Predictive Maintenance Job Trends

Predictive Maintenance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs 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 633 694 715
Rank change year-on-year +61 +21 +282
Permanent jobs citing Predictive Maintenance 20 5 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.033% 0.009% 0.011%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% 0.010% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 10 5 3
10th Percentile £40,000 - -
25th Percentile £52,000 - £95,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,264 £85,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.81% -15.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65,938 - £105,000
90th Percentile £91,750 £106,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £85,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -37.65% -15.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Predictive Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Predictive Maintenance job vacancy trend in the UK

Predictive Maintenance
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Predictive Maintenance

Predictive Maintenance
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Predictive Maintenance in the UK

Predictive Maintenance
Top 9 Job Locations

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 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
England +74 17 £56,264 -33.81% 9
UK excluding London +67 14 £53,000 -37.65% 9
South East +38 6 £60,000 -29.41% 3
Work from Home +71 5 - - 7
London +56 3 £130,000 +10.64% 1
South West - 3 £53,000 - 2
East of England - 3 - - 1
Midlands - 2 £59,527 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £59,527 - 1

Predictive Maintenance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (5.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (5.00%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (5.00%) NetSuite
1 1 (5.00%) Odoo
1 1 (5.00%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
1 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (10.00%) AWS
2 2 (10.00%) GCP
3 1 (5.00%) ChatGPT
3 1 (5.00%) dbt
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (5.00%) SaaS
3 1 (5.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) Internet
2 3 (15.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (5.00%) Big Data
2 1 (5.00%) Flink
2 1 (5.00%) QGIS
2 1 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Git
General
1 9 (45.00%) Manufacturing
2 5 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Automotive
4 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Manufacturing Engineer
1 4 (20.00%) Senior
2 3 (15.00%) Digital Transformation
2 3 (15.00%) Lead
2 3 (15.00%) Monitoring Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Applications Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Data Scientist
4 1 (5.00%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Data Scientist
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) PyTorch
1 2 (10.00%) TensorFlow
2 1 (5.00%) .NET
2 1 (5.00%) GeoPandas
2 1 (5.00%) Kafka
2 1 (5.00%) LangChain
2 1 (5.00%) MapLibre
2 1 (5.00%) NetworkX
2 1 (5.00%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (5.00%) PostGIS
2 1 (5.00%) Semantic Kernel
2 1 (5.00%) Spring
2 1 (5.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (5.00%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) SCADA
2 4 (20.00%) IoT
3 3 (15.00%) Driving Licence
3 3 (15.00%) Robotics
3 3 (15.00%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (10.00%) Industry 4.0
4 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
5 1 (5.00%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (5.00%) FMCG
5 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) AI
1 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (30.00%) Analytics
2 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (30.00%) Machine Learning
3 5 (25.00%) Digital Twin
3 5 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (20.00%) Data Analytics
4 4 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 4 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 4 (20.00%) Innovative Thinking
4 4 (20.00%) Smart Manufacturing
4 4 (20.00%) Use Case
5 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (15.00%) Data Acquisition
5 3 (15.00%) Data Entry
5 3 (15.00%) E-Commerce
5 3 (15.00%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) Python
2 4 (20.00%) Java
3 3 (15.00%) C++
3 3 (15.00%) SQL
4 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (10.00%) VBA
5 1 (5.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) Degree
2 5 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (15.00%) HND
4 3 (15.00%) Master's Degree
4 3 (15.00%) NVQ Level 3
5 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (10.00%) HNC
6 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
6 1 (5.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) EU AI Act
1 2 (10.00%) ISO 26262
2 1 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Argo
1 1 (5.00%) Grafana
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.00%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Facebook
2 2 (10.00%) Allen-Bradley
2 2 (10.00%) Siemens
3 1 (5.00%) IBM
3 1 (5.00%) Mapbox
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) OpenAI
3 1 (5.00%) Planon
3 1 (5.00%) SAP