Preventative Maintenance Contract Job Trends in Wales

Preventative Maintenance
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in 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 53 41 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing Preventative Maintenance 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.32% 0.28% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
UK median daily rate £320 £300 £200
% change year-on-year +6.67% +50.00% -52.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 461 307 315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 74.35% 85.52% 73.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 194 189
10th Percentile £296 £190 £143
25th Percentile £375 £293 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £403 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.01% -10.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £550
90th Percentile £675 £625 £625
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 47 50
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.08 £14.10
25th Percentile £20.37 £15.00 £16.58
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.50 £23.08
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -11.18% +18.42%
75th Percentile £43.96 £25.15 £48.56
90th Percentile £54.25 - £53.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

Preventative Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Preventative Maintenance job vacancy trend in Wales

Preventative Maintenance
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Preventative Maintenance
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Preventative Maintenance
Contract Job Locations in 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 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
South Wales -12 2 £550 - 5
Preventative Maintenance
UK

Preventative Maintenance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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