Break Fix Engineer Contracts in the South East

Break/Fix Engineer
England > South East

The median Break/Fix Engineer daily rate in the South East is £248 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 189 - 261
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Break Fix Engineer 10 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.18% - 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £205 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £248 - -
75th Percentile £290 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £210 £167 £210
% change year-on-year +25.75% -20.48% +40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £24.00
England median hourly rate - - £24.00
% change year-on-year - - +50.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 5,125 5,457 7,463
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.38% 94.71% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,092 3,816 5,052
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £494
Median % change year-on-year - +1.27% +9.72%
75th Percentile £619 £610 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £671
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 481 239 337
10th Percentile £12.78 £17.11 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.14 £15.63
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £43.95
90th Percentile £76.99 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

Break Fix Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Break Fix Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Break Fix Engineer in the South East

Break Fix Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Break Fix Engineer in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Break Fix Engineer in the South East

Break Fix Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Break Fix Engineer in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Break Fix Engineer in the South East

Break Fix Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Break Fix Engineer within the South East 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
Berkshire - 10 £248 - 2
Thames Valley - 10 £248 - 2
Break Fix Engineer
England

Break Fix Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Break Fix Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Break Fix Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (80.00%) HP
3 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (50.00%) ITIL
3 5 (50.00%) Unix
3 5 (50.00%) Windows
3 5 (50.00%) LAN
3 5 (50.00%) SLA
3 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (50.00%) SAN
3 5 (50.00%) Firmware
3 5 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 5 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 5 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 5 (50.00%) Degree
3 5 (50.00%) SCCM
3 5 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 5 (50.00%) Software Deployment
3 5 (50.00%) Data Centre
3 5 (50.00%) Data Centre Operations
3 5 (50.00%) Driving Licence
3 5 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 5 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
3 5 (50.00%) Break/Fix
3 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (50.00%) Organisational Skills

Break Fix Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) LAN
1 5 (50.00%) SAN
General
1 10 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 5 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Unix
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
1 5 (50.00%) Windows 10
1 5 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Break/Fix
1 5 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 5 (50.00%) Data Centre Operations
1 5 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 5 (50.00%) ITIL
1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 5 (50.00%) Software Deployment
1 5 (50.00%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
1 5 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) HP
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) Dell