Break/Fix Contracts in England

Break/Fix
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 374 394 500
Rank change year-on-year +20 +106 +148
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 111 148 153
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.46% 0.40% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.46% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 81 120
10th Percentile £123 £107 £107
25th Percentile £158 £126 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £160 £173
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -7.25% -9.21%
75th Percentile £282 £400 £225
90th Percentile £575 £608 £591
UK median daily rate £188 £160 £167
% change year-on-year +17.19% -4.19% -12.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 40 3
10th Percentile £18.13 £11.75 £16.52
25th Percentile £18.51 £15.75 £16.97
Median hourly rate £24.18 £17.50 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year +38.17% -1.13% +5.20%
75th Percentile £24.66 £21.19 -
90th Percentile £24.76 £25.25 -
UK median hourly rate £21.01 £17.50 £17.70
% change year-on-year +20.06% -1.13% +8.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Break/Fix
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Break/Fix in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Break/Fix in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Break/Fix in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Break/Fix in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Break/Fix in England

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Contract Job Locations in 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 England 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
London +34 36 £230 +53.33% 22
South East +28 24 £163 -67.50% 13
South West +56 23 £130 +18.18% 5
Midlands +38 20 £200 +87.35% 5
East Midlands +23 16 £200 +93.24% 2
East of England +29 5 £550 +311.21% 4
North of England -19 5 £405 +221.43% 7
West Midlands +17 4 £275 +150.00% 3
Yorkshire -10 3 £405 +153.13% 3
North East -1 1 £120 - 1
North West -2 1 £575 +356.35% 3
Break/Fix
UK

Break/Fix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (5.41%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.80%) Confluence
2 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.90%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 13 (11.71%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.90%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.90%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 26 (23.42%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (5.41%) Power Platform
3 5 (4.50%) Azure
4 4 (3.60%) Copilot Studio
4 4 (3.60%) GitHub
4 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Copilot
4 4 (3.60%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.80%) AWS
6 1 (0.90%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.90%) GCP
6 1 (0.90%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.90%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.81%) Remote Desktop
2 10 (9.01%) Firewall
3 8 (7.21%) Wireless
4 4 (3.60%) ATM
4 4 (3.60%) DNS
5 3 (2.70%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (2.70%) DHCP
5 3 (2.70%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.70%) VPN
6 2 (1.80%) SAN
7 1 (0.90%) Internet
7 1 (0.90%) NAS
7 1 (0.90%) Network Security
7 1 (0.90%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.60%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.80%) JIRA
2 1 (0.90%) Git
General
1 28 (25.23%) Social Skills
2 16 (14.41%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (14.41%) Public Sector
3 11 (9.91%) Banking
3 11 (9.91%) Finance
4 4 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (2.70%) Electronics
5 3 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.70%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.80%) Investment Banking
6 2 (1.80%) Military
7 1 (0.90%) Back Office
7 1 (0.90%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.90%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.90%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (23.42%) IT Engineer
2 15 (13.51%) Break Fix Engineer
2 15 (13.51%) Server Engineer
2 15 (13.51%) Support Engineer
3 13 (11.71%) Field Engineer
4 12 (10.81%) Desktop Engineer
4 12 (10.81%) IT Support
5 10 (9.01%) Data Centre Engineer
5 10 (9.01%) Desktop Support
6 8 (7.21%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 8 (7.21%) Hardware Engineer
7 6 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (5.41%) Field Service Engineer
8 5 (4.50%) Server Support
8 5 (4.50%) Server Support Engineer
8 5 (4.50%) Windows Engineer
9 4 (3.60%) Analyst
9 4 (3.60%) EPoS Engineer
9 4 (3.60%) IT Support Engineer
10 3 (2.70%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.60%) YAML
2 1 (0.90%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 24 (21.62%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.50%) Driving Licence
2 5 (4.50%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.60%) EPoS
4 3 (2.70%) Enterprise Storage
4 3 (2.70%) Smartphone
5 2 (1.80%) CMDB
6 1 (0.90%) EMC VMAX
6 1 (0.90%) iPhone
6 1 (0.90%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.90%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (28.83%) Windows
2 16 (14.41%) Windows 10
3 15 (13.51%) Windows 7
4 11 (9.91%) Android
5 6 (5.41%) Mac OS
6 4 (3.60%) Linux
6 4 (3.60%) Unix
6 4 (3.60%) Windows Vista
7 2 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (17.12%) Customer Service
3 10 (9.01%) Time Management
4 7 (6.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (6.31%) ITIL
4 7 (6.31%) Ticket Management
5 6 (5.41%) Migration
6 5 (4.50%) Asset Management
6 5 (4.50%) Configuration Management
6 5 (4.50%) Incident Management
6 5 (4.50%) Project Management
6 5 (4.50%) Server Management
7 4 (3.60%) API Integration
7 4 (3.60%) Infrastructure Automation
7 4 (3.60%) Product Thinking
7 4 (3.60%) Service Delivery
8 3 (2.70%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (2.70%) Critical Thinking
8 3 (2.70%) Data Science
8 3 (2.70%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.31%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.50%) Python
3 4 (3.60%) SQL
4 3 (2.70%) Bicep
5 1 (0.90%) Bash
5 1 (0.90%) C-shell
Qualifications
1 42 (37.84%) Security Cleared
2 35 (31.53%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.60%) Dell Certification
4 3 (2.70%) A+ Certification
4 3 (2.70%) CCNA
4 3 (2.70%) CCNP
4 3 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.70%) Degree
4 3 (2.70%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.90%) MCP
6 1 (0.90%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (18.02%) SLA
2 8 (7.21%) QA
3 1 (0.90%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.90%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (5.41%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.80%) Firmware
2 2 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.90%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.90%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 1 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (5.41%) SCCM
2 3 (2.70%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.80%) Ansible
3 2 (1.80%) CASB
3 2 (1.80%) Puppet
3 2 (1.80%) Terraform
4 1 (0.90%) HAProxy
4 1 (0.90%) Nagios
4 1 (0.90%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 37 (33.33%) Dell
2 34 (30.63%) HP
2 34 (30.63%) Microsoft
3 18 (16.22%) Cisco
4 17 (15.32%) IBM
5 9 (8.11%) Apple
6 5 (4.50%) ServiceNow
6 5 (4.50%) VMware
7 4 (3.60%) CheckPoint
7 4 (3.60%) EMC
7 4 (3.60%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.70%) Bloomberg
8 3 (2.70%) Planview
8 3 (2.70%) Reuters
8 3 (2.70%) Sybase
9 2 (1.80%) Forcepoint
9 2 (1.80%) Google
9 2 (1.80%) Juniper
9 2 (1.80%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.80%) Unisys