Break/Fix Contracts in Birmingham

Break/Fix
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Break/Fix skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Break/Fix over the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 - 77
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.38% - 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% - 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £177
25th Percentile - - £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £198
75th Percentile - - £209
90th Percentile - - £216
West Midlands median daily rate £310 £135 £175
% change year-on-year +129.63% -22.86% -39.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.87 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £12.74 £20.00
% change year-on-year +48.12% -36.30% +22.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 455 614 770
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 87.33% 79.95% 86.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 410 521
10th Percentile £163 £231 £263
25th Percentile £375 £366 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £638
90th Percentile £689 £689 £725
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £508
% change year-on-year -5.00% -1.48% +2.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 40 30
10th Percentile - £13.93 £12.45
25th Percentile £12.62 £18.50 £12.80
Median hourly rate £17.44 £27.25 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year -36.02% +21.19% +34.24%
75th Percentile £26.51 £48.75 £29.69
90th Percentile £28.40 £57.91 £58.13
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.34 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +8.18% -10.00% +47.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Break/Fix in Birmingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Break/Fix in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared