North West Break Fix Engineer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Break Fix Engineer role in IT contracts within the North West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Break Fix Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Break Fix Engineer
Location Berkshire Bexley Birmingham Buckinghamshire City of London Dartford Devon Docklands, London Dundee East Midlands East of England England Hampshire Hayes Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leicester Leicestershire London Maidstone Manchester Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Oswestry Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Scotland Shropshire South East South West Suffolk Swindon Tyne and Wear UK West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	125	141
Rank change on same period last year	+16
Matching contract IT job ads	2	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.066 %	0.049 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£125	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.00	-
Average hourly rate	£18.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£16.34	£13.71
% change on same period last year	+19.17 %
Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	3033	4058
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.873 %	4.358 %
Daily rates quoted	676	805
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£326
Average daily rate	£339	£342
% change on same period last year	-0.63 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£357
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	437	479
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.06	£19.41
Average hourly rate	£21.74	£21.18
% change on same period last year	+2.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.43	£22.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.10	£24.04
% change on same period last year	-3.88 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Break Fix Engineer across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Break Fix Engineer across the North West region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Break Fix Engineer across the North West region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Break Fix Engineer across the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Break Fix Engineer within the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	-	1	-	-
Lancashire	-	1	-	-

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Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Break Fix Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Break Fix Engineer in their job title.

1 3 (50.00 %) HP 1 3 (50.00 %) Dell 2 2 (33.33 %) SC Cleared 2 2 (33.33 %) Security Cleared 2 2 (33.33 %) IBM 2 2 (33.33 %) Microsoft 2 2 (33.33 %) Toshiba 3 1 (16.67 %) Dell Certification 3 1 (16.67 %) Logistics

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Break Fix Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Break Fix Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (33.33 %) SC Cleared 1 2 (33.33 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (16.67 %) Logistics	Qualifications 1 1 (16.67 %) Dell Certification
Vendors 1 3 (50.00 %) HP 1 3 (50.00 %) Dell 2 2 (33.33 %) Toshiba 2 2 (33.33 %) IBM 2 2 (33.33 %) Microsoft