Proactive Maintenance Contract Job Trends in the North West

Proactive Maintenance
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Proactive Maintenance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 120 137
Rank change year-on-year -39 +17 -
Contract jobs citing Proactive Maintenance 1 4 7
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.034% 0.20% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.040% 0.22% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 7
10th Percentile - - £250
25th Percentile £525 £156 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £163 £350
Median % change year-on-year +238.46% -53.57% -
75th Percentile £575 £252 -
90th Percentile - £401 -
England median daily rate £500 £325 £325
% change year-on-year +53.85% - +33.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Proactive 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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,490 1,813 2,474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 85.04% 90.06% 86.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,570 1,122 1,611
10th Percentile £213 £276 £306
25th Percentile £363 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £656 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 115 265
10th Percentile £18.34 £16.14 £11.00
25th Percentile £25.00 £22.85 £13.73
Median hourly rate £45.00 £31.76 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.69% +41.16% -39.84%
75th Percentile £65.25 £59.08 £45.00
90th Percentile £75.87 £79.35 £54.20
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -9.72%

Proactive Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Proactive Maintenance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Proactive Maintenance job vacancy trend in the North West

Proactive Maintenance
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Proactive Maintenance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Proactive Maintenance

Proactive Maintenance
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Proactive Maintenance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Proactive Maintenance

Proactive Maintenance
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Proactive Maintenance within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 March 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
Cheshire - 1 £550 - 1
Proactive Maintenance
England

Proactive Maintenance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle ZFS