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 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 528 558
Rank change year-on-year +29 +30 +237
Contract jobs citing Preventative Maintenance 57 53 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.13% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.15% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 25 78
10th Percentile £153 - £150
25th Percentile £209 £126 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £200 £420
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -52.38% +52.73%
75th Percentile £613 £475 £623
90th Percentile £625 £595 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £524 £126 £575
% change year-on-year +315.48% -78.09% +109.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £15.84 £12.65 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.22% - -
75th Percentile £25.15 £19.50 -
90th Percentile - £20.90 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £19.00 -
% change year-on-year +32.37% - -

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 29,656 35,918 49,614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.33% 85.38% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,620 23,009 34,128
10th Percentile £300 £305 £325
25th Percentile £405 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,566 2,286 1,643
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £13.91
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.71 £18.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £41.81
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% -8.83% +58.73%
75th Percentile £51.10 £62.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.38 £77.49
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.00 £38.12 £40.58
% change year-on-year -37.04% -6.05% +88.72%

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 19 July 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 19 July 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 19 July 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 +39 49 £313 +56.25% 392
UK excluding London +34 34 £524 +315.48% 344
South East +28 22 £575 +163.67% 97
London +44 20 £266 -33.44% 109
Work from Home +20 4 £275 -38.89% 37
East of England +14 4 - - 38
Scotland +2 4 £401 - 23
West Midlands +6 1 - - 39
North of England -3 1 - - 62
Midlands -6 1 - - 72
North East - 1 - - 5
South West - 1 - - 36
Wales - 1 - - 13

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 4 (7.02%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.51%) Skype for Business
3 1 (1.75%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (29.82%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.75%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 11 (19.30%) Azure
2 10 (17.54%) AWS
3 6 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.75%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.75%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 15 (26.32%) LAN
2 8 (14.04%) Cisco IOS
3 7 (12.28%) Cisco Firepower
3 7 (12.28%) Cisco ISE
3 7 (12.28%) Firewall
3 7 (12.28%) Junos
4 5 (8.77%) VoIP
5 4 (7.02%) DNS
5 4 (7.02%) Remote Desktop
5 4 (7.02%) TCP/IP
5 4 (7.02%) VPN
6 3 (5.26%) WAN
6 3 (5.26%) Wireless
7 2 (3.51%) BGP
7 2 (3.51%) IPsec
7 2 (3.51%) MPLS
7 2 (3.51%) OSPF
7 2 (3.51%) SAN
7 2 (3.51%) Skype
7 2 (3.51%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.51%) DB2
2 1 (1.75%) Tableau
General
1 15 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.54%) Finance
3 9 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (10.53%) Banking
4 6 (10.53%) Law
5 4 (7.02%) Legal
6 3 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.75%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.75%) Automotive
7 1 (1.75%) Aviation
7 1 (1.75%) Back Office
7 1 (1.75%) Electronics
7 1 (1.75%) Marketing
7 1 (1.75%) Military
7 1 (1.75%) Retail
7 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (24.56%) Network Engineer
2 8 (14.04%) Data Centre Engineer
2 8 (14.04%) IT Support
3 7 (12.28%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 6 (10.53%) Support Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) Cisco Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) Help Desk Officer
5 4 (7.02%) Help Desk Support
5 4 (7.02%) Juniper Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) Service Desk Officer
5 4 (7.02%) Service Desk Support
5 4 (7.02%) Support Officer
6 3 (5.26%) IT Engineer
6 3 (5.26%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Electrical Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) IP Network Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Network Architect
7 2 (3.51%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) Flash
1 1 (1.75%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.54%) Data Centre
1 10 (17.54%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.51%) CMDB
3 2 (3.51%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.51%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.75%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.75%) Digital Signage
4 1 (1.75%) IoT
4 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.75%) NVMe
Operating Systems
1 15 (26.32%) Windows
2 6 (10.53%) Windows 10
3 5 (8.77%) Windows Server
4 4 (7.02%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (7.02%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (5.26%) Linux
5 3 (5.26%) Unix
6 1 (1.75%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.82%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (21.05%) Agile
2 12 (21.05%) Customer Requirements
3 10 (17.54%) Customer Service
3 10 (17.54%) Time Management
4 9 (15.79%) CAFM
4 9 (15.79%) Load Balancing
4 9 (15.79%) Problem Management
4 9 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
5 7 (12.28%) Asset Management
5 7 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (12.28%) ITIL
6 6 (10.53%) Budget Management
6 6 (10.53%) Budgeting
6 6 (10.53%) Capacity Management
6 6 (10.53%) Change Management
6 6 (10.53%) Fault Management
6 6 (10.53%) Risk Management
7 5 (8.77%) Incident Response
7 5 (8.77%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (21.05%) Python
2 7 (12.28%) VB
3 3 (5.26%) SQL
4 1 (1.75%) Perl
4 1 (1.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (22.81%) Security Cleared
2 8 (14.04%) DV Cleared
3 6 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.51%) CCNP
4 2 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.51%) Degree
5 1 (1.75%) HNC
5 1 (1.75%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (28.07%) SLA
2 6 (10.53%) NIST
2 6 (10.53%) PCI DSS
3 4 (7.02%) GDPR
4 2 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.75%) COSHH
5 1 (1.75%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.75%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (8.77%) Active Directory
1 5 (8.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (7.02%) Hyper-V
2 4 (7.02%) Terminal Services
3 2 (3.51%) GPFS
4 1 (1.75%) Docker
4 1 (1.75%) NFS
4 1 (1.75%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 9 (15.79%) Ansible
2 7 (12.28%) FortiGate
3 6 (10.53%) Terraform
4 2 (3.51%) CASB
4 2 (3.51%) Veritas Storage Foundation
5 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 15 (26.32%) Cisco
3 11 (19.30%) Citrix
4 10 (17.54%) Juniper
5 7 (12.28%) F5
6 5 (8.77%) VMware
7 3 (5.26%) Google
8 2 (3.51%) Brocade
8 2 (3.51%) EMC
8 2 (3.51%) IBM
8 2 (3.51%) NetApp
8 2 (3.51%) Polycom
8 2 (3.51%) SAP
8 2 (3.51%) Sybase
8 2 (3.51%) Veritas
9 1 (1.75%) Ariba
9 1 (1.75%) NCR
9 1 (1.75%) Siemens