Break/Fix Contracts in Kent

Break/Fix
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 17 28 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 3.81% 0.50% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.21% 0.75% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £140 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -
South East median daily rate £163 £500 £173
% change year-on-year -67.50% +189.86% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 95 133 166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 90.48% 65.84% 75.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 93 126
10th Percentile £199 £205 £122
25th Percentile £213 £263 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £425 £350
Median % change year-on-year -21.76% +21.43% -19.08%
75th Percentile £545 £540 £514
90th Percentile £688 £656 £674
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 6
10th Percentile £14.68 £11.47 £36.85
25th Percentile £17.52 £15.00 £41.16
Median hourly rate £21.43 £35.50 £52.28
Median % change year-on-year -39.63% -32.09% +47.07%
75th Percentile £22.61 £46.87 £57.44
90th Percentile £51.55 £62.96 £62.25
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Break/Fix
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in Kent

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Break/Fix in Kent

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Break/Fix in Kent

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Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent 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
Canterbury - 1 £160 -
Dartford - 1 £160 - 2
Maidstone - 1 £160 - 1
Tunbridge Wells - 1 £160 -
Break/Fix
South East

Break/Fix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) ATM
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) EPoS Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Android