Break/Fix Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Break/Fix
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Break/Fix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 110 124
Rank change year-on-year -14 +14 +61
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 33 17 9
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 1.05% 0.74% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 0.86% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 7
10th Percentile - £150 £105
25th Percentile £125 £174 £123
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £134 £200 £160
Median % change year-on-year -33.00% +25.00% -36.00%
75th Percentile £150 £206 -
90th Percentile £167 £210 £167
England median daily rate £150 £230 £143
% change year-on-year -34.78% +61.40% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 2
10th Percentile - £20.30 £17.95
25th Percentile - £23.21 £18.29
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £18.86
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% +28.21% +6.55%
75th Percentile - £35.00 £19.43
90th Percentile £23.89 - £19.77
England median hourly rate £18.87 £22.89 £17.72
% change year-on-year -17.54% +29.15% +0.11%

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 2,726 1,986 2,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.48% 86.05% 84.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,703 1,252 1,498
10th Percentile £250 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £375 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -1.52%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £595
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 69 96
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £13.13
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.97
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% -2.17% +36.66%
75th Percentile £25.15 £33.54 £51.50
90th Percentile £31.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

Break/Fix
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Break/Fix job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Break/Fix
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 17 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
West Midlands -21 19 £150 +11.56% 2
East Midlands -19 14 £130 -35.00%
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England

Break/Fix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) PuTTY
1 3 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
1 3 (9.09%) SAN
1 3 (9.09%) SSH
1 3 (9.09%) Telnet
General
1 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (15.15%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) Break Fix Engineer
2 10 (30.30%) Junior
3 3 (9.09%) Field Engineer
3 3 (9.09%) Field Service Engineer
3 3 (9.09%) Hardware Engineer
3 3 (9.09%) IT Engineer
3 3 (9.09%) Support Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) IT Support
4 2 (6.06%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Desktop Support
5 1 (3.03%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Hardware Technician
5 1 (3.03%) IT Technician
5 1 (3.03%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Network Support
5 1 (3.03%) Network Support Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 4 (12.12%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (12.12%) Mobile App
3 3 (9.09%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.15%) Windows
2 4 (12.12%) Windows 10
3 3 (9.09%) Linux
3 3 (9.09%) Windows 7
3 3 (9.09%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (15.15%) Time Management
2 4 (12.12%) Customer Experience
2 4 (12.12%) Customer Service
3 2 (6.06%) Line Management
4 1 (3.03%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 14 (42.42%) SC Cleared
1 14 (42.42%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.09%) A+ Certification
2 3 (9.09%) CCNA
2 3 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (9.09%) MCSE
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) SLA
2 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.09%) BitLocker
2 3 (9.09%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) HP
2 6 (18.18%) Cisco
2 6 (18.18%) Dell
3 3 (9.09%) Draytek
3 3 (9.09%) Fortinet
3 3 (9.09%) McAfee
3 3 (9.09%) Microsoft