Break/Fix Contracts in London

Break/Fix
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 317 351 446
Rank change year-on-year +34 +95 +105
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 36 40 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.29% 0.22% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.25% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 17 36
10th Percentile £134 £140 £113
25th Percentile £176 £140 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £230 £150 £151
Median % change year-on-year +53.33% -0.83% +0.83%
75th Percentile £475 £170 £200
90th Percentile £605 £298 £220
England median daily rate £200 £160 £173
% change year-on-year +25.00% -7.25% -9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 17 0
10th Percentile £24.32 - -
25th Percentile £24.54 £16.25 -
Median hourly rate £24.66 £22.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.09% - -
75th Percentile - £25.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £24.18 £17.50 £17.70
% change year-on-year +38.17% -1.13% +5.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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 1 May 2025.

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 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
Central London +2 5 £575 +310.71%
East London +16 2 £188 +10.29%
West London +7 1 £255 +104.00% 2
South London -2 1 £188 +31.58% 1
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 6 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (36.11%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 4 (11.11%) Azure
3 4 (11.11%) Copilot Studio
3 4 (11.11%) GitHub
3 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Copilot
3 4 (11.11%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.78%) AWS
4 1 (2.78%) GCP
4 1 (2.78%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.78%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) Wireless
2 4 (11.11%) Firewall
3 3 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (2.78%) Network Security
4 1 (2.78%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 14 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 12 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (25.00%) Banking
4 7 (19.44%) Finance
5 4 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (5.56%) Electronics
7 2 (5.56%) Military
8 1 (2.78%) Back Office
8 1 (2.78%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.78%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (19.44%) Data Centre Engineer
1 7 (19.44%) Support Engineer
2 6 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 6 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 5 (13.89%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Break Fix Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Field Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) IT Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Server Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Developer
5 3 (8.33%) Windows Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Desktop Support Team Leader
6 2 (5.56%) Desktop Team Leader
6 2 (5.56%) Hardware Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Service Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Support Team Leader
6 2 (5.56%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.11%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.33%) Smartphone
3 2 (5.56%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.78%) iPhone
4 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (27.78%) Windows
2 7 (19.44%) Android
3 6 (16.67%) Mac OS
4 4 (11.11%) Windows 10
5 3 (8.33%) Unix
6 2 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 6 (16.67%) ITIL
2 6 (16.67%) Time Management
3 5 (13.89%) Migration
3 5 (13.89%) Project Management
4 4 (11.11%) API Integration
4 4 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Automation
4 4 (11.11%) Product Thinking
4 4 (11.11%) Ticket Management
5 3 (8.33%) Asset Management
5 3 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (8.33%) Configuration Management
5 3 (8.33%) Critical Thinking
5 3 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (8.33%) Data Science
5 3 (8.33%) Server Management
5 3 (8.33%) Service Delivery
6 2 (5.56%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.89%) PowerShell
2 4 (11.11%) Python
2 4 (11.11%) SQL
3 3 (8.33%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 10 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 9 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.33%) A+ Certification
3 3 (8.33%) DV Cleared
4 2 (5.56%) Degree
4 2 (5.56%) Dell Certification
5 1 (2.78%) MCP
5 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (25.00%) SLA
2 4 (11.11%) QA
3 1 (2.78%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.78%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (11.11%) SCCM
2 2 (5.56%) CASB
3 1 (2.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (44.44%) Dell
1 16 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 14 (38.89%) HP
3 12 (33.33%) Cisco
4 9 (25.00%) Apple
5 4 (11.11%) Salesforce
6 3 (8.33%) Bloomberg
6 3 (8.33%) IBM
6 3 (8.33%) Planview
6 3 (8.33%) Reuters
6 3 (8.33%) ServiceNow
6 3 (8.33%) Sybase
7 2 (5.56%) EMC
7 2 (5.56%) Forcepoint
7 2 (5.56%) Google
7 2 (5.56%) Unisys
8 1 (2.78%) Arista
8 1 (2.78%) Fujitsu
8 1 (2.78%) Juniper
8 1 (2.78%) VMware