Break/Fix Contract Job Trends in Essex

Break/Fix
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Break/Fix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 19 23
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 +20
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 1 1 9
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.88% 0.96% 4.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.25% 5.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £104
25th Percentile - £519 £106
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £538 £118
Median % change year-on-year - +355.89% +7.18%
75th Percentile - £556 £136
90th Percentile - - £139
East of England median daily rate £150 £373 £133
% change year-on-year -59.79% +181.51% +20.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £16.35
25th Percentile - - £16.50
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £20.25
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate - - £18.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89 80 166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 78.76% 76.92% 83.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 39 104
10th Percentile £185 £177 £169
25th Percentile £225 £213 £282
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £318 £450
Median % change year-on-year +30.90% -29.33% -
75th Percentile £521 £541 £572
90th Percentile £594 £600 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 4 19
10th Percentile £13.97 £13.78 £16.75
25th Percentile - £17.78 £20.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.75 £40.31
Median % change year-on-year -20.55% -41.08% +61.24%
75th Percentile £23.56 £31.56 £55.53
90th Percentile £62.23 £36.63 £78.00
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £27.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -23.64% +30.95% -6.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Break/Fix job vacancy trend in Essex

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Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 5 December 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
Chelmsford - 1 - -
Break/Fix
East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Break Fix Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Field Hardware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Canon
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) HP