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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 459 487 543
Rank change year-on-year +28 +56 +182
Contract jobs citing Preventative Maintenance 48 54 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.15% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.17% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 25 69
10th Percentile £153 - £139
25th Percentile £210 £126 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £200 £420
Median % change year-on-year +62.50% -52.38% +35.48%
75th Percentile £613 £475 £650
90th Percentile £625 £595 £710
UK median daily rate £325 £200 £420
% change year-on-year +62.50% -52.38% +60.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £12.65 -
Median hourly rate £15.84 £15.83 -
Median % change year-on-year +0.09% - -
75th Percentile £25.15 £19.50 -
90th Percentile - £19.97 -
UK median hourly rate £15.84 £15.83 -
% change year-on-year +0.09% - -

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 24,651 31,309 42,892
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.65% 85.64% 89.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,798 20,359 30,046
10th Percentile £300 £308 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £645 £669
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,312 2,212 1,521
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.25 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% -8.14% +59.62%
75th Percentile £54.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.70 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £40.00
% change year-on-year -34.02% -4.70% +50.94%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +39 21 £575 +163.67% 85
London +43 20 £266 -33.44% 114
East of England +19 4 - - 23
South West +34 1 - - 28
Midlands +2 1 - - 54
West Midlands +1 1 - - 25
North of England 0 1 - - 50
North East - 1 - - 3
Preventative Maintenance
UK

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 3 (6.25%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.08%) CATIA
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.67%) Azure
2 7 (14.58%) AWS
3 5 (10.42%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.08%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 13 (27.08%) LAN
2 8 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
3 7 (14.58%) Cisco Firepower
3 7 (14.58%) Cisco ISE
3 7 (14.58%) Junos
4 4 (8.33%) Firewall
5 3 (6.25%) DNS
5 3 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (6.25%) TCP/IP
5 3 (6.25%) VoIP
5 3 (6.25%) VPN
6 2 (4.17%) Skype
6 2 (4.17%) WebEx
7 1 (2.08%) Spanning Tree
7 1 (2.08%) VLAN
7 1 (2.08%) WAN
7 1 (2.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) Tableau
General
1 13 (27.08%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.75%) Finance
2 9 (18.75%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (10.42%) Banking
3 5 (10.42%) Law
4 3 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.25%) Legal
4 3 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.08%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.08%) Aviation
5 1 (2.08%) Back Office
5 1 (2.08%) Electronics
5 1 (2.08%) Marketing
5 1 (2.08%) Military
5 1 (2.08%) Retail
5 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 7 (14.58%) Data Centre Engineer
2 7 (14.58%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 6 (12.50%) IT Support
3 6 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 4 (8.33%) Cisco Engineer
4 4 (8.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 4 (8.33%) Juniper Engineer
4 4 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Help Desk Officer
5 3 (6.25%) Help Desk Support
5 3 (6.25%) IT Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Service Desk Officer
5 3 (6.25%) Service Desk Support
5 3 (6.25%) Support Officer
6 2 (4.17%) Architect
6 2 (4.17%) Network Architect
6 2 (4.17%) Support Assistant
6 2 (4.17%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.83%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (18.75%) Data Centre
3 3 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.17%) CMDB
4 2 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.08%) Digital Signage
5 1 (2.08%) IoT
5 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (27.08%) Windows
2 5 (10.42%) Windows 10
3 3 (6.25%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.08%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (22.92%) Agile
2 11 (22.92%) Customer Requirements
3 10 (20.83%) Customer Service
3 10 (20.83%) Time Management
4 9 (18.75%) CAFM
5 8 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
6 7 (14.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (14.58%) Load Balancing
7 6 (12.50%) Asset Management
7 6 (12.50%) ITIL
8 5 (10.42%) Budget Management
8 5 (10.42%) Budgeting
8 5 (10.42%) Change Management
8 5 (10.42%) Fault Management
8 5 (10.42%) Problem Management
8 5 (10.42%) Risk Management
9 4 (8.33%) Capacity Management
9 4 (8.33%) Incident Response
9 4 (8.33%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.58%) Python
1 7 (14.58%) VB
2 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (27.08%) Security Cleared
2 8 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 6 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.17%) Degree
5 1 (2.08%) HNC
5 1 (2.08%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (29.17%) SLA
2 5 (10.42%) NIST
2 5 (10.42%) PCI DSS
3 3 (6.25%) GDPR
4 2 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (2.08%) COSHH
5 1 (2.08%) Data Quality
5 1 (2.08%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 4 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.25%) Hyper-V
2 3 (6.25%) Terminal Services
3 1 (2.08%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (14.58%) Ansible
1 7 (14.58%) FortiGate
2 6 (12.50%) Terraform
3 2 (4.17%) CASB
4 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (35.42%) Microsoft
2 13 (27.08%) Cisco
3 10 (20.83%) Citrix
4 8 (16.67%) Juniper
5 7 (14.58%) F5
6 4 (8.33%) VMware
7 2 (4.17%) Google
7 2 (4.17%) Polycom
8 1 (2.08%) NCR
8 1 (2.08%) SAP
8 1 (2.08%) Siemens