Break/Fix Jobs in the South West

Break/Fix
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Break/Fix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 274 261 276
Rank change year-on-year -13 +15 -2
Permanent jobs citing Break/Fix 13 18 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.14% 0.26% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.28% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 12 14 36
10th Percentile - - £21,750
25th Percentile £29,290 £25,420 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,605 £28,500 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.88% -1.72% +9.43%
75th Percentile £35,250 £30,250 £29,500
90th Percentile £42,900 £33,750 £34,750
England median annual salary £29,925 £40,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year -25.19% +29.03% -1.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Break/Fix is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,759 6,519 7,582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.14% 94.42% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5,562 3,653 4,986
10th Percentile £28,833 £30,500 £30,932
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,200 £38,353
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix in the South West.

Salary trend for Break/Fix in the South West

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Break/Fix in the South West over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Break/Fix in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Break/Fix within the South West 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Somerset +7 10 £29,290 +5.85% 5
Dorset - 2 £42,500 -
Wiltshire -10 1 £33,500 +3.08% 1
Break/Fix
England

Break/Fix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (15.38%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) DNS
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
1 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
1 2 (15.38%) VPN
1 2 (15.38%) WAN
General
1 6 (46.15%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Desktop Support
1 9 (69.23%) Support Engineer
2 8 (61.54%) Desktop Engineer
2 8 (61.54%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Deskside Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Deskside Support
4 1 (7.69%) Deskside Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Driving Licence
1 9 (69.23%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (84.62%) Windows 7
3 9 (69.23%) Windows 10
4 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Mobile Device Management
2 6 (46.15%) Time Management
3 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (15.38%) Incident Response
3 2 (15.38%) Security Hardening
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) SC Cleared
1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 11 (84.62%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (69.23%) SCCM
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (7.69%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 9 (69.23%) McAfee
2 9 (69.23%) MobileIron