Hardware Maintenance Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Hardware Maintenance
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Hardware Maintenance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 - 182
Rank change year-on-year - - +49
Contract jobs citing Hardware Maintenance 2 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.039% - 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.044% - 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile £130 - -
25th Percentile £133 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £143 - £131
Median % change year-on-year - - -67.25%
75th Percentile £149 - £350
90th Percentile £150 - £417
England median daily rate £148 £225 £215
% change year-on-year -34.33% +4.65% +7.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Hardware Maintenance 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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,522 2,937 4,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 87.26% 88.65% 87.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,978 1,763 2,747
10th Percentile £250 £260 £275
25th Percentile £370 £365 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £651 £672
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 134 308
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.23 £11.76
25th Percentile £21.06 £18.26 £13.67
Median hourly rate £41.94 £27.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.51% +22.22% -12.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £74.45 £53.75
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

Hardware Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Hardware Maintenance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Hardware Maintenance job vacancy trend in the North of England

Hardware Maintenance
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Hardware Maintenance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Hardware Maintenance

Hardware Maintenance
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Hardware Maintenance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Hardware Maintenance

Hardware Maintenance
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Maintenance within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 February 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
North West - 2 £143 - 1
Hardware Maintenance
England

Hardware Maintenance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Break Fix Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (50.00%) Data Security
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) HP