Break/Fix Contracts in Central London

Break/Fix
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 126 151
Rank change year-on-year +2 +25 +35
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 5 7 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.25% 0.29% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.32% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 20
10th Percentile £170 - -
25th Percentile £230 - £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £140 £143
Median % change year-on-year +310.71% -1.75% -5.00%
75th Percentile £613 - £188
90th Percentile £620 £185 £220
London median daily rate £230 £150 £151
% change year-on-year +53.33% -0.83% +0.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,856 2,215 3,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.94% 90.56% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,573 2,397
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £774 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.43
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £33.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £46.89 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Break/Fix in Central London

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Break/Fix in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Break/Fix in Central London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Break/Fix in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
City of London +6 4 £575 +310.71%
Break/Fix
London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Military
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Unix
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) Red Team
1 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Logistics
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Dell
1 2 (40.00%) Forcepoint
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Apple
2 1 (20.00%) Arista
2 1 (20.00%) EMC
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Unisys