Preventative Maintenance Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Preventative Maintenance
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Preventative Maintenance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 48 60
Rank change year-on-year -18 +12 +10
Contract jobs citing Preventative Maintenance 1 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.12% 0.67% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.73% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 - £338
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.47%
75th Percentile - - £356
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £360 - £338
% change year-on-year - - +39.03%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 664 411 579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 80.00% 91.33% 86.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 184 185
10th Percentile £200 £261 £213
25th Percentile £406 £425 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £529 £400
Median % change year-on-year -3.78% +32.25% -23.81%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £550
90th Percentile £738 £679 £645
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 125 229
10th Percentile £15.93 £16.70 £16.24
25th Percentile £31.84 £23.63 £38.12
Median hourly rate £61.76 £48.29 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.88% -3.42% -23.08%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £31.20 £42.75
% change year-on-year +28.21% -27.02% +115.80%

Preventative Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Preventative Maintenance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Preventative Maintenance job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Preventative Maintenance
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Preventative Maintenance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Preventative Maintenance

Preventative Maintenance
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Preventative Maintenance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing Preventative Maintenance

Preventative Maintenance
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 26 August 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
Stevenage -3 1 £320 - 3
Preventative Maintenance
East of England

Preventative Maintenance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft