Break/Fix Contract Job Trends in Durham

Break/Fix
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Durham requiring Break/Fix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Durham 5.62% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.41% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £225 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
75th Percentile £305 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £250 - £120
% change year-on-year - - +12.15%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78 19 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham 87.64% 65.52% 71.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 12 16
10th Percentile £225 £368 -
25th Percentile £313 £419 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £481 £438
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% +9.38%
75th Percentile £525 £546 £552
90th Percentile £575 £640 £616
North East median daily rate £450 £465 £473
% change year-on-year -3.23% -1.59% -0.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 4
10th Percentile £12.71 - -
25th Percentile £19.13 - £11.44
Median hourly rate £35.00 £17.30 £13.22
Median % change year-on-year +102.31% +30.86% -
75th Percentile £51.13 - £18.69
90th Percentile £56.98 - £25.34
North East median hourly rate £51.75 £17.30 £46.18
% change year-on-year +199.13% -62.54% +130.90%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Break/Fix job vacancy trend in Durham

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Daily Rate Trend in Durham

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Durham

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

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 10