Preventative Maintenance Contract Job Trends in the South West

Preventative Maintenance
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Preventative Maintenance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 - 133
Rank change year-on-year - - +41
Contract jobs citing Preventative Maintenance 2 0 10
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.081% - 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.099% - 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £224
25th Percentile £513 - £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £296
Median % change year-on-year - - -55.28%
75th Percentile £538 - £416
90th Percentile - - £556
England median daily rate £250 £325 £294
% change year-on-year -23.08% +10.64% -28.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £26.00 - -
England median hourly rate £26.00 - £19.00
% change year-on-year - - -30.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,027 1,715 2,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 81.67% 88.54% 84.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,175 1,043 1,648
10th Percentile £263 £248 £275
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £706 £725
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 106 282
10th Percentile £15.74 £18.51 £15.16
25th Percentile £22.00 £46.56 £36.06
Median hourly rate £44.00 £65.00 £57.31
Median % change year-on-year -32.31% +13.42% -6.82%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile - £72.63 £81.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -12.50% +14.29%

Preventative Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Preventative Maintenance job vacancy trend in the South West

Preventative Maintenance
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Preventative Maintenance
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Preventative Maintenance
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 19 January 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
Wiltshire - 1 £525 - 1
Bristol - 1 - - 2
Preventative Maintenance
England

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Advertising
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Tech Ops
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA