Preventative Maintenance Job Trends

Preventative Maintenance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Preventative Maintenance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 464 430 580
Rank change year-on-year -34 +150 +86
Permanent jobs citing Preventative Maintenance 358 277 236
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.55% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.62% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 172 177 187
10th Percentile £27,775 £30,950 -
25th Percentile £31,625 £32,500 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £46,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.05% +55.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £48,875 £55,250 £35,250
90th Percentile £58,450 £60,000 £61,666
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £26,750
% change year-on-year - +49.53% -33.13%

All Process & 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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,635 44,750 66,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.41% 89.19% 80.88%
Number of salaries quoted 54,192 25,377 43,044
10th Percentile £30,780 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%

Preventative Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Preventative Maintenance job vacancy trend in the UK

Preventative Maintenance
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Preventative Maintenance

Preventative Maintenance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Preventative Maintenance over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Preventative Maintenance in the UK

Preventative Maintenance
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Preventative Maintenance within the UK over the 6 months to 17 August 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 -10 326 £39,000 -17.02% 423
UK excluding London -28 271 £40,000 - 396
Midlands +1 72 £40,000 +23.08% 93
South East -37 68 £45,000 -11.76% 102
London -49 64 £40,250 -23.33% 74
North of England -38 55 £35,500 +7.58% 79
East Midlands +10 48 £45,000 +38.46% 43
East of England 0 39 £47,000 +30.56% 60
Yorkshire -20 28 £35,500 +9.23% 42
South West -68 25 £32,500 -4.41% 41
West Midlands -20 24 £38,500 - 50
Work from Home -33 24 £37,000 +2.78% 32
North West -19 19 £40,750 -4.12% 30
Scotland +4 9 £42,750 +18.75% 24
North East - 8 £47,700 - 10
Northern Ireland -72 4 £40,000 - 3
Wales - 2 £34,500 - 10

Preventative 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 14 (3.91%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.96%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.84%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (8.38%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (7.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.56%) EPLAN
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (3.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.68%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.28%) Academy Housing
3 1 (0.28%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.28%) Maximo
3 1 (0.28%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 54 (15.08%) AWS
2 38 (10.61%) Cloud Computing
3 34 (9.50%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (7.26%) Azure
5 18 (5.03%) Entra ID
6 5 (1.40%) IaaS
7 4 (1.12%) PaaS
7 4 (1.12%) Rubrik
8 2 (0.56%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.56%) Serverless
9 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.28%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.28%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.28%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.87%) Firewall
2 17 (4.75%) TCP/IP
3 16 (4.47%) VLAN
4 14 (3.91%) WAN
5 13 (3.63%) DNS
6 12 (3.35%) DHCP
6 12 (3.35%) LAN
7 10 (2.79%) Network Security
8 7 (1.96%) Skype
8 7 (1.96%) Unified Communications
8 7 (1.96%) VoIP
8 7 (1.96%) WebEx
9 6 (1.68%) Broadband
9 6 (1.68%) Profibus
9 6 (1.68%) VPN
9 6 (1.68%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (1.40%) Ethernet
10 5 (1.40%) Modbus
11 4 (1.12%) BGP
11 4 (1.12%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.12%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (0.84%) JIRA
2 1 (0.28%) LabVIEW
General
1 100 (27.93%) Social Skills
2 74 (20.67%) Manufacturing
3 38 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (10.61%) Electronics
4 36 (10.06%) Finance
5 32 (8.94%) Military
6 23 (6.42%) Organisational Skills
6 23 (6.42%) Retail
7 13 (3.63%) Law
8 12 (3.35%) Games
9 11 (3.07%) Aviation
10 10 (2.79%) Aeronautics
11 8 (2.23%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.96%) Marketing
13 5 (1.40%) Front Office
13 5 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.12%) Legal
14 4 (1.12%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.56%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 40 (11.17%) Senior
2 38 (10.61%) Field Engineer
3 37 (10.34%) Field Service Engineer
4 33 (9.22%) Senior Technician
5 24 (6.70%) Data Centre Engineer
6 23 (6.42%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
7 20 (5.59%) Analyst
7 20 (5.59%) Support Technician
8 18 (5.03%) IT Support
9 16 (4.47%) Support Engineer
10 14 (3.91%) Electrical Engineer
10 14 (3.91%) Lead
10 14 (3.91%) Support Analyst
11 12 (3.35%) Engineering Manager
12 11 (3.07%) Audio Visual Engineer
12 11 (3.07%) IT Analyst
12 11 (3.07%) Team Leader
12 11 (3.07%) Technical Engineer
12 11 (3.07%) Technical Support
12 11 (3.07%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.84%) CSS
2 2 (0.56%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.28%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.28%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 119 (33.24%) Onboarding
2 72 (20.11%) Robotics
3 62 (17.32%) Driving Licence
4 54 (15.08%) Data Centre
4 54 (15.08%) SCADA
5 18 (5.03%) Video Conferencing
6 12 (3.35%) CCTV
7 11 (3.07%) FMCG
8 10 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.51%) EPoS
9 9 (2.51%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.12%) NHS
10 4 (1.12%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.12%) Smartphone
11 3 (0.84%) PKI
11 3 (0.84%) Smart Home
12 2 (0.56%) BYOD
12 2 (0.56%) Clustering
12 2 (0.56%) Fibre Optics
12 2 (0.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 55 (15.36%) Windows
2 22 (6.15%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (0.56%) Linux
4 2 (0.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (34.36%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (21.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 73 (20.39%) Customer Service
4 55 (15.36%) Proactive Maintenance
5 53 (14.80%) Mechatronics
6 49 (13.69%) Mentoring
7 47 (13.13%) Line Management
8 35 (9.78%) Project Management
9 33 (9.22%) Root Cause Analysis
10 25 (6.98%) ITIL
10 25 (6.98%) Logistics
11 24 (6.70%) Service Delivery
12 22 (6.15%) Data Centre Operations
13 21 (5.87%) Order Management
13 21 (5.87%) Technical Leadership
14 20 (5.59%) Service Management
15 19 (5.31%) CRM
15 19 (5.31%) Cybersecurity
16 18 (5.03%) Incident Response
17 16 (4.47%) Kaizen
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.12%) Ladder Logic
1 4 (1.12%) Python
2 2 (0.56%) Bash
3 1 (0.28%) Go
3 1 (0.28%) Java
3 1 (0.28%) Perl
3 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 129 (36.03%) Degree
2 72 (20.11%) NVQ Level 3
3 58 (16.20%) City & Guilds
4 48 (13.41%) HNC
5 34 (9.50%) HND
6 30 (8.38%) Security Cleared
7 17 (4.75%) Chartered Engineer
7 17 (4.75%) SC Cleared
8 12 (3.35%) NVQ Level 4
9 8 (2.23%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.68%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.40%) A+ Certification
11 5 (1.40%) CCNA
11 5 (1.40%) CCNP
11 5 (1.40%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (1.12%) CTC Cleared
12 4 (1.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.84%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.84%) CCDP
14 2 (0.56%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (12.29%) SLA
2 12 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.51%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.40%) GMP
5 4 (1.12%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.12%) GDPR
6 3 (0.84%) IEC 61131
7 2 (0.56%) NIST
7 2 (0.56%) QA
8 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.28%) DICOM
8 1 (0.28%) HAZOP
8 1 (0.28%) HL7
8 1 (0.28%) ISO 9002
System Software
1 19 (5.31%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.91%) Hyper-V
3 11 (3.07%) Firmware
4 7 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.84%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.84%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.28%) Ansible
3 1 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (0.28%) Grafana
3 1 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
3 1 (0.28%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.28%) SCOM
Vendors
1 73 (20.39%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.82%) NEC
3 16 (4.47%) Cisco
3 16 (4.47%) SAP
4 13 (3.63%) Siemens
5 12 (3.35%) ServiceNow
6 11 (3.07%) Allen-Bradley
7 7 (1.96%) Polycom
7 7 (1.96%) SonicWALL
7 7 (1.96%) VMware
8 6 (1.68%) Veeam
9 5 (1.40%) Juniper
10 3 (0.84%) Canon
10 3 (0.84%) Draytek
10 3 (0.84%) Forcepoint
10 3 (0.84%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.56%) Aruba
11 2 (0.56%) Freshdesk
11 2 (0.56%) HP
12 1 (0.28%) Avaya