Preventative Maintenance Jobs

Preventative Maintenance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Preventative Maintenance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Preventative Maintenance over the 6 months leading up to 6 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 600 630 775
Rank change year-on-year +30 +145 +161
Permanent jobs citing Preventative Maintenance 127 301 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.28% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.34% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 77 264 120
10th Percentile £31,250 - £23,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £24,500 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £27,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +75.93% -34.15% +5.81%
75th Percentile £54,250 £35,000 £55,620
90th Percentile £60,000 £55,525 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £26,000 £28,000
% change year-on-year +53.85% -7.14% -26.32%

All Process and 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 52,373 88,774 89,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.37% 83.39% 95.47%
Number of salaries quoted 25,972 61,540 53,735
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,375 £34,000
25th Percentile £40,748 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -9.54% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,245 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.49% -9.09% +4.76%

Preventative Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Preventative Maintenance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Preventative Maintenance in the UK

Preventative Maintenance
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Preventative Maintenance.

Salary trend for Preventative Maintenance in the UK

Preventative Maintenance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Preventative Maintenance over the 6 months to 6 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Preventative Maintenance in the UK

Preventative Maintenance
Top 14 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 6 June 2025. 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 +7 116 £46,750 +68.47% 401
UK excluding London 0 86 £40,000 +53.85% 332
South East +32 35 £49,000 +96.00% 89
London +115 28 £50,000 -9.91% 102
North of England +55 24 £33,000 -40.00% 89
Yorkshire +50 14 £33,000 -40.00% 38
East of England +16 11 £40,000 +37.93% 23
North West +17 10 £46,500 +55.00% 39
Midlands +20 9 £32,500 -7.14% 58
East Midlands +16 8 £32,500 +8.33% 28
South West +100 5 £53,000 +24.71% 41
Work from Home +94 3 £45,000 +37.40% 55
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 10
West Midlands +28 1 - - 28

Preventative Maintenance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 26 (20.47%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (7.87%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 31 (24.41%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (14.96%) Azure
3 11 (8.66%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.51%) AWS
5 5 (3.94%) Nutanix
6 4 (3.15%) Mimecast
6 4 (3.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (11.81%) Firewall
2 12 (9.45%) TCP/IP
2 12 (9.45%) VLAN
3 10 (7.87%) Cisco IOS
4 9 (7.09%) SNMP
5 7 (5.51%) Link 16
5 7 (5.51%) RS-232
5 7 (5.51%) RS-485
5 7 (5.51%) Tactical Data Link
6 4 (3.15%) DHCP
6 4 (3.15%) DNS
6 4 (3.15%) HTTP
6 4 (3.15%) SD-WAN
6 4 (3.15%) WAN
6 4 (3.15%) WebEx
6 4 (3.15%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.79%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.79%) Modbus
7 1 (0.79%) Network Security
7 1 (0.79%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.94%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.15%) Amazon QuickSight
3 3 (2.36%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (2.36%) Metadata
4 2 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
General
1 44 (34.65%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.32%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (14.96%) Electronics
4 13 (10.24%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (9.45%) Manufacturing
6 10 (7.87%) Legal
6 10 (7.87%) Retail
6 10 (7.87%) Telecoms
7 8 (6.30%) Law
7 8 (6.30%) Military
8 7 (5.51%) Avionics
9 4 (3.15%) Advertising
9 4 (3.15%) Aviation
9 4 (3.15%) Banking
9 4 (3.15%) Fire and Rescue
9 4 (3.15%) Police
10 3 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.57%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 17 (13.39%) Field Engineer
2 14 (11.02%) Analyst
2 14 (11.02%) Technical Support
3 11 (8.66%) Desktop Support
3 11 (8.66%) Support Engineer
4 10 (7.87%) IT Engineer
5 9 (7.09%) Field Service Engineer
5 9 (7.09%) Site Manager
5 9 (7.09%) Support Analyst
6 8 (6.30%) 1st Line Support
6 8 (6.30%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 8 (6.30%) 1st Line Technical Support
6 8 (6.30%) IT Support
6 8 (6.30%) Technical Analyst
6 8 (6.30%) Technical Support Analyst
7 7 (5.51%) Desktop Engineer
7 7 (5.51%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 7 (5.51%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (4.72%) Automation Engineer
8 6 (4.72%) Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.15%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 25 (19.69%) Data Centre
2 20 (15.75%) Driving Licence
3 10 (7.87%) SCADA
4 9 (7.09%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (5.51%) Renewable Energy
6 6 (4.72%) CCTV
6 6 (4.72%) e-Learning
6 6 (4.72%) Robotics
7 5 (3.94%) Photovoltaics
8 4 (3.15%) Product Ownership
9 3 (2.36%) iPhone
9 3 (2.36%) Solar Energy
10 2 (1.57%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.57%) Optoelectronics
10 2 (1.57%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.79%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.79%) Smart Home
11 1 (0.79%) Social Media
11 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 31 (24.41%) Windows
2 16 (12.60%) Windows Server
3 13 (10.24%) Android
3 13 (10.24%) Windows Server 2019
4 9 (7.09%) Linux
5 8 (6.30%) Mac OS
6 6 (4.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (3.15%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (32.28%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (21.26%) Customer Service
3 14 (11.02%) ITIL
4 11 (8.66%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (7.87%) Vulnerability Management
6 9 (7.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (6.30%) Line Management
7 8 (6.30%) Server Management
7 8 (6.30%) Time Management
7 8 (6.30%) Validation
8 7 (5.51%) Communications Security
8 7 (5.51%) Computer Science
8 7 (5.51%) Key Management
9 6 (4.72%) Business Case
9 6 (4.72%) Kaizen
9 6 (4.72%) Logistics
9 6 (4.72%) Risk Management
9 6 (4.72%) Six Sigma
10 5 (3.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 5 (3.94%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.66%) C
1 11 (8.66%) R
2 9 (7.09%) SQL
3 4 (3.15%) Python
4 2 (1.57%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.79%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 46 (36.22%) Degree
2 12 (9.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (8.66%) Security Cleared
4 10 (7.87%) CCNA
4 10 (7.87%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (5.51%) CCNP
5 7 (5.51%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (5.51%) GSEC
5 7 (5.51%) SSCP
6 6 (4.72%) NVQ Level 3
7 4 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.15%) Numerate Degree
7 4 (3.15%) SC Cleared
8 3 (2.36%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.57%) HNC
9 2 (1.57%) MCITP
9 2 (1.57%) MCSE
9 2 (1.57%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.02%) SLA
2 7 (5.51%) MIL-STD-1553
3 2 (1.57%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.57%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.79%) QA
System Software
1 19 (14.96%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.30%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (3.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.57%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.79%) vSphere
5 1 (0.79%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 21 (16.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.15%) SCCM
3 2 (1.57%) Ansible
3 2 (1.57%) Terraform
4 1 (0.79%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 44 (34.65%) Microsoft
2 21 (16.54%) Cisco
3 4 (3.15%) Meraki
3 4 (3.15%) Nasuni
3 4 (3.15%) Rapid7
3 4 (3.15%) VMware
4 3 (2.36%) iManage
5 2 (1.57%) Commvault
5 2 (1.57%) Facebook
5 2 (1.57%) HP
5 2 (1.57%) Nimble Storage
5 2 (1.57%) SAP
6 1 (0.79%) Citrix
6 1 (0.79%) Draytek
6 1 (0.79%) IBM
6 1 (0.79%) Ivanti
6 1 (0.79%) Oracle
6 1 (0.79%) Polycom
6 1 (0.79%) WatchGuard
6 1 (0.79%) Yealink