Proactive Maintenance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Proactive Maintenance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Proactive Maintenance over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 745 864 1051
Rank change year-on-year +119 +187 -255
Permanent jobs citing Proactive Maintenance 149 125 145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.12% 0.094%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.12% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 132 89 105
10th Percentile £24,240 £24,566 £23,250
25th Percentile £24,807 £36,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.00% +11.11% +13.92%
75th Percentile £48,750 £65,000 £54,750
90th Percentile £67,500 - £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,000 £45,975 £42,500
% change year-on-year -36.92% +8.18% +8.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Proactive Maintenance is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,476 100,576 147,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.05% 95.63% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,789 58,947 82,930
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,476
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Proactive Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Proactive Maintenance in the UK

Proactive Maintenance
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Proactive Maintenance in the UK

Proactive Maintenance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Proactive Maintenance over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Proactive Maintenance in the UK

Proactive Maintenance
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Proactive Maintenance within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 +131 124 £33,000 -28.26% 44
UK excluding London +37 117 £29,000 -36.92% 42
South East +30 26 £33,000 -14.84% 11
East of England +45 25 £24,811 -54.89% 6
Midlands 0 25 £24,840 -36.00% 9
North of England +39 23 £34,000 -35.24% 12
London +131 22 £65,000 +36.84% 3
East Midlands -1 19 £24,811 - 3
Work from Home +79 18 £34,500 -42.50% 1
Yorkshire +96 13 £47,500 +7.04% 4
Scotland - 13 £24,811 - 2
North West +3 10 £24,811 -52.74% 8
South West -15 7 £28,000 +19.15% 4
West Midlands -3 6 £48,750 +25.61% 6
Isle of Man - 1 - -
Channel Islands - 1 - -

Proactive 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 11 (7.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (7.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.67%) Apache
2 1 (0.67%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (6.04%) Trello
2 7 (4.70%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.67%) Magento
2 1 (0.67%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 38 (25.50%) Azure
2 27 (18.12%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (12.75%) AWS
4 7 (4.70%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.03%) Amazon S3
5 6 (4.03%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (4.03%) Serverless
6 4 (2.68%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.34%) SaaS
8 1 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.67%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.67%) IaaS
8 1 (0.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (30.87%) Wi-Fi
2 31 (20.81%) Firewall
3 9 (6.04%) HTTP
3 9 (6.04%) Remote Desktop
4 8 (5.37%) DHCP
4 8 (5.37%) DNS
5 6 (4.03%) SAN
6 5 (3.36%) NetScaler
6 5 (3.36%) WAN
6 5 (3.36%) Wireless
7 4 (2.68%) TCP/IP
8 3 (2.01%) BGP
8 3 (2.01%) Internet
8 3 (2.01%) MPLS
8 3 (2.01%) RIP
8 3 (2.01%) VPN
9 2 (1.34%) 4G
9 2 (1.34%) OSPF
9 2 (1.34%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.34%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.04%) GIS
1 9 (6.04%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.03%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (1.34%) MariaDB
3 2 (1.34%) MySQL
4 1 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle Database 11g
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle9i Database
4 1 (0.67%) OrientDB
4 1 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.67%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (14.09%) JIRA
2 1 (0.67%) Git
2 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 32 (21.48%) Social Skills
2 21 (14.09%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (10.74%) Finance
4 11 (7.38%) Legal
5 9 (6.04%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.03%) Retail
7 4 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.68%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.01%) Financial Institution
8 3 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.01%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.34%) Marketing
9 2 (1.34%) Military
10 1 (0.67%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 33 (22.15%) Support Engineer
2 32 (21.48%) Mobile Engineer
3 18 (12.08%) Desktop Engineer
3 18 (12.08%) Desktop Support
3 18 (12.08%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 18 (12.08%) Junior
3 18 (12.08%) Junior Desktop Engineer
3 18 (12.08%) Junior Desktop Support
3 18 (12.08%) Junior Desktop Support Engineer
3 18 (12.08%) Junior Support Engineer
4 17 (11.41%) Lead
4 17 (11.41%) Technical Engineer
5 16 (10.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 15 (10.07%) 3rd Line Support
7 14 (9.40%) IT Engineer
8 13 (8.72%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 13 (8.72%) Field Engineer
9 12 (8.05%) Analyst
9 12 (8.05%) Systems Engineer
10 10 (6.71%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.04%) CSS
1 9 (6.04%) HTML
1 9 (6.04%) JSON
1 9 (6.04%) Lightning Web Components
1 9 (6.04%) REST
2 1 (0.67%) J2EE
2 1 (0.67%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 48 (32.21%) Driving Licence
2 17 (11.41%) Data Centre
3 12 (8.05%) Management Information System
4 10 (6.71%) Replication
5 6 (4.03%) AS400
5 6 (4.03%) CCTV
6 5 (3.36%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.01%) Clustering
9 2 (1.34%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (1.34%) Digital Signage
9 2 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.34%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.67%) Life Science
10 1 (0.67%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 97 (65.10%) Windows
2 16 (10.74%) Linux
2 16 (10.74%) Windows Server
3 9 (6.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (2.01%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.01%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (2.01%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.34%) Debian
5 2 (1.34%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.34%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.67%) Solaris
6 1 (0.67%) Unix
6 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (34.23%) Asset Management
2 39 (26.17%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (24.83%) Customer Service
4 32 (21.48%) ITIL
5 23 (15.44%) Mentoring
6 20 (13.42%) Disaster Recovery
7 18 (12.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 18 (12.08%) Project Management
8 17 (11.41%) High Availability
8 17 (11.41%) Incident Management
9 16 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (10.07%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (10.07%) Proactive Monitoring
11 14 (9.40%) ITSM
12 13 (8.72%) Service Management
13 12 (8.05%) Performance Optimisation
13 12 (8.05%) Performance Tuning
13 12 (8.05%) Process Improvement
13 12 (8.05%) Strategic Planning
14 11 (7.38%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.05%) JavaScript
2 10 (6.71%) RPG
3 9 (6.04%) Apex Code
4 6 (4.03%) PowerShell
5 5 (3.36%) SQL
6 1 (0.67%) C++
6 1 (0.67%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.67%) ProC
6 1 (0.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 44 (29.53%) Security Cleared
2 42 (28.19%) BPSS Clearance
3 22 (14.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 20 (13.42%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (10.74%) Degree
6 15 (10.07%) CCNP
7 13 (8.72%) MCSE
8 10 (6.71%) A+ Certification
9 7 (4.70%) DBS Check
9 7 (4.70%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (3.36%) CCNA
10 5 (3.36%) MCDST
11 3 (2.01%) SC Cleared
12 1 (0.67%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.67%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (27.52%) PCI DSS
1 41 (27.52%) SLA
2 5 (3.36%) QA
3 4 (2.68%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.67%) GDPR
4 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 41 (27.52%) Active Directory
2 38 (25.50%) KVM
3 25 (16.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (6.71%) Firmware
4 10 (6.71%) Hyper-V
4 10 (6.71%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.68%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.34%) vSphere
8 1 (0.67%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 14 (9.40%) Microsoft Intune
1 14 (9.40%) SCOM
2 2 (1.34%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (1.34%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.34%) NetBackup
2 2 (1.34%) SCCM
2 2 (1.34%) WSUS
3 1 (0.67%) Ansible
3 1 (0.67%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 90 (60.40%) Microsoft
2 50 (33.56%) Dell
3 35 (23.49%) VMware
4 26 (17.45%) Cisco
5 16 (10.74%) Veeam
6 10 (6.71%) IBM
6 10 (6.71%) NetApp
7 9 (6.04%) Salesforce
8 8 (5.37%) Google
9 7 (4.70%) Citrix
9 7 (4.70%) Red Hat
10 5 (3.36%) Dynatrace
10 5 (3.36%) HP
11 4 (2.68%) Datto
11 4 (2.68%) Globalscape
11 4 (2.68%) Ubiquiti
12 3 (2.01%) eFront
12 3 (2.01%) Meraki
13 2 (1.34%) LogRhythm
13 2 (1.34%) Palo Alto