Break/Fix Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Break/Fix
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Break/Fix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 88 85
Rank change year-on-year -25 -3 +17
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 7 2 32
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.39% 0.18% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.19% 1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 28
10th Percentile £181 - £280
25th Percentile £191 £158 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £165 £578
Median % change year-on-year +28.79% -71.43% +344.23%
75th Percentile £234 £173 £608
90th Percentile £244 - -
South East median daily rate £129 £163 £513
% change year-on-year -20.92% -68.29% +197.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £24.66 -
South East median hourly rate - £24.66 £14.50
% change year-on-year - +70.07% -10.66%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Break/Fix falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,508 1,049 1,705
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 83.04% 93.00% 88.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 970 652 864
10th Percentile £306 £325 £243
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £608
90th Percentile £700 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £511
% change year-on-year +3.00% -2.15% +2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 25 104
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.90 £17.15
25th Percentile £76.39 £32.31 £41.25
Median hourly rate £83.25 £61.50 £60.80
Median % change year-on-year +35.38% +1.14% -4.76%
75th Percentile £88.00 £80.00 £71.89
90th Percentile £107.00 £88.87 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £27.88 £47.50
% change year-on-year +88.31% -41.31% -8.83%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Break/Fix relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Break/Fix job vacancy trend in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Break/Fix.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Break/Fix

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Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Break/Fix.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Break/Fix

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 30 May 2026. 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
Bracknell - 3 - -
Wokingham - 2 £194 -
Maidenhead - 1 £250 -
Reading - 1 - - 1
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South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Structured Cabling
General
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Coordinator
2 2 (28.57%) Logistics Coordinator
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) CMDB
1 3 (42.86%) Data Centre
1 3 (42.86%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) ITSM
1 3 (42.86%) Time Management
2 2 (28.57%) Logistics
3 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) DV Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft