Predictive Maintenance Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Predictive Maintenance
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Predictive Maintenance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 495 562 567
Rank change year-on-year +67 +5 -
Permanent jobs citing Predictive Maintenance 14 4 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.011% 0.017%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.042% 0.013% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 3
10th Percentile £40,000 - -
25th Percentile £52,000 - £95,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.65% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 - £105,000
90th Percentile £70,500 - -
UK median annual salary £56,264 £85,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -33.81% -15.00% +25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Predictive 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,283 31,985 30,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.49% 89.04% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,187 14,363 22,780
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Predictive Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Predictive Maintenance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Predictive Maintenance job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Predictive Maintenance
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Predictive Maintenance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Predictive Maintenance

Predictive Maintenance
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Predictive Maintenance in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Predictive Maintenance in the UK excluding London

Predictive Maintenance
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Predictive Maintenance within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +38 6 £60,000 -29.41% 3
South West - 3 £53,000 - 2
East of England - 3 - - 1
Midlands - 2 £59,527 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £59,527 - 1
Predictive Maintenance
UK

Predictive Maintenance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (7.14%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (7.14%) NetSuite
1 1 (7.14%) Odoo
1 1 (7.14%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) ChatGPT
2 1 (7.14%) dbt
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (7.14%) SaaS
2 1 (7.14%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) Power BI
2 1 (7.14%) QGIS
2 1 (7.14%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Git
General
1 9 (64.29%) Manufacturing
2 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Aerospace
3 3 (21.43%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Back Office
4 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Manufacturing Engineer
1 4 (28.57%) Senior
2 3 (21.43%) Digital Transformation
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Data Scientist
4 1 (7.14%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Lead
4 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Data Scientist
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) PyTorch
1 2 (14.29%) TensorFlow
2 1 (7.14%) .NET
2 1 (7.14%) GeoPandas
2 1 (7.14%) LangChain
2 1 (7.14%) MapLibre
2 1 (7.14%) NetworkX
2 1 (7.14%) PostGIS
2 1 (7.14%) Semantic Kernel
2 1 (7.14%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) IoT
2 3 (21.43%) Robotics
2 3 (21.43%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (14.29%) Industry 4.0
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 2 (14.29%) SCADA
4 1 (7.14%) FMCG
4 1 (7.14%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Analytics
2 5 (35.71%) AI
2 5 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (28.57%) Data Analytics
3 4 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 4 (28.57%) Innovative Thinking
3 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Smart Manufacturing
3 4 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (21.43%) Data Acquisition
4 3 (21.43%) Data Analysis
4 3 (21.43%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (21.43%) Digital Twin
4 3 (21.43%) E-Commerce
4 3 (21.43%) Logistics
4 3 (21.43%) Machine Learning
4 3 (21.43%) Preventative Maintenance
4 3 (21.43%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) Python
2 3 (21.43%) C++
2 3 (21.43%) Java
2 3 (21.43%) SQL
3 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 2 (14.29%) VBA
4 1 (7.14%) Scala
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Degree
2 5 (35.71%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 3 (21.43%) NVQ Level 3
5 2 (14.29%) HNC
6 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
6 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
6 1 (7.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Argo
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Facebook
2 2 (14.29%) Allen-Bradley
2 2 (14.29%) Siemens
3 1 (7.14%) IBM
3 1 (7.14%) Mapbox
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) OpenAI
3 1 (7.14%) Planon
3 1 (7.14%) SAP