Preventative Maintenance Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Preventative Maintenance
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Preventative Maintenance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 33 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing Preventative Maintenance 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.42% 0.37% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.42% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
Wales median daily rate £550 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 355 240 286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 75.05% 88.89% 78.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 165 177
10th Percentile £300 £190 £143
25th Percentile £375 £293 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £405 £425
Median % change year-on-year +17.28% -4.71% -15.00%
75th Percentile £588 £488 £544
90th Percentile £750 £625 £625
Wales median daily rate £475 £403 £450
% change year-on-year +18.01% -10.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 25 40
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.08 £15.45
25th Percentile £19.34 £14.23 £18.12
Median hourly rate £22.00 £16.00 £25.09
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -36.23% +28.73%
75th Percentile £47.63 £20.75 £48.19
90th Percentile £55.00 £23.39 £53.88
Wales median hourly rate £22.00 £20.50 £23.08
% change year-on-year +7.32% -11.18% +18.42%

Preventative Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Preventative Maintenance job vacancy trend in South Wales

Preventative Maintenance
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Preventative Maintenance

Preventative Maintenance
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Preventative Maintenance

Preventative Maintenance
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 27 July 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
Newport -11 1 - -
Cardiff - 1 £550 - 4
Preventative Maintenance
Wales

Preventative Maintenance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP PM
General
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Electrical Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP PM Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Order Management
1 1 (50.00%) Process Management
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Ariba
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) SAP