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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 615 621 800
Rank change year-on-year +6 +179 +93
Permanent jobs citing Preventative Maintenance 115 289 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.29% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.34% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 68 255 119
10th Percentile £30,875 - £23,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £24,500 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £26,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +79.25% -34.57% -4.71%
75th Percentile £54,250 £35,000 £55,620
90th Percentile £65,000 £54,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £25,000 £26,750
% change year-on-year +60.00% -6.54% -33.13%

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 52,380 85,029 95,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.83% 85.31% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,622 59,821 55,996
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,079 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,375 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,810 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.62% -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 17 May 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 17 May 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 -14 104 £47,000 +77.36% 339
UK excluding London +6 71 £40,000 +60.00% 290
London +122 31 £50,000 -9.09% 101
South East +8 28 £50,000 +100.00% 92
North of England +32 19 £33,000 -40.00% 65
Yorkshire +46 11 £33,000 -40.00% 28
Midlands +21 9 £32,500 -2.99% 53
North West +7 8 £37,674 +25.58% 31
East Midlands +5 8 £32,500 +8.33% 23
East of England +15 7 £40,000 +37.93% 20
South West +96 6 £44,500 +4.71% 26
Work from Home +95 3 £45,000 +36.36% 60
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 5
West Midlands +31 1 - - 24

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 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.87%) OpenStack
Applications
1 21 (18.26%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (20.87%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (13.04%) Azure
3 9 (7.83%) Entra ID
4 7 (6.09%) AWS
5 4 (3.48%) Serverless
6 2 (1.74%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.74%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.87%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.87%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.70%) Firewall
1 10 (8.70%) VLAN
2 9 (7.83%) TCP/IP
3 7 (6.09%) Cisco IOS
3 7 (6.09%) Link 16
3 7 (6.09%) RS-232
3 7 (6.09%) RS-485
3 7 (6.09%) SNMP
3 7 (6.09%) Tactical Data Link
4 5 (4.35%) WebEx
5 4 (3.48%) HTTP
5 4 (3.48%) Network Security
5 4 (3.48%) WAN
6 2 (1.74%) 4G
6 2 (1.74%) DHCP
6 2 (1.74%) DNS
6 2 (1.74%) Internet
6 2 (1.74%) LAN
6 2 (1.74%) VPN
6 2 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.48%) Amazon QuickSight
1 4 (3.48%) Metadata
1 4 (3.48%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.61%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.87%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.87%) Power BI
General
1 38 (33.04%) Social Skills
2 19 (16.52%) Electronics
3 18 (15.65%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.43%) Telecoms
5 11 (9.57%) Legal
5 11 (9.57%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (8.70%) Manufacturing
7 9 (7.83%) Law
8 8 (6.96%) Retail
9 7 (6.09%) Avionics
9 7 (6.09%) Military
10 4 (3.48%) Advertising
10 4 (3.48%) Aviation
10 4 (3.48%) Banking
10 4 (3.48%) Fire and Rescue
10 4 (3.48%) Police
11 3 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.74%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (14.78%) Field Engineer
2 10 (8.70%) IT Engineer
2 10 (8.70%) Technical Support
3 9 (7.83%) Analyst
3 9 (7.83%) Site Manager
3 9 (7.83%) Support Engineer
4 8 (6.96%) Desktop Support
4 8 (6.96%) IT Support
5 7 (6.09%) Desktop Engineer
5 7 (6.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 7 (6.09%) Field Service Engineer
5 7 (6.09%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (5.22%) Reliability Engineer
6 6 (5.22%) Support Analyst
6 6 (5.22%) Support Specialist
7 5 (4.35%) 1st Line Support
7 5 (4.35%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 5 (4.35%) 1st Line Technical Support
7 5 (4.35%) Automation Engineer
7 5 (4.35%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.48%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.26%) Data Centre
2 17 (14.78%) Driving Licence
3 12 (10.43%) SCADA
4 7 (6.09%) CCTV
4 7 (6.09%) e-Learning
4 7 (6.09%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (4.35%) Photovoltaics
7 4 (3.48%) iPhone
7 4 (3.48%) Product Ownership
7 4 (3.48%) Robotics
8 3 (2.61%) Solar Energy
9 2 (1.74%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (1.74%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.74%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.74%) Optoelectronics
9 2 (1.74%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.74%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.87%) Smart Home
10 1 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (22.61%) Windows
2 11 (9.57%) Android
2 11 (9.57%) Windows Server
3 9 (7.83%) Linux
4 7 (6.09%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (5.22%) Windows 10
6 5 (4.35%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.74%) VMS
7 2 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.87%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (32.17%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (16.52%) Customer Service
3 14 (12.17%) ITIL
4 9 (7.83%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (6.96%) Computer Science
5 8 (6.96%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (6.96%) Time Management
6 7 (6.09%) Communications Security
6 7 (6.09%) Key Management
6 7 (6.09%) Line Management
6 7 (6.09%) Validation
6 7 (6.09%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (5.22%) Business Case
7 6 (5.22%) Kaizen
7 6 (5.22%) Proactive Maintenance
7 6 (5.22%) Risk Management
7 6 (5.22%) Six Sigma
8 5 (4.35%) Functional Testing
8 5 (4.35%) Process Improvement
8 5 (4.35%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.57%) C
1 11 (9.57%) R
2 8 (6.96%) SQL
3 4 (3.48%) Python
4 1 (0.87%) Ladder Logic
4 1 (0.87%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 41 (35.65%) Degree
2 11 (9.57%) CCNA
2 11 (9.57%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (9.57%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.96%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (6.09%) CCNP
4 7 (6.09%) CompTIA Security+
4 7 (6.09%) GSEC
4 7 (6.09%) SSCP
5 5 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.48%) Numerate Degree
6 4 (3.48%) NVQ Level 3
6 4 (3.48%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.61%) HNC
8 2 (1.74%) HND
8 2 (1.74%) MCITP
8 2 (1.74%) MCSE
8 2 (1.74%) PMP
9 1 (0.87%) MCSA
9 1 (0.87%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.30%) SLA
2 7 (6.09%) MIL-STD-1553
3 2 (1.74%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.74%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.87%) QA
System Software
1 14 (12.17%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.61%) Ansible
3 2 (1.74%) SCCM
3 2 (1.74%) Terraform
4 1 (0.87%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.87%) Puppet
4 1 (0.87%) WSUS
4 1 (0.87%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 34 (29.57%) Microsoft
2 17 (14.78%) Cisco
3 4 (3.48%) iManage
4 3 (2.61%) SAP
4 3 (2.61%) VMware
5 2 (1.74%) Commvault
5 2 (1.74%) HP
5 2 (1.74%) Meraki
5 2 (1.74%) Nasuni
5 2 (1.74%) Nimble Storage
5 2 (1.74%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.87%) Draytek
6 1 (0.87%) IBM
6 1 (0.87%) Oracle
6 1 (0.87%) Polycom
6 1 (0.87%) Yealink