Break/Fix Contract Job Trends in the North East

Break/Fix
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Break/Fix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 - 34
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.61% - 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% - 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £225 - £110
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - £120
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.15%
75th Percentile £305 - £130
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £175 £160 £420
% change year-on-year +9.38% -61.90% +208.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 685 226 217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 83.54% 82.78% 88.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 129 98
10th Percentile £313 £220 £300
25th Percentile £364 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £473
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -1.59% -0.26%
75th Percentile £550 £569 £587
90th Percentile £650 £625 £689
England median daily rate £525 £509 £525
% change year-on-year +3.05% -2.96% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 17 28
10th Percentile £17.00 £11.60 £14.41
25th Percentile £38.50 £13.37 £15.50
Median hourly rate £51.75 £17.30 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +199.13% -62.54% +130.90%
75th Percentile £70.00 £20.63 £47.14
90th Percentile - £42.40 £70.00
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Break/Fix job vacancy trend in the North East

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Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 5 September 2026. 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
Durham - 5 £250 - 2
Break/Fix
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 10