Preventative Maintenance Job Trends in England

Preventative Maintenance
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Preventative Maintenance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 448 516 569
Rank change year-on-year +68 +53 +164
Permanent jobs citing Preventative Maintenance 255 122 282
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.31% 0.31% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.33% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 81 76 250
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 -
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £46,750 £28,875
Median % change year-on-year -24.06% +61.90% -32.06%
75th Percentile £42,500 £54,313 £37,313
90th Percentile £47,500 £60,000 £55,750
UK median annual salary £35,500 £47,500 £28,500
% change year-on-year -25.26% +66.67% -30.49%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Preventative Maintenance falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,463 36,660 75,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.28% 92.89% 82.69%
Number of salaries quoted 41,486 19,882 55,668
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

Preventative Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Preventative Maintenance job vacancy trend in England

Preventative Maintenance
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Preventative Maintenance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Preventative Maintenance

Preventative Maintenance
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Preventative Maintenance in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Preventative Maintenance in England

Preventative Maintenance
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Preventative Maintenance within the England region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +23 85 £32,000 -39.62% 15
Midlands +31 72 £27,750 -14.62% 12
West Midlands +29 61 £35,000 - 6
London -8 35 £40,000 -20.00% 31
North of England -45 23 £35,500 +7.58% 19
South East -44 21 £32,500 -33.67% 38
East of England -23 17 £37,500 +4.17% 12
Yorkshire -34 17 £33,250 +0.76% 9
East Midlands -28 11 £26,669 -17.94% 6
North West -9 5 £47,750 +2.69% 9
North East - 1 - - 2
Preventative Maintenance
UK

Preventative Maintenance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (3.92%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.35%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.18%) IIS
4 3 (1.18%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (10.20%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.39%) Blender
Business Applications
1 74 (29.02%) SAP PM
2 3 (1.18%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.18%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.78%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.39%) C-CURE
4 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (9.41%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (8.63%) Azure
3 10 (3.92%) Entra ID
4 6 (2.35%) AWS
5 4 (1.57%) IaaS
5 4 (1.57%) PaaS
6 3 (1.18%) Mimecast
6 3 (1.18%) Rubrik
7 2 (0.78%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.78%) Serverless
8 1 (0.39%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (0.39%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (6.67%) TCP/IP
2 16 (6.27%) DHCP
3 12 (4.71%) VLAN
4 11 (4.31%) DNS
5 9 (3.53%) Firewall
6 7 (2.75%) Network Security
7 6 (2.35%) Skype
7 6 (2.35%) Unified Communications
7 6 (2.35%) VPN
7 6 (2.35%) WAN
7 6 (2.35%) WebEx
8 5 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (1.57%) LAN
9 4 (1.57%) RFID
10 3 (1.18%) Broadband
10 3 (1.18%) Internet
10 3 (1.18%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (0.78%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.78%) Modbus
11 2 (0.78%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.18%) JIRA
2 1 (0.39%) LabVIEW
General
1 79 (30.98%) Manufacturing
2 65 (25.49%) Finance
3 60 (23.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 55 (21.57%) Social Skills
5 15 (5.88%) Military
6 12 (4.71%) Aeronautics
7 11 (4.31%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (4.31%) Electronics
7 11 (4.31%) Retail
8 10 (3.92%) Aviation
9 8 (3.14%) Law
10 7 (2.75%) Games
11 6 (2.35%) Marketing
12 5 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.57%) Public Sector
13 4 (1.57%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.39%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 61 (23.92%) Systems Engineer
2 58 (22.75%) Facilities Engineer
3 27 (10.59%) Support Technician
4 23 (9.02%) Field Engineer
5 22 (8.63%) Field Service Engineer
6 17 (6.67%) IT Support
7 16 (6.27%) Analyst
8 13 (5.10%) Support Analyst
9 12 (4.71%) Support Engineer
10 11 (4.31%) IT Support Technician
10 11 (4.31%) IT Technician
11 10 (3.92%) Field Support Technician
12 9 (3.53%) Audio Visual Engineer
12 9 (3.53%) Audio Visual Technician
13 8 (3.14%) IT Analyst
14 7 (2.75%) Infrastructure Support
15 6 (2.35%) IT Engineer
15 6 (2.35%) Support Assistant
16 5 (1.96%) Network Technician
16 5 (1.96%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.78%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.39%) CSS
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.39%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (0.39%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 75 (29.41%) FMCG
2 38 (14.90%) Driving Licence
3 15 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
4 14 (5.49%) Robotics
5 13 (5.10%) CCTV
6 6 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.96%) Digital Signage
8 4 (1.57%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.57%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.57%) SCADA
8 4 (1.57%) Smartphone
9 3 (1.18%) CMDB
9 3 (1.18%) EPoS
9 3 (1.18%) iPad
9 3 (1.18%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.18%) PMI
9 3 (1.18%) Replication
9 3 (1.18%) Smart Home
10 2 (0.78%) BYOD
10 2 (0.78%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 35 (13.73%) Windows
2 19 (7.45%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.39%) Linux
3 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (34.51%) Continuous Improvement
2 75 (29.41%) Root Cause Analysis
3 74 (29.02%) Cost Control
3 74 (29.02%) Data Analysis
3 74 (29.02%) Order Management
3 74 (29.02%) Predictive Maintenance
3 74 (29.02%) Proactive Maintenance
4 62 (24.31%) Mentoring
5 61 (23.92%) Inventory Management
6 48 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (12.55%) Customer Service
8 20 (7.84%) ITIL
9 14 (5.49%) AI
9 14 (5.49%) Software Engineering
10 12 (4.71%) Configuration Management
10 12 (4.71%) Service Management
11 9 (3.53%) Critical Thinking
11 9 (3.53%) CRM
11 9 (3.53%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (3.53%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.75%) SQL
2 4 (1.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 62 (24.31%) NVQ Level 3
2 59 (23.14%) City & Guilds
3 58 (22.75%) Postgraduate
4 28 (10.98%) Degree
5 13 (5.10%) HNC
6 12 (4.71%) Security Cleared
7 11 (4.31%) SC Cleared
8 9 (3.53%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (1.96%) A+ Certification
10 4 (1.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (1.18%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.18%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.78%) CCNA
12 2 (0.78%) CCNP
12 2 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.39%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (22.75%) COSHH
2 8 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.57%) SLA
4 2 (0.78%) GDPR
5 1 (0.39%) ISO 9002
5 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (6.27%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.14%) Hyper-V
3 7 (2.75%) Firmware
4 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (2.35%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.39%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.18%) WSUS
3 1 (0.39%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.39%) VxRail
Vendors
1 77 (30.20%) SAP
2 51 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.35%) Cisco
3 6 (2.35%) Polycom
4 5 (1.96%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.57%) VMware
6 3 (1.18%) Apple
6 3 (1.18%) Canon
6 3 (1.18%) IFS
6 3 (1.18%) Oracle
6 3 (1.18%) SonicWALL
6 3 (1.18%) Veeam
7 2 (0.78%) Aruba
7 2 (0.78%) Freshdesk
7 2 (0.78%) HP
8 1 (0.39%) Citrix
8 1 (0.39%) Dell
8 1 (0.39%) Google
8 1 (0.39%) NetApp
8 1 (0.39%) Salesforce