Break/Fix Contract Job Trends in Central London

Break/Fix
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Break/Fix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 124 133
Rank change year-on-year -2 +9 +28
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 2 6 10
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.099% 0.26% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.29% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 9
10th Percentile £193 £130 £124
25th Percentile £195 £155 £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £199 £403 £140
Median % change year-on-year -50.62% +187.50% -6.67%
75th Percentile £202 £622 £148
90th Percentile £203 £625 £243
London median daily rate £199 £230 £143
% change year-on-year -13.59% +61.40% -8.06%

All Process & 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 1,823 2,093 2,378
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.20% 92.37% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,266 1,307 1,707
10th Percentile £350 £363 £357
25th Percentile £425 £463 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +0.88% -0.87%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 27 17
10th Percentile £20.18 £18.34 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £23.70 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.34 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.74% +27.27% -21.43%
75th Percentile £41.89 £43.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £47.02 £112.00 £68.50
London median hourly rate £32.05 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.43% +7.69% -13.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Break/Fix job vacancy trend in Central London

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Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

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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 2 January 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
City of London -5 2 £199 -65.43% 2
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London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft