Break/Fix Contracts in London

Break/Fix
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 350 451 554
Rank change year-on-year +101 +103 -97
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 41 47 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.23% 0.17% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.19% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 36 24
10th Percentile £140 £113 £125
25th Percentile £140 £140 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £151 £150
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +0.83% -40.00%
75th Percentile £170 £200 £242
90th Percentile £298 £220 £250
England median daily rate £163 £173 £190
% change year-on-year -5.80% -9.21% +31.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 2
10th Percentile £16.25 - £23.23
25th Percentile £16.38 - £23.56
Median hourly rate £20.75 - £24.75
75th Percentile £24.98 - £26.56
90th Percentile £25.25 - £27.28
England median hourly rate £17.50 £17.70 £16.83
% change year-on-year -1.13% +5.20% +42.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,787 24,631 35,904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.49% 91.12% 92.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,315 17,709 26,172
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 278 427
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.59 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.53 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £38.13 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.25% +5.90% +10.87%
75th Percentile £46.86 £62.64 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.30 £76.78 £67.75
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Break/Fix in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Break/Fix in London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Break/Fix in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Break/Fix in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 29 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South London +23 10 £143 +16.33%
Central London +23 7 £140 -1.75% 2
West London +21 7 £125 -23.55% 4
East London -3 1 £170 -43.33%
Break/Fix
England

Break/Fix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 5 (12.20%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.44%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.44%) Azure
2 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) VPN
2 1 (2.44%) 3G
2 1 (2.44%) iSCSI
2 1 (2.44%) WebEx
General
1 16 (39.02%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (19.51%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.44%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (39.02%) Field Engineer
2 15 (36.59%) Field Service Engineer
2 15 (36.59%) IT Engineer
3 11 (26.83%) Desktop Support
4 9 (21.95%) Desktop Engineer
4 9 (21.95%) Support Engineer
5 6 (14.63%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 4 (9.76%) Audio Visual Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Deskside Support
7 3 (7.32%) IT Support
8 2 (4.88%) Break Fix Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Deskside Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Deskside Support Engineer
9 1 (2.44%) Audio Visual Support
9 1 (2.44%) Desktop Specialist
9 1 (2.44%) IT Technician
9 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
9 1 (2.44%) Mobile Engineer
9 1 (2.44%) Service Desk Engineer
9 1 (2.44%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (36.59%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (12.20%) Blackberry
3 2 (4.88%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.44%) CMDB
4 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.44%) iPhone
4 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (31.71%) Windows
2 6 (14.63%) Windows 10
3 5 (12.20%) Android
3 5 (12.20%) Linux
3 5 (12.20%) Mac OS X
3 5 (12.20%) Windows 7
3 5 (12.20%) Windows 8
4 1 (2.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (56.10%) Customer Service
2 22 (53.66%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (9.76%) Validation
4 3 (7.32%) Logistics
4 3 (7.32%) Preventative Maintenance
4 3 (7.32%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (7.32%) Trend Analysis
5 2 (4.88%) Customer-Centricity
5 2 (4.88%) Data Protection
5 2 (4.88%) Decision-Making
5 2 (4.88%) Incident Management
5 2 (4.88%) ITIL
5 2 (4.88%) ITSM
5 2 (4.88%) Time Management
5 2 (4.88%) Workflow
6 1 (2.44%) Asset Management
6 1 (2.44%) Business Continuity
6 1 (2.44%) Change Management
6 1 (2.44%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.44%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (9.76%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (12.20%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.32%) Firmware
3 1 (2.44%) NFS
3 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (7.32%) Dell DRAC
2 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (14.63%) Apple
2 5 (12.20%) Adobe
2 5 (12.20%) Ivanti
3 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.88%) Cisco
4 2 (4.88%) Dell
4 2 (4.88%) HP
4 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.88%) Supermicro
5 1 (2.44%) Datto
5 1 (2.44%) EMC
5 1 (2.44%) Logitech
5 1 (2.44%) MobileIron
5 1 (2.44%) Sophos
5 1 (2.44%) Unisys
5 1 (2.44%) VMware