Break/Fix Contracts in the Midlands

Break/Fix
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 135 183
Rank change year-on-year +4 +48 -46
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 3 28 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.11% 0.82% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.93% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 23 5
10th Percentile - £136 £134
25th Percentile £102 £208 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £104 £550 £180
Median % change year-on-year -81.18% +205.56% +50.00%
75th Percentile £105 £625 £185
90th Percentile - - £359
England median daily rate £170 £173 £190
% change year-on-year -1.45% -9.21% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £11.75 - £10.68
Median hourly rate £13.50 £17.70 £15.74
Median % change year-on-year -23.73% +12.45% +33.62%
75th Percentile £15.25 - £17.50
90th Percentile - - £17.57
England median hourly rate £17.50 £17.70 £16.28
% change year-on-year -1.13% +8.71% +38.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,250 3,018 4,423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.30% 88.43% 88.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,505 2,107 3,273
10th Percentile £250 £250 £250
25th Percentile £356 £370 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +4.21% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £566
90th Percentile £700 £680 £653
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 122 147
10th Percentile £11.06 £12.05 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.60 £15.13 £13.73
Median hourly rate £19.00 £18.43 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% +5.33% +10.34%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.69 £22.18
90th Percentile £55.00 £53.53 £34.70
England median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Break/Fix in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Break/Fix in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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
East Midlands +7 3 £104 -82.38% 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving