Break/Fix Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Break/Fix
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Break/Fix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 80 89
Rank change year-on-year -8 +9 +29
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 11 4 14
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.70% 0.37% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.44% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 10
10th Percentile - £371 £105
25th Percentile - £372 £113
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £455 £135
Median % change year-on-year -67.05% +237.22% -3.57%
75th Percentile £169 £573 £145
90th Percentile £180 £604 £146
England median daily rate £150 £225 £143
% change year-on-year -33.33% +57.89% -18.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £15.90
25th Percentile - - £16.13
Median hourly rate - - £18.00
75th Percentile - - £20.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year -21.96% +36.46% +0.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,337 910 1,474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.62% 84.73% 86.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 586 400 762
10th Percentile £196 £240 £235
25th Percentile £350 £340 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.58% -4.45% -
75th Percentile £580 £600 £600
90th Percentile £678 £696 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 414 168 367
10th Percentile £14.00 - £14.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.50
Median hourly rate £20.33 £37.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.80% +70.45% -
75th Percentile £60.75 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -27.10% -18.82% +21.43%

Break/Fix
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Break/Fix job vacancy trend in the East of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Break/Fix.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Break/Fix

Break/Fix
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Break/Fix.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Break/Fix

Break/Fix
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 14 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
Cambridgeshire -1 5 £150 -75.00%
Hertfordshire - 5 - - 2
Essex -2 1 - -
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England

Break/Fix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Legal
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Break Fix Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (45.45%) Junior
2 5 (45.45%) Service Desk Specialist
2 5 (45.45%) Service Desk Support
2 5 (45.45%) Support Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Computer Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Field Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Field Hardware Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Mobile App
2 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Service Management
2 5 (45.45%) ITIL
3 3 (27.27%) Time Management
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) HP
2 1 (9.09%) Canon
2 1 (9.09%) Dell