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 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 428 439 500
Rank change year-on-year +11 +61 +125
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Break/Fix 89 79 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.24% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.28% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 47 79
10th Percentile £126 £126 £105
25th Percentile £134 £150 £107
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £171 £420 £135
Median % change year-on-year -59.29% +211.11% -12.90%
75th Percentile £345 £608 £178
90th Percentile £613 £620 £220
UK median daily rate £171 £225 £140
% change year-on-year -24.22% +60.71% -13.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 14 6
10th Percentile £18.51 - £15.19
25th Percentile - £11.75 £17.34
Median hourly rate £18.87 £14.85 £17.71
Median % change year-on-year +27.11% -16.18% +19.91%
75th Percentile £23.06 £21.75 £17.98
90th Percentile £25.15 £23.45 £19.03
UK median hourly rate £18.87 £15.00 £17.71
% change year-on-year +25.80% -15.30% +19.91%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25,017 28,476 39,060
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.79% 85.72% 89.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,922 18,321 27,239
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £404 £423 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £626 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £753 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,479 1,516 1,391
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.05 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.79 £18.13 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +53.90%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.72 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.90% -4.71% +54.55%

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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Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Break/Fix in England over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Break/Fix in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Break/Fix in England over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Break/Fix in England

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DemandTrendContract 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 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +11 28 £134 -0.74% 3
South West +39 26 £130 -69.05% 4
London +30 19 £305 +84.85% 7
East Midlands +8 17 £134 - 1
West Midlands +6 11 £345 +155.56% 1
North of England -26 7 £150 +19.05% 8
South East -3 6 £144 -76.20% 4
Yorkshire -9 4 - - 3
North West -13 3 £150 +19.05% 2
East of England - 2 £550 - 6
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 (6.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.12%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (12.36%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.12%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 33 (37.08%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (4.49%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.37%) Azure
3 3 (3.37%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.12%) AWS
4 1 (1.12%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.74%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (3.37%) ATM
2 3 (3.37%) PuTTY
2 3 (3.37%) SSH
2 3 (3.37%) Telnet
3 2 (2.25%) DHCP
3 2 (2.25%) DNS
3 2 (2.25%) Firewall
3 2 (2.25%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.25%) Wireless
4 1 (1.12%) LAN
4 1 (1.12%) SAN
4 1 (1.12%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.25%) JIRA
General
1 16 (17.98%) Social Skills
2 13 (14.61%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (13.48%) Banking
3 12 (13.48%) Finance
4 6 (6.74%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.12%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (24.72%) IT Engineer
2 10 (11.24%) Break Fix Engineer
2 10 (11.24%) IT Support
3 9 (10.11%) Support Engineer
4 6 (6.74%) Field Engineer
5 5 (5.62%) Analyst
5 5 (5.62%) Desktop Support
6 4 (4.49%) Hardware Engineer
6 4 (4.49%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (4.49%) Network Engineer
6 4 (4.49%) Server Engineer
7 3 (3.37%) Desktop Analyst
7 3 (3.37%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 3 (3.37%) EPoS Engineer
7 3 (3.37%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 2 (2.25%) 1st Line Support Analyst
8 2 (2.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 2 (2.25%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (2.25%) IT Technician
8 2 (2.25%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.12%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (1.12%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.61%) Driving Licence
2 10 (11.24%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.37%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.37%) EPoS
3 3 (3.37%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.12%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.12%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 39 (43.82%) Windows
2 28 (31.46%) Windows 7
3 10 (11.24%) Windows 10
4 5 (5.62%) Android
5 4 (4.49%) Linux
6 3 (3.37%) Windows 8
7 2 (2.25%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (15.73%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (12.36%) Customer Service
3 7 (7.87%) Ticket Management
4 6 (6.74%) Asset Management
5 5 (5.62%) ITIL
5 5 (5.62%) Migration
6 4 (4.49%) Customer Experience
6 4 (4.49%) Incident Management
6 4 (4.49%) Project Management
6 4 (4.49%) Time Management
7 3 (3.37%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (3.37%) Configuration Management
7 3 (3.37%) Knowledge Transfer
7 3 (3.37%) Workflow
8 2 (2.25%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (2.25%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (2.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (2.25%) ITSM
8 2 (2.25%) Line Management
8 2 (2.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.25%) PowerShell
1 2 (2.25%) Python
2 1 (1.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (34.83%) Security Cleared
2 25 (28.09%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (4.49%) CCNA
4 4 (4.49%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.37%) CCNP
6 2 (2.25%) A+ Certification
6 2 (2.25%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.12%) Degree
7 1 (1.12%) MCSE
7 1 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.12%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.12%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.61%) SLA
2 4 (4.49%) QA
System Software
1 6 (6.74%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.37%) BitLocker
2 3 (3.37%) Firmware
3 1 (1.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 9 (10.11%) SCCM
2 7 (7.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.12%) Ansible
3 1 (1.12%) Terraform
3 1 (1.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 38 (42.70%) Microsoft
2 16 (17.98%) Dell
3 15 (16.85%) HP
4 12 (13.48%) Cisco
5 5 (5.62%) IBM
6 4 (4.49%) Bloomberg
7 3 (3.37%) Adobe
7 3 (3.37%) Draytek
7 3 (3.37%) McAfee
7 3 (3.37%) Reuters
8 2 (2.25%) Apple
8 2 (2.25%) CheckPoint
8 2 (2.25%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.25%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.25%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.12%) Arista
9 1 (1.12%) Citrix
9 1 (1.12%) FactSet
9 1 (1.12%) Tradeweb
9 1 (1.12%) Veeam