Break/Fix Contracts in England

Break/Fix
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Break/Fix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Break/Fix over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 399 520 653
Rank change year-on-year +121 +133 -111
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 143 153 132
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.30% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.34% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 119 74
10th Percentile £115 £107 £130
25th Percentile £137 £140 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £168 £173 £195
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% -11.54% +34.48%
75th Percentile £500 £225 £243
90th Percentile £608 £591 £360
UK median daily rate £170 £167 £190
% change year-on-year +1.80% -12.11% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 4 13
10th Percentile £11.75 £16.67 £10.78
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.33 £12.88
Median hourly rate £17.50 £17.70 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% +5.20% +42.83%
75th Percentile £21.19 £17.71 £20.02
90th Percentile £24.29 £17.71 £23.80
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £17.70 £16.28
% change year-on-year -1.13% +8.71% +38.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Break/Fix is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,161 45,385 64,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.22% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,078 31,861 45,788
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,252 1,585 1,771
10th Percentile £12.93 £10.91 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £37.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% +53.06% +2.08%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £36.42 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.53% +45.69% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Break/Fix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix in England.

Daily rate trend for Break/Fix in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Break/Fix in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Break/Fix in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix in England.

Hourly rate trend for Break/Fix in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Break/Fix within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +47 43 £126 -3.08% 11
South East +32 42 £500 +189.86% 14
London +92 39 £150 -0.83% 22
Yorkshire +39 21 £160 +40.97% 2
North West +35 20 £126 -42.73% 6
South West +17 11 £110 -45.00% 8
East of England +1 5 £125 -13.79% 9
Midlands +4 3 £104 -81.80% 3
East Midlands +2 3 £104 -82.38% 2
North East +19 2 - - 3
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Break/Fix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (6.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 20 (13.99%) Azure
2 13 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (9.09%) OCI
3 6 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (3.50%) Azure API Management
4 5 (3.50%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (3.50%) Azure Functions
4 5 (3.50%) Azure Key Vault
4 5 (3.50%) Azure Logic Apps
4 5 (3.50%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (3.50%) Serverless
5 2 (1.40%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.70%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.70%) Figma
6 1 (0.70%) npm
6 1 (0.70%) PaaS
6 1 (0.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.99%) SAN
2 15 (10.49%) ATM
3 13 (9.09%) DHCP
3 13 (9.09%) DNS
3 13 (9.09%) Firewall
4 12 (8.39%) LAN
5 11 (7.69%) WAN
5 11 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (3.50%) 3G
6 5 (3.50%) VPN
7 4 (2.80%) 2G
7 4 (2.80%) 4G
7 4 (2.80%) Ethernet
7 4 (2.80%) SDH
8 3 (2.10%) Internet
9 1 (0.70%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.70%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.50%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (3.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.10%) NoSQL
2 3 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (4.20%) Visual Studio
2 5 (3.50%) JIRA
3 1 (0.70%) rollup.js
3 1 (0.70%) webpack
General
1 50 (34.97%) Analytical Skills
2 44 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 24 (16.78%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.99%) Finance
5 9 (6.29%) Retail
6 4 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.70%) Legal
9 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (30.07%) IT Engineer
2 39 (27.27%) Field Engineer
3 37 (25.87%) Field Service Engineer
4 21 (14.69%) Support Engineer
5 16 (11.19%) Desktop Support
6 15 (10.49%) Desktop Engineer
7 14 (9.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (8.39%) IT Technician
9 11 (7.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 9 (6.29%) Storage Engineer
11 8 (5.59%) Break Fix Engineer
11 8 (5.59%) IT Support
11 8 (5.59%) Server Engineer
12 7 (4.90%) Deskside Engineer
12 7 (4.90%) Hardware Engineer
13 6 (4.20%) Data Centre Engineer
13 6 (4.20%) Network Engineer
14 5 (3.50%) 2nd Line Support
14 5 (3.50%) Developer
14 5 (3.50%) Mobile Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.50%) ARM Templates
2 3 (2.10%) .NET
2 3 (2.10%) JSON
2 3 (2.10%) OAuth
2 3 (2.10%) OpenID
2 3 (2.10%) REST
2 3 (2.10%) SOAP
2 3 (2.10%) XML
3 1 (0.70%) CSS
3 1 (0.70%) Enzyme
3 1 (0.70%) Jest
3 1 (0.70%) Next.js
3 1 (0.70%) React
3 1 (0.70%) Redux
3 1 (0.70%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 35 (24.48%) Analytical Mindset
2 29 (20.28%) Data Centre
3 14 (9.79%) Driving Licence
4 11 (7.69%) EPoS
5 9 (6.29%) Smartphone
6 6 (4.20%) Blackberry
6 6 (4.20%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.40%) CMDB
7 2 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.40%) iPhone
7 2 (1.40%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.70%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.70%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.70%) Smartcard
8 1 (0.70%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 41 (28.67%) Windows
2 26 (18.18%) Windows 10
3 18 (12.59%) Linux
4 13 (9.09%) Windows Server
4 13 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
4 13 (9.09%) Windows Server 2016
4 13 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
4 13 (9.09%) Windows XP
5 7 (4.90%) Android
5 7 (4.90%) Unix
6 6 (4.20%) Mac OS X
6 6 (4.20%) Windows 7
6 6 (4.20%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (49.65%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (34.27%) Customer Service
3 22 (15.38%) ITIL
4 18 (12.59%) Disaster Recovery
5 16 (11.19%) Proactive Monitoring
5 16 (11.19%) Server Management
6 14 (9.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 13 (9.09%) Converged Infrastructure
7 13 (9.09%) Performance Monitoring
7 13 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
7 13 (9.09%) Project Management
7 13 (9.09%) Storage Management
8 12 (8.39%) Preventative Maintenance
9 11 (7.69%) Incident Management
10 6 (4.20%) Application Security
10 6 (4.20%) CI/CD
10 6 (4.20%) DevOps
10 6 (4.20%) Infrastructure as Code
10 6 (4.20%) Problem Management
10 6 (4.20%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (12.59%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.10%) C#
2 3 (2.10%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (16.08%) Security Cleared
2 20 (13.99%) SC Cleared
3 14 (9.79%) CCNA
3 14 (9.79%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (9.79%) Degree
4 13 (9.09%) CCNP
4 13 (9.09%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.40%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.40%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.70%) MCSE
6 1 (0.70%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.70%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.29%) SLA
2 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
System Software
1 24 (16.78%) Active Directory
2 14 (9.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (9.09%) Hyper-V
3 13 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (2.10%) Firmware
5 1 (0.70%) NFS
Systems Management
1 14 (9.79%) SCCM
2 13 (9.09%) EMC NetWorker
2 13 (9.09%) NetBackup
2 13 (9.09%) SCOM
2 13 (9.09%) vCenter Server
2 13 (9.09%) WSUS
3 3 (2.10%) Dell DRAC
4 1 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (19.58%) Cisco
2 26 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 25 (17.48%) Dell
4 24 (16.78%) HP
4 24 (16.78%) Juniper
5 14 (9.79%) EMC
5 14 (9.79%) VMware
6 13 (9.09%) 3PAR
6 13 (9.09%) Extreme Networks
6 13 (9.09%) Meraki
6 13 (9.09%) Oracle
6 13 (9.09%) Palo Alto
6 13 (9.09%) Symantec
6 13 (9.09%) Veeam
7 11 (7.69%) 3Com
7 11 (7.69%) Aruba
7 11 (7.69%) Brocade
7 11 (7.69%) Citrix
8 10 (6.99%) ServiceNow
9 7 (4.90%) Apple