Preventative Maintenance Contracts

Preventative Maintenance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 531 592
Rank change year-on-year +52 +61 +176
Contract jobs citing Preventative Maintenance 41 51 126
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.12% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.14% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 21 80
10th Percentile £161 - £168
25th Percentile £281 £126 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £165 £459
Median % change year-on-year +164.39% -64.01% +99.35%
75th Percentile £606 £425 £655
90th Percentile £625 £488 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £499 £126 £575
% change year-on-year +295.63% -78.09% +187.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.50 -
Median hourly rate £15.84 £19.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.63% - -
75th Percentile - £19.50 -
90th Percentile £18.34 £21.84 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.84 £19.00 -
% change year-on-year +114.95% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Preventative Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Preventative Maintenance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Preventative Maintenance in the UK

Preventative Maintenance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Preventative Maintenance.

Daily rate trend for Preventative Maintenance in the UK

Preventative Maintenance
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Preventative Maintenance over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Preventative Maintenance in the UK

Preventative Maintenance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Preventative Maintenance.

Hourly rate trend for Preventative Maintenance in the UK

Preventative Maintenance
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Preventative Maintenance over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Preventative Maintenance in the UK

Preventative Maintenance
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +48 35 £575 +248.48% 285
UK excluding London +52 28 £499 +295.63% 234
South East +47 15 £575 +53.33% 60
London +40 12 £300 - 82
Midlands +21 5 £325 -31.58% 59
West Midlands +13 5 £325 -31.58% 29
Work from Home +40 4 £575 +27.78% 57
Scotland +12 4 £401 -42.21% 14
South West +43 1 - - 25
North of England +10 1 £300 +138.10% 46
Yorkshire - 1 £300 - 23
East of England - 1 - - 22
Northern Ireland - 1 £134 - 5

Preventative Maintenance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.44%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (29.27%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (24.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.44%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) SAP IBP
1 2 (4.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.44%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) AWS
1 7 (17.07%) Azure
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.44%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (26.83%) LAN
2 6 (14.63%) Cisco Firepower
2 6 (14.63%) Cisco IOS
2 6 (14.63%) Cisco ISE
2 6 (14.63%) Junos
3 2 (4.88%) SAN
3 2 (4.88%) VoIP
4 1 (2.44%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (2.44%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) DB2
2 1 (2.44%) Tableau
General
1 19 (46.34%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.95%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Manufacturing
5 3 (7.32%) Finance
5 3 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 3 (7.32%) Retail
6 2 (4.88%) Back Office
6 2 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.44%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.44%) Automotive
7 1 (2.44%) Aviation
7 1 (2.44%) Banking
7 1 (2.44%) Electronics
7 1 (2.44%) Marketing
7 1 (2.44%) Military
7 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (26.83%) Network Engineer
2 5 (12.20%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
2 5 (12.20%) IT Support
3 4 (9.76%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) IT Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) IT Support Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Juniper Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (9.76%) Support Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Audio Visual Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Collaboration Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Field Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Field Service Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Lead
4 2 (4.88%) Product Lead
4 2 (4.88%) Python Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Python Software Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Software Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) Flash
1 1 (2.44%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 10 (24.39%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.44%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.44%) CMDB
3 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.44%) IoT
3 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.44%) NVMe
3 1 (2.44%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 8 (19.51%) Windows
2 3 (7.32%) Linux
2 3 (7.32%) Unix
3 2 (4.88%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.44%) Data ONTAP
4 1 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (31.71%) Agile
2 11 (26.83%) Customer Requirements
2 11 (26.83%) Customer Service
2 11 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (26.83%) Time Management
3 9 (21.95%) CAFM
4 8 (19.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (14.63%) Load Balancing
6 3 (7.32%) OO
6 3 (7.32%) Problem Management
6 3 (7.32%) Quality Management
7 2 (4.88%) Asset Management
7 2 (4.88%) Business Transformation
7 2 (4.88%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (4.88%) Computer Science
7 2 (4.88%) Containerisation
7 2 (4.88%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (4.88%) Demand Management
7 2 (4.88%) Security Patching
7 2 (4.88%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.95%) Python
2 6 (14.63%) VB
3 3 (7.32%) SQL
4 1 (2.44%) Perl
Qualifications
1 12 (29.27%) Security Cleared
2 6 (14.63%) DV Cleared
2 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.88%) Degree
4 1 (2.44%) HNC
4 1 (2.44%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (26.83%) SLA
2 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (4.88%) PMO
2 2 (4.88%) QA
3 1 (2.44%) COSHH
3 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) GPFS
2 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) Docker
2 1 (2.44%) NFS
Systems Management
1 6 (14.63%) Ansible
1 6 (14.63%) FortiGate
2 5 (12.20%) Terraform
3 2 (4.88%) CASB
3 2 (4.88%) Veritas Storage Foundation
4 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (39.02%) Microsoft
2 11 (26.83%) Cisco
3 6 (14.63%) Citrix
3 6 (14.63%) F5
3 6 (14.63%) Juniper
4 4 (9.76%) SAP
5 3 (7.32%) Google
6 2 (4.88%) Brocade
6 2 (4.88%) EMC
6 2 (4.88%) IBM
6 2 (4.88%) NetApp
6 2 (4.88%) Sybase
6 2 (4.88%) Veritas
7 1 (2.44%) Ariba
7 1 (2.44%) NCR
7 1 (2.44%) Salesforce
7 1 (2.44%) Siemens