Break/Fix Contracts in England

Break/Fix
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Break/Fix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Break/Fix over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 399 509 646
Rank change year-on-year +110 +137 -101
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 152 156 138
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.41% 0.31% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.34% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 123 79
10th Percentile £110 £107 £130
25th Percentile £132 £140 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £173 £190
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -9.21% +31.03%
75th Percentile £308 £228 £228
90th Percentile £608 £588 £360
UK median daily rate £145 £167 £185
% change year-on-year -13.17% -9.73% +23.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 3 14
10th Percentile £11.75 £16.52 £10.83
25th Percentile £15.75 £16.97 £12.88
Median hourly rate £17.50 £17.70 £16.28
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% +8.71% +8.55%
75th Percentile £21.00 - £19.78
90th Percentile £25.25 - £23.70
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £17.70 £15.74
% change year-on-year -1.13% +12.45% +12.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Break/Fix is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,223 45,987 64,855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.26% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,190 32,199 46,005
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,229 1,635 1,786
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.23
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.19
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

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 23 April 2024.

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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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 23 April 2024. 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
North of England +50 44 £134 +3.27% 8
South East +34 43 £405 +134.78% 18
London +94 40 £146 -3.31% 16
Yorkshire +34 22 £160 +40.97% 2
North West +26 20 £126 -42.73% 3
South West +25 15 £143 -28.75% 7
East of England +8 6 £134 -7.76% 8
Midlands +10 4 £107 -61.18% 4
East Midlands +2 3 £104 -82.38% 3
North East +19 2 - - 3
West Midlands +28 1 £110 -24.14% 1
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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 8 (5.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 19 (12.50%) Azure
2 12 (7.89%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (7.89%) OCI
3 6 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (3.29%) Azure API Management
4 5 (3.29%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (3.29%) Azure Functions
4 5 (3.29%) Azure Key Vault
4 5 (3.29%) Azure Logic Apps
4 5 (3.29%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (3.29%) Serverless
5 2 (1.32%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.66%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.66%) Figma
6 1 (0.66%) npm
6 1 (0.66%) PaaS
6 1 (0.66%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (12.50%) SAN
2 15 (9.87%) ATM
3 12 (7.89%) DHCP
3 12 (7.89%) DNS
3 12 (7.89%) Firewall
3 12 (7.89%) LAN
4 11 (7.24%) WAN
4 11 (7.24%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (3.29%) 3G
5 5 (3.29%) VPN
6 4 (2.63%) 2G
6 4 (2.63%) 4G
6 4 (2.63%) Ethernet
6 4 (2.63%) SDH
7 3 (1.97%) Internet
8 1 (0.66%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.66%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.29%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (3.29%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.97%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.95%) Visual Studio
2 5 (3.29%) JIRA
3 1 (0.66%) rollup.js
3 1 (0.66%) webpack
General
1 52 (34.21%) Analytical Skills
2 42 (27.63%) Social Skills
3 26 (17.11%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.58%) Finance
5 9 (5.92%) Retail
6 3 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.66%) Legal
8 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (30.92%) IT Engineer
2 43 (28.29%) Field Engineer
3 41 (26.97%) Field Service Engineer
4 21 (13.82%) Support Engineer
5 16 (10.53%) Break Fix Engineer
5 16 (10.53%) Desktop Support
6 15 (9.87%) Desktop Engineer
6 15 (9.87%) Hardware Engineer
7 13 (8.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (8.55%) Mobile Engineer
8 12 (7.89%) IT Technician
9 11 (7.24%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 10 (6.58%) Computer Engineer
11 8 (5.26%) Server Engineer
11 8 (5.26%) Storage Engineer
12 7 (4.61%) Deskside Engineer
12 7 (4.61%) IT Support
13 6 (3.95%) Data Centre Engineer
13 6 (3.95%) Network Engineer
14 5 (3.29%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.29%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.97%) .NET
2 3 (1.97%) JSON
2 3 (1.97%) OAuth
2 3 (1.97%) OpenID
2 3 (1.97%) REST
2 3 (1.97%) SOAP
2 3 (1.97%) XML
3 1 (0.66%) CSS
3 1 (0.66%) Enzyme
3 1 (0.66%) Jest
3 1 (0.66%) Next.js
3 1 (0.66%) React
3 1 (0.66%) Redux
3 1 (0.66%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 37 (24.34%) Analytical Mindset
2 28 (18.42%) Data Centre
3 14 (9.21%) Driving Licence
4 11 (7.24%) EPoS
5 9 (5.92%) Smartphone
6 6 (3.95%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.29%) Blackberry
8 2 (1.32%) CMDB
8 2 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.32%) iPhone
8 2 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.66%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.66%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.66%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.66%) Smartcard
9 1 (0.66%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 39 (25.66%) Windows
2 24 (15.79%) Windows 10
3 17 (11.18%) Linux
4 13 (8.55%) Windows Server
5 12 (7.89%) Windows Server 2012
5 12 (7.89%) Windows Server 2016
5 12 (7.89%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (7.89%) Windows XP
6 7 (4.61%) Unix
7 6 (3.95%) Android
8 5 (3.29%) Mac OS X
8 5 (3.29%) Windows 7
8 5 (3.29%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.66%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (46.71%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (32.89%) Customer Service
3 21 (13.82%) ITIL
4 17 (11.18%) Disaster Recovery
5 15 (9.87%) Server Management
6 14 (9.21%) Proactive Monitoring
7 13 (8.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 12 (7.89%) Converged Infrastructure
8 12 (7.89%) Performance Monitoring
8 12 (7.89%) Performance Tuning
8 12 (7.89%) Project Management
8 12 (7.89%) Storage Management
9 11 (7.24%) Incident Management
9 11 (7.24%) Preventative Maintenance
10 6 (3.95%) Application Security
10 6 (3.95%) CI/CD
10 6 (3.95%) DevOps
10 6 (3.95%) Infrastructure as Code
10 6 (3.95%) Problem Management
10 6 (3.95%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.18%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.97%) C#
2 3 (1.97%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (14.47%) Security Cleared
2 19 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 13 (8.55%) CCNA
3 13 (8.55%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (8.55%) Degree
4 12 (7.89%) CCNP
4 12 (7.89%) DV Cleared
5 10 (6.58%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.32%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.66%) MCSE
7 1 (0.66%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.66%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.92%) SLA
2 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
System Software
1 22 (14.47%) Active Directory
2 13 (8.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (7.89%) Hyper-V
3 12 (7.89%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.32%) Firmware
5 1 (0.66%) NFS
Systems Management
1 13 (8.55%) SCCM
2 12 (7.89%) EMC NetWorker
2 12 (7.89%) NetBackup
2 12 (7.89%) SCOM
2 12 (7.89%) vCenter Server
2 12 (7.89%) WSUS
3 3 (1.97%) Dell DRAC
4 1 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (17.76%) Cisco
2 25 (16.45%) Microsoft
3 24 (15.79%) Dell
3 24 (15.79%) HP
4 23 (15.13%) Juniper
5 13 (8.55%) EMC
5 13 (8.55%) Meraki
5 13 (8.55%) VMware
6 12 (7.89%) 3PAR
6 12 (7.89%) Extreme Networks
6 12 (7.89%) Oracle
6 12 (7.89%) Palo Alto
6 12 (7.89%) Symantec
6 12 (7.89%) Veeam
7 11 (7.24%) 3Com
7 11 (7.24%) Aruba
7 11 (7.24%) Brocade
7 11 (7.24%) Citrix
7 11 (7.24%) ServiceNow
8 6 (3.95%) Apple