (22.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (17.14%) Load Balancing
7 2 (5.71%) Asset Management
7 2 (5.71%) Bill of Materials
7 2 (5.71%) Business Case
7 2 (5.71%) Business Transformation
7 2 (5.71%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (5.71%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (5.71%) Data Loss Prevention
7 2 (5.71%) Demand Management
7 2 (5.71%) Inventory Management
7 2 (5.71%) Quality Management
7 2 (5.71%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) Python
1 6 (17.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (34.29%) Security Cleared
2 6 (17.14%) DV Cleared
2 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.71%) Degree
4 1 (2.86%) HNC
4 1 (2.86%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (31.43%) SLA
2 2 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (5.71%) PMO
2 2 (5.71%) QA
3 1 (2.86%) COSHH
3 1 (2.86%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) Ansible
1 6 (17.14%) FortiGate
2 5 (14.29%) Terraform
3 2 (5.71%) CASB
Vendors
1 16 (45.71%) Microsoft
2 11 (31.43%) Cisco
3 6 (17.14%) Citrix
3 6 (17.14%) F5
3 6 (17.14%) Juniper
4 3 (8.57%) SAP
5 2 (5.71%) Google
6 1 (2.86%) NCR
6 1 (2.86%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.86%) Siemens