Break/Fix Contracts in the North West

Break/Fix
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Break/Fix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Break/Fix over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 146 179
Rank change year-on-year +25 +33 -52
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 20 11 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.72% 0.34% 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.37% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 2
10th Percentile - £142 £211
25th Percentile - £167 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £126 £220 £243
Median % change year-on-year -42.73% -9.28% +76.36%
75th Percentile £148 £434 £269
90th Percentile £156 £640 £280
England median daily rate £160 £173 £190
% change year-on-year -7.25% -9.21% +31.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £14.59 - -
25th Percentile £16.60 - -
Median hourly rate £17.72 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £17.50 £17.70 £16.28
% change year-on-year -1.13% +8.71% +8.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Break/Fix is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,398 2,935 3,505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.32% 90.92% 88.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,547 2,090 2,574
10th Percentile £306 £313 £230
25th Percentile £405 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £589 £569
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 149 166
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.73 £10.64
25th Percentile £13.28 £20.22 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +15.21%
75th Percentile £45.00 £48.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £56.80 £65.00 £59.38
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Break/Fix in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Break/Fix in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Manchester +25 13 £126 -70.18% 2
Merseyside +20 3 £145 -13.17%
Cumbria - 3 £180 -
Cheshire +2 1 £160 -30.43%
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (10.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) ATM
2 2 (10.00%) VPN
General
1 12 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (45.00%) Finance
2 9 (45.00%) Retail
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Legal
4 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) IT Technician
2 4 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) IT Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) IT Support
4 2 (10.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Field Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Field Service Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) IT Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 9 (45.00%) EPoS
2 9 (45.00%) Smartphone
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) Windows
2 5 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 5 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (5.00%) Agile
4 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (5.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.00%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco
2 2 (10.00%) Meraki
3 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow