Break/Fix Jobs in the West Midlands

Break/Fix
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 228 267 286
Rank change year-on-year +39 +19 -63
Permanent jobs citing Break/Fix 21 7 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.29% 0.11% 0.096%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.11% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 4
10th Percentile £25,500 £20,650 -
25th Percentile £25,750 £21,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £24,000 £23,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% +4.35% -32.35%
75th Percentile £28,500 £27,250 £24,438
90th Percentile £28,750 £37,500 £27,025
England median annual salary £30,750 £40,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year -23.13% +29.03% -1.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,035 6,416 6,947
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.12% 96.85% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,544 3,277 4,764
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Break/Fix
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in the West Midlands

Break/Fix
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Break/Fix in the West Midlands

Break/Fix
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Break/Fix within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Shropshire - 9 £37,500 -
Birmingham -2 4 £27,000 +14.89%
Solihull +6 3 £26,500 -31.17%
Staffordshire - 2 £28,000 - 1
Warwickshire - 2 - -
Coventry +33 1 £27,500 +5.77%
Break/Fix
England

Break/Fix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (42.86%) Azure
1 9 (42.86%) Entra ID
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (4.76%) Skype
General
1 14 (66.67%) Law
2 11 (52.38%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Legal
4 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (66.67%) IT Support
2 13 (61.90%) Support Engineer
3 12 (57.14%) IT Engineer
3 12 (57.14%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Field Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Field Service Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Senior
5 3 (14.29%) Windows Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Windows Support Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Data Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) IT Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Data Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Field Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Field Service Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Support Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) 1st Line Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) 1st Line Support
7 1 (4.76%) 1st Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (52.38%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (19.05%) Driving Licence
3 2 (9.52%) EPoS
3 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 14 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (52.38%) ITIL
3 3 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 3 (14.29%) Preventative Maintenance
4 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (9.52%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (9.52%) Hardware Maintenance
4 2 (9.52%) Innovative Thinking
4 2 (9.52%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (23.81%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (52.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 8 (38.10%) HP
3 7 (33.33%) Dell
4 4 (19.05%) IBM
5 2 (9.52%) NetApp