Break/Fix Contracts in the Midlands

Break/Fix
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 91 129 139
Rank change year-on-year +38 +10 +59
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 20 4 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.04% 0.15% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 0.18% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 2 23
10th Percentile £181 £102 £156
25th Percentile - £103 £229
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £107 £550
Median % change year-on-year +87.35% -80.59% +205.56%
75th Percentile £209 £113 £625
90th Percentile £288 £114 -
England median daily rate £200 £160 £173
% change year-on-year +25.00% -7.25% -9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile £21.85 - -
25th Percentile £24.18 £11.75 -
Median hourly rate £24.66 £13.50 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year +82.67% -23.73% +12.45%
75th Percentile £25.15 £15.25 -
90th Percentile £35.24 - -
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
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,676 2,266 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.57% 82.19% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,510 2,125
10th Percentile £200 £237 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £11.96
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +7.22% +1.37%
75th Percentile £24.22 £35.00 £26.81
90th Percentile £36.55 £55.00 £55.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Break/Fix in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Break/Fix in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Break/Fix in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Break/Fix in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Break/Fix in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Break/Fix in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
East Midlands +23 16 £200 +93.24% 2
West Midlands +17 4 £275 +150.00% 3
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (55.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (5.00%) Firewall
2 1 (5.00%) SAN
2 1 (5.00%) VPN
General
1 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (20.00%) IT Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Break Fix Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Hardware Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) IT Support
3 2 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) IT Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Senior
4 1 (5.00%) Senior IT Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) Windows
2 7 (35.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (20.00%) Windows 7
3 4 (20.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (10.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (10.00%) Time Management
4 1 (5.00%) Agile
4 1 (5.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (5.00%) DevOps
4 1 (5.00%) Hardware Maintenance
4 1 (5.00%) ITIL
4 1 (5.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (5.00%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 16 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.00%) SCCM
1 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) VMware
3 2 (10.00%) Cisco
4 1 (5.00%) Aruba
4 1 (5.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (5.00%) Dell
4 1 (5.00%) EMC
4 1 (5.00%) Meraki
4 1 (5.00%) Veeam