Break/Fix
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 403 | 536 | 664 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +133 | +128 | -69 |
| Contract jobs citing Break/Fix | 198 | 184 | 187 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.46% | 0.31% | 0.21% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.53% | 0.34% | 0.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 102 | 144 | 107 |
| 10th Percentile | £105 | £105 | £130 |
| 25th Percentile | £126 | £140 | £145 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £160 | £167 | £190 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.19% | -12.11% | +26.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £300 | £220 | £293 |
| 90th Percentile | £608 | £487 | £381 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £180 | £167 | £190 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.78% | -12.11% | +35.71% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 62 | 5 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £11.75 | £14.74 | £10.83 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.75 | £16.23 | £13.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.50 | £17.70 | £16.28 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.13% | +8.71% | +25.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £19.50 | £21.25 | £19.78 |
| 90th Percentile | £23.58 | £21.26 | £23.70 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £16.60 | £17.70 | £15.74 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.21% | +12.45% | +21.08% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 37,374 | 53,774 | 80,482 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 86.31% | 89.91% | 90.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 24,095 | 37,304 | 56,474 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £340 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.76% | +8.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +9.20% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,422 | 1,763 | 1,928 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £11.00 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £16.25 | £15.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £37.34 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.27% | +49.36% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £59.44 | £65.00 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £63.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £36.00 | £36.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +80.00% | -8.17% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Break/Fix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Break/Fix over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix.
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Top 17 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +91 | 157 | £180 | +7.78% | 54 |
| England | +122 | 148 | £163 | -5.80% | 56 |
| Scotland | +59 | 43 | £169 | +5.47% | 17 |
| North of England | +51 | 43 | £126 | -3.08% | 7 |
| London | +95 | 41 | £150 | -0.83% | 17 |
| South East | +39 | 41 | £500 | +189.86% | 13 |
| Yorkshire | +32 | 21 | £160 | +40.97% | 2 |
| North West | +25 | 20 | £126 | -42.73% | 2 |
| Work from Home | +132 | 19 | £500 | +100.00% | 7 |
| South West | +24 | 13 | £110 | -45.00% | 6 |
| East of England | +9 | 6 | £134 | -7.76% | 8 |
| Wales | +13 | 5 | - | - | |
| Midlands | -1 | 4 | £107 | -80.59% | 3 |
| East Midlands | +2 | 3 | £104 | -82.38% | 2 |
| North East | +17 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | +9 | 2 | £143 | - | 3 |
| West Midlands | +22 | 1 | £110 | -18.22% | 1 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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