Break/Fix Contracts in East Lothian

Break/Fix
Scotland > East Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in East Lothian 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 2 1 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 7 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East Lothian 87.50% 71.43% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 87.50% 71.43% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £166 £107 -
25th Percentile £167 £108 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £168 £110 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.73% - -
75th Percentile £170 £114 -
90th Percentile £173 £117 -
Scotland median daily rate £170 £195 £160
% change year-on-year -12.82% +21.88% +60.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £24.26 £16.70 -
25th Percentile £24.41 £16.70 -
Median hourly rate £24.66 £16.71 -
Median % change year-on-year +47.62% - -
75th Percentile £26.33 £16.71 -
90th Percentile £27.32 £16.71 -
Scotland median hourly rate £17.30 £16.71 £21.26
% change year-on-year +3.53% -21.40% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Lothian

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 East Lothian.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Lothian 100.00% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £166 £107 -
25th Percentile £167 £108 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £168 £110 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.73% - -
75th Percentile £170 £114 -
90th Percentile £173 £117 -
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £24.31 £16.70 -
25th Percentile £24.54 £16.70 -
Median hourly rate £24.66 £16.71 -
Median % change year-on-year +47.62% - -
75th Percentile £25.49 £16.71 -
90th Percentile £26.99 £16.71 -
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

Break/Fix
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in East Lothian

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

Daily rate trend for Break/Fix in East Lothian

Break/Fix
Contract Job Locations in East Lothian

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 East Lothian 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
Tranent 0 5 £168 +49.33%
Break/Fix
Scotland

Break/Fix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Lothian 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:

General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Data Centre Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Break Fix Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IMAC Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IMAC Support
3 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 6 (85.71%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Customer Service
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) HP