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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 423 496 663
Rank change year-on-year +73 +167 -96
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 128 141 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.35% 0.30% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.33% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 105 66
10th Percentile £119 £107 £122
25th Percentile £126 £130 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 £170 £200
Median % change year-on-year - -15.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £500 £220 £238
90th Percentile £608 £585 £298
UK median daily rate £195 £160 £200
% change year-on-year +21.88% -20.00% +42.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 3 12
10th Percentile £11.75 £16.52 £10.73
25th Percentile £13.25 £16.97 £13.20
Median hourly rate £17.50 £17.70 £16.28
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% +8.71% +38.22%
75th Percentile £22.00 £17.71 £17.97
90th Percentile £25.04 £17.72 £22.61
UK median hourly rate £16.71 £17.70 £15.74
% change year-on-year -5.62% +12.45% +33.62%

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 31,623 42,710 64,053
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.71% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,632 29,989 45,672
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,323 1,520 1,714
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.05 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

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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 June 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 1 June 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 +35 39 £126 +14.55% 5
South East +24 38 £513 +197.10% 13
London +83 33 £158 -1.56% 5
Yorkshire +26 21 £160 +49.53%
North West +28 17 £126 -42.73% 5
South West +6 11 £110 -45.00% 9
Midlands +4 4 £119 -79.70% 6
East of England -1 3 £125 -13.79% 11
East Midlands -2 3 £104 -82.38% 3
North East +9 1 - -
West Midlands +9 1 £135 -16.67% 3
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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 7 (5.47%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (13.28%) Azure
2 14 (10.94%) OCI
3 7 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.34%) Azure API Management
4 3 (2.34%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.34%) Azure Functions
4 3 (2.34%) Azure Key Vault
4 3 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (2.34%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (2.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (16.41%) SAN
2 15 (11.72%) ATM
3 14 (10.94%) DHCP
3 14 (10.94%) DNS
3 14 (10.94%) Firewall
4 12 (9.38%) LAN
5 11 (8.59%) WAN
5 11 (8.59%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (3.91%) 3G
7 4 (3.13%) 2G
7 4 (3.13%) 4G
7 4 (3.13%) Ethernet
7 4 (3.13%) SDH
8 3 (2.34%) Internet
8 3 (2.34%) VPN
9 1 (0.78%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.34%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (2.34%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.78%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.91%) JIRA
2 3 (2.34%) Visual Studio
General
1 44 (34.38%) Analytical Skills
2 40 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 23 (17.97%) Public Sector
4 11 (8.59%) Finance
5 9 (7.03%) Retail
6 4 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.78%) French Language
9 1 (0.78%) Legal
9 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (29.69%) IT Engineer
2 34 (26.56%) Field Engineer
3 32 (25.00%) Field Service Engineer
4 17 (13.28%) Support Engineer
5 15 (11.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (10.16%) Desktop Support
7 12 (9.38%) Desktop Engineer
7 12 (9.38%) IT Technician
8 10 (7.81%) Storage Engineer
9 9 (7.03%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 9 (7.03%) Server Engineer
10 8 (6.25%) Break Fix Engineer
11 7 (5.47%) Deskside Engineer
11 7 (5.47%) Hardware Engineer
11 7 (5.47%) IT Support
12 6 (4.69%) Data Centre Engineer
12 6 (4.69%) Network Engineer
13 5 (3.91%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
13 5 (3.91%) Mobile Engineer
14 4 (3.13%) Audio Visual Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.34%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.78%) .NET
2 1 (0.78%) EDI
2 1 (0.78%) JSON
2 1 (0.78%) OAuth
2 1 (0.78%) OpenID
2 1 (0.78%) REST
2 1 (0.78%) SAP ALE
2 1 (0.78%) SOAP
2 1 (0.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (24.22%) Analytical Mindset
2 30 (23.44%) Data Centre
3 14 (10.94%) Driving Licence
4 11 (8.59%) EPoS
5 9 (7.03%) Smartphone
6 6 (4.69%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (3.13%) Blackberry
8 2 (1.56%) CMDB
8 2 (1.56%) iPhone
8 2 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.78%) Biopharmaceutical
9 1 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.78%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 35 (27.34%) Windows
2 22 (17.19%) Windows 10
3 18 (14.06%) Linux
4 14 (10.94%) Windows Server
4 14 (10.94%) Windows Server 2012
4 14 (10.94%) Windows Server 2016
4 14 (10.94%) Windows Server 2019
4 14 (10.94%) Windows XP
5 7 (5.47%) Unix
6 5 (3.91%) Android
7 4 (3.13%) Mac OS X
7 4 (3.13%) Windows 7
7 4 (3.13%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (51.56%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (32.03%) Customer Service
3 24 (18.75%) ITIL
4 18 (14.06%) Disaster Recovery
5 17 (13.28%) Proactive Monitoring
5 17 (13.28%) Server Management
6 15 (11.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 15 (11.72%) Project Management
7 14 (10.94%) Converged Infrastructure
7 14 (10.94%) Performance Monitoring
7 14 (10.94%) Performance Tuning
7 14 (10.94%) Storage Management
8 12 (9.38%) Preventative Maintenance
9 9 (7.03%) Incident Management
10 6 (4.69%) Problem Management
10 6 (4.69%) Project Delivery
11 5 (3.91%) Data Centre Operations
11 5 (3.91%) Decision-Making
12 4 (3.13%) Customer Experience
12 4 (3.13%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 17 (13.28%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.78%) C#
2 1 (0.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 21 (16.41%) SC Cleared
3 16 (12.50%) Degree
4 15 (11.72%) CCNA
4 15 (11.72%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (10.94%) CCNP
5 14 (10.94%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.56%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.56%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.78%) MCSE
7 1 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.78%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.78%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.03%) SLA
2 1 (0.78%) GxP
2 1 (0.78%) QA
System Software
1 23 (17.97%) Active Directory
2 14 (10.94%) Hyper-V
2 14 (10.94%) VMware ESXi
2 14 (10.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (11.72%) SCCM
2 14 (10.94%) EMC NetWorker
2 14 (10.94%) NetBackup
2 14 (10.94%) SCOM
2 14 (10.94%) vCenter Server
2 14 (10.94%) WSUS
3 3 (2.34%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 29 (22.66%) Cisco
2 26 (20.31%) Dell
3 25 (19.53%) HP
3 25 (19.53%) Juniper
4 21 (16.41%) Microsoft
5 15 (11.72%) EMC
6 14 (10.94%) 3PAR
6 14 (10.94%) Extreme Networks
6 14 (10.94%) Oracle
6 14 (10.94%) Palo Alto
6 14 (10.94%) Symantec
6 14 (10.94%) Veeam
6 14 (10.94%) VMware
7 13 (10.16%) Meraki
8 11 (8.59%) 3Com
8 11 (8.59%) Aruba
8 11 (8.59%) Brocade
8 11 (8.59%) Citrix
9 10 (7.81%) ServiceNow
10 5 (3.91%) Apple