Break/Fix Contracts in London

Break/Fix
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 350 446 557
Rank change year-on-year +96 +111 -99
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 40 45 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.23% 0.17% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.18% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 34 22
10th Percentile - £110 £123
25th Percentile £140 £140 £144
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £151 £150
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +0.83% -40.00%
75th Percentile £178 £198 £236
90th Percentile £315 £220 £250
England median daily rate £170 £173 £190
% change year-on-year -1.45% -9.21% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 0 2
10th Percentile - - £23.23
25th Percentile £16.25 - £23.56
Median hourly rate £22.00 - £24.75
75th Percentile £24.18 - £26.56
90th Percentile £25.25 - £27.28
England median hourly rate £17.50 £17.70 £16.28
% change year-on-year -1.13% +8.71% +38.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,688 24,387 35,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.66% 91.02% 92.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,246 17,526 26,214
10th Percentile £338 £375 £389
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 322 276 425
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.56 £17.20
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.41
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +7.11% +10.84%
75th Percentile £47.34 £64.06 £50.75
90th Percentile £65.68 £80.00 £68.50
England median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%

Break/Fix
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Break/Fix in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Break/Fix in London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Break/Fix in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Break/Fix in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Central London +27 8 £140 -1.75% 2
South London +19 8 - - 1
West London +27 6 £125 -23.55% 5
East London - 1 £170 - 2
Break/Fix
England

Break/Fix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 5 (12.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.50%) Azure
2 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) VPN
2 1 (2.50%) 3G
2 1 (2.50%) iSCSI
2 1 (2.50%) WebEx
General
1 14 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.00%) Finance
3 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.50%) French Language
4 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 14 (35.00%) Field Engineer
2 13 (32.50%) Field Service Engineer
2 13 (32.50%) IT Engineer
3 11 (27.50%) Desktop Support
4 9 (22.50%) Desktop Engineer
4 9 (22.50%) Support Engineer
5 6 (15.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) IT Support
7 3 (7.50%) Deskside Support
8 2 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (5.00%) Deskside Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) Deskside Support Engineer
9 1 (2.50%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 1 (2.50%) Break Fix Engineer
9 1 (2.50%) IT Technician
9 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
9 1 (2.50%) Service Desk Engineer
9 1 (2.50%) Windows Engineer
9 1 (2.50%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) EDI
1 1 (2.50%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 13 (32.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (12.50%) Blackberry
3 2 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.50%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (2.50%) CMDB
4 1 (2.50%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.50%) iPhone
4 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (35.00%) Windows
2 6 (15.00%) Windows 10
3 5 (12.50%) Android
3 5 (12.50%) Linux
3 5 (12.50%) Mac OS X
3 5 (12.50%) Windows 7
3 5 (12.50%) Windows 8
4 1 (2.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (52.50%) Customer Service
2 20 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (12.50%) Validation
4 3 (7.50%) ITIL
4 3 (7.50%) Logistics
4 3 (7.50%) Preventative Maintenance
4 3 (7.50%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (7.50%) Trend Analysis
5 2 (5.00%) Change Management
5 2 (5.00%) Customer-Centricity
5 2 (5.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (5.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (5.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (5.00%) ITSM
5 2 (5.00%) Time Management
5 2 (5.00%) Workflow
6 1 (2.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.50%) Problem Management
6 1 (2.50%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.50%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 5 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.50%) Degree
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.50%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.50%) GxP
1 1 (2.50%) QA
1 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.50%) Firmware
3 1 (2.50%) NFS
3 1 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (7.50%) Dell DRAC
2 1 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Apple
2 5 (12.50%) Adobe
2 5 (12.50%) Ivanti
3 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.00%) Cisco
4 2 (5.00%) Dell
4 2 (5.00%) HP
4 2 (5.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.00%) Supermicro
5 1 (2.50%) Datto
5 1 (2.50%) EMC
5 1 (2.50%) Logitech
5 1 (2.50%) MobileIron
5 1 (2.50%) SAP
5 1 (2.50%) Sophos
5 1 (2.50%) Unisys
5 1 (2.50%) VMware