Break/Fix Contracts in the North West

Break/Fix
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 24 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 111 146
Rank change year-on-year -14 +35 +36
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 3 16 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.14% 0.63% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.75% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 4
10th Percentile - - £141
25th Percentile - - £192
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £126 £220
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -42.73% +100.00%
75th Percentile £248 £148 £223
90th Percentile £306 £159 £227
England median daily rate £200 £165 £140
% change year-on-year +21.21% +17.86% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £13.58 £17.70
25th Percentile - £14.06 £17.71
Median hourly rate - £15.75 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - -11.12% -
75th Percentile - £17.06 -
90th Percentile - £17.33 -
England median hourly rate £18.87 £14.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +30.14% -18.17% +19.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,906 2,137 2,733
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 87.87% 84.33% 89.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,234 1,315 1,890
10th Percentile £272 £300 £304
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.00% +0.20%
75th Percentile £570 £585 £588
90th Percentile £670 £675 £673
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 213 159
10th Percentile £13.50 £10.95 £15.75
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.00 £18.50
Median hourly rate £28.75 £30.00 £29.30
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.39% +19.59%
75th Percentile £58.94 £48.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £74.75 £69.58 £55.96
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -6.98% +65.38%

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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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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Break/Fix in the North West over the 6 months to 24 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 24 July 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
Cheshire -12 3 £150 -6.25% 3
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England

Break/Fix
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Support
1 1 (33.33%) Network Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Server Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Server Support
1 1 (33.33%) Server Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Node.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco