Hardware Maintenance Contract Job Trends in the North West

Hardware Maintenance
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West 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 151 - 137
Rank change year-on-year - - +35
Contract jobs citing Hardware Maintenance 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.073% - 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.085% - 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £130 - -
25th Percentile £133 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £143 - £500
75th Percentile £149 - -
90th Percentile £150 - -
England median daily rate £148 £225 £215
% change year-on-year -34.33% +4.65% +7.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,363 1,849 2,448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.65% 88.77% 86.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,531 1,108 1,624
10th Percentile £213 £265 £306
25th Percentile £358 £380 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £572 £588
90th Percentile £650 £656 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 201 98 216
10th Percentile £16.01 £17.48 £12.50
25th Percentile £22.85 £22.78 £15.50
Median hourly rate £42.69 £31.51 £29.22
Median % change year-on-year +35.46% +7.84% -22.08%
75th Percentile £61.25 £55.76 £46.18
90th Percentile £75.79 £75.58 £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 West

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

Hardware Maintenance job vacancy trend in the North West

Hardware Maintenance
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Hardware Maintenance
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Hardware Maintenance
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 Hardware Maintenance within the North West 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
Manchester - 2 £143 - 1
Hardware Maintenance
England

Hardware Maintenance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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