Hardware Maintenance Contracts in England

Hardware Maintenance
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Hardware Maintenance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Hardware Maintenance over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 507 648 755
Rank change year-on-year +141 +107 -146
Contract jobs citing Hardware Maintenance 30 14 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.081% 0.028% 0.031%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.093% 0.031% 0.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 9 12
10th Percentile £168 £152 £110
25th Percentile £213 £173 £127
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £190 £148
Median % change year-on-year +13.16% +28.81% -34.44%
75th Percentile £275 - £281
90th Percentile £490 £200 £413
UK median daily rate £215 £190 £150
% change year-on-year +13.16% +26.67% -33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - - £13.40
25th Percentile - £16.25 £15.14
Median hourly rate - £17.50 £19.03
Median % change year-on-year - -8.04% +49.25%
75th Percentile - £19.13 £22.01
90th Percentile - £19.35 £23.20
UK median hourly rate - £17.50 £19.03
% change year-on-year - -8.04% +49.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Hardware Maintenance 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 32,086 45,187 64,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.18% 90.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,040 31,727 45,864
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £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 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,256 1,594 1,765
10th Percentile £12.96 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.33 £36.77 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -1.19% +51.01% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.69
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Hardware Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Hardware Maintenance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Maintenance in England

Hardware Maintenance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hardware Maintenance in England.

Daily rate trend for Hardware Maintenance in England

Hardware Maintenance
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hardware Maintenance in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Hardware Maintenance in England

Hardware Maintenance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hardware Maintenance in England.

Hourly rate trend for Hardware Maintenance in England

Hardware Maintenance
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 Hardware Maintenance within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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
South East +33 18 £215 - 6
London +91 4 £219 +19.86% 12
South West +21 4 £488 - 1
Midlands +29 1 £500 -
North of England +27 1 £131 -31.05% 5
North East - 1 £131 -
West Midlands - 1 £500 -
East of England - 1 £160 -
Hardware Maintenance
UK

Hardware Maintenance
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 2 (6.67%) IIS
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (6.67%) AWS
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.33%) Azure Stack
3 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) Internet
1 3 (10.00%) Network Security
2 2 (6.67%) DMZ
2 2 (6.67%) Firewall
2 2 (6.67%) VPN
2 2 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (6.67%) Wireless
3 1 (3.33%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (3.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) SAP HANA
General
1 22 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 17 (56.67%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (70.00%) Support Engineer
2 20 (66.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 19 (63.33%) Desktop Support
3 19 (63.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 17 (56.67%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
5 2 (6.67%) IT Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) IT Support
5 2 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Software Asset Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Software Manager
6 1 (3.33%) Applications Manager
6 1 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) SAP Manager
6 1 (3.33%) Security Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) HTML
1 1 (3.33%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 17 (56.67%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.67%) PKI
3 1 (3.33%) CCTV
3 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.33%) Educational Technology
3 1 (3.33%) NHS
3 1 (3.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 23 (76.67%) Windows
2 19 (63.33%) Windows 10
3 17 (56.67%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.33%) Android
4 1 (3.33%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.33%) Linux
4 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (70.00%) ITIL
2 20 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (63.33%) Customer Service
4 4 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (10.00%) Asset Management
5 3 (10.00%) Software Asset Management
5 3 (10.00%) Supplier Management
6 2 (6.67%) Business Continuity
6 2 (6.67%) Cloud Security
6 2 (6.67%) Data Protection
6 2 (6.67%) High Availability
6 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (6.67%) Inventory Management
6 2 (6.67%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
6 2 (6.67%) Service Delivery
6 2 (6.67%) Zero Trust
7 1 (3.33%) Budget Management
7 1 (3.33%) Operational Stability
7 1 (3.33%) Roadmaps
7 1 (3.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (73.33%) Security Cleared
2 17 (56.67%) DV Cleared
3 5 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (10.00%) MCP
6 2 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) GDPR
1 1 (3.33%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.33%) Firmware
2 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (70.00%) SCCM
2 2 (6.67%) Ansible
2 2 (6.67%) Terraform
2 2 (6.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (86.67%) Microsoft
2 17 (56.67%) HP
3 2 (6.67%) F5
3 2 (6.67%) Fortinet
3 2 (6.67%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.33%) Citrix
4 1 (3.33%) Meraki
4 1 (3.33%) SAP
4 1 (3.33%) VMware