Kenny Jackett is aware of the dangers lurking

He's only been at Wolves for two years and six months.

But Kenny Jackett is already the sixth longest-serving boss of the Championship's 24 clubs.

Only Karl Robinson, Steve Bruce, Sean Dyche, Mick McCarthy and Simon Grayson have lasted longer – at MK Dons, Hull City, Burnley, Ipswich Town and Preston North End respectively.

Jackett moved one place up the list after Gary Bowyer was sacked as Blackburn boss earlier this week, the eighth Championship manager to lose his job already this season.

"You know the risks," Jackett told the Express & Star. "You know that (being sacked) is a likelihood or a possibility.

"You do everything you can to avoid it but it is there.

"The nature of a head coach or manager job is precarious, it always has been. It's certainly accelerated now.

"You're aware of the territory. You work very hard to stay in a job as long as you possibly can but you understand the insecurities.

"There is a high turnover and you know when it's coming. It's a tough job, but a great job as well, which you have to appreciate.

"A lot do lose their jobs but for me its a privileged position being in charge at Wolves."

The teams currently in 11th, 12th, 13th,15th and 16th positions in the Championship have sacked their managers so far this season. Wolves are 14th.

With so many clubs around him electing for a change, does Jackett feel any extra pressure?

"I don't think it adds pressure," Jackett said.

"The person who sits here is more aware than anyone else, you can see the signs more than anyone else.

"It is part of it, it's the nature of the game, not just personal to you, it's the way the industry is.

"In terms of other clubs you never know what's happening with certain relationships, or people being promised different things, you don't know the ins and outs of what's happening behind the scenes.

"It's hard to judge or talk about other clubs and every situation is different."

Wolves' current position is precarious. Potentially three wins from the play-offs, but also two defeats from the drop-zone, Jackett knows how fine the margins are – and that the next few weeks will be crucial to his team's destiny this season.

But the Wolves boss welcomes those fine margins.

"I see it as a positive because the gap you have to make up isn't actually that big," he said.

"At Wolves we have to improve. But the amount we have to improve by isn't a massive amount.

"It's not necessarily easy to find that bit, the extra bit we need to win on a consistent basis, but it's sometimes only a small percentage of the team whereas in other divisions you might need a complete overhaul to get into the top six.

"The gap is very close and for a number of sides between the middle of the table and the top six, that's why the (play-off) system was invented.

"If you're looking at the top six you could go down to teams in 12th or 14th that could get a run.

"For 60 per cent of the season there's a good half of the teams in the division that could get into the top six. Two or three players could make that difference as well and put a team on a run.

"That's the beauty of it, everyone's got a run.

"There's only three out of 24 that can do it.

"The 'if onlys', if you like, are very small margins."