Break/Fix Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Break/Fix
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Break/Fix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 39 49
Rank change year-on-year -22 +10 -
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 4 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.52% 0.79% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.84% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £123 £100
Median % change year-on-year +22.45% +22.50% -
South East median daily rate £150 £163 £300
% change year-on-year -7.69% -45.83% +73.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £16.00
South East median hourly rate - £24.18 £15.25
% change year-on-year - +58.56% -6.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 598 237 423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 78.07% 93.31% 84.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 174 296
10th Percentile £309 £211 £278
25th Percentile £412 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.95% +5.32% -
75th Percentile £598 £588 £588
90th Percentile £640 £650 £694
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 21 35
10th Percentile £15.05 - £15.91
25th Percentile £15.91 - £18.50
Median hourly rate £16.35 £14.20 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.14% -43.20% +150.00%
75th Percentile £19.34 £24.50 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £62.50 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +69.64% -37.78% -5.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Break/Fix job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 17 April 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
Milton Keynes - 4 £150 - 1
Break/Fix
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Break Fix Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) HP