Break/Fix
UK > Scotland
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 84 | 147 | 165 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +63 | +18 | -13 |
| Contract jobs citing Break/Fix | 45 | 16 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland | 2.03% | 0.56% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.29% | 0.60% | 0.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 21 | 15 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £105 | £105 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £107 | £133 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £195 | £160 | £100 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +21.88% | +60.00% | -66.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £215 | - | £178 |
| 90th Percentile | £225 | £167 | £319 |
| UK median daily rate | £160 | £167 | £190 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.19% | -12.11% | +26.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.00 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £16.71 | £21.26 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.40% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £19.50 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 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
Scotland
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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 1,963 | 2,651 | 3,272 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 88.54% | 92.63% | 92.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,196 | 1,908 | 2,313 |
| 10th Percentile | £229 | £263 | £241 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £408 | £394 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £475 | £465 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +2.15% | +9.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £556 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £650 | £624 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.76% | +7.69% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 94 | 54 | 46 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.36 | £10.63 | £15.04 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £11.51 | £18.35 |
| Median hourly rate | £19.34 | £17.72 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.11% | -55.69% | -0.01% |
| 75th Percentile | £40.94 | £53.75 | £49.34 |
| 90th Percentile | £60.75 | £66.09 | £55.75 |
| UK median hourly rate | £35.65 | £37.30 | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.42% | +49.20% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing Break/Fix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix in Scotland.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix in Scotland.
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Contract Job Locations in Scotland
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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh | +47 | 17 | £110 | -31.25% | 12 |
| Glasgow | +12 | 15 | £215 | +95.45% | 2 |
| Renfrewshire | - | 7 | £225 | - | 2 |
| East Lothian | - | 5 | £110 | - | |
| Highlands | - | 2 | £143 | - | |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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: