Break/Fix Contracts in Somerset

Break/Fix
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 24 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 1.44% 1.48% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.54% 1.95% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate £130 £110 £200
% change year-on-year +18.18% -45.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £21.01 - -
South West median hourly rate £18.51 £16.50 -
% change year-on-year +12.18% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 130 154 186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 93.53% 75.86% 89.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 86 140
10th Percentile £263 £159 £234
25th Percentile £413 £397 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £675 £597 £664
90th Percentile £775 £613 £724
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 29 16
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.50 £17.38
25th Percentile - - £32.11
Median hourly rate £18.51 £25.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.96% -50.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile - £40.00 £61.09
90th Percentile - £50.65 £76.84
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Break/Fix
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in Somerset

Break/Fix
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix in Somerset.

Daily rate trend for Break/Fix in Somerset

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix in Somerset.

Hourly rate trend for Break/Fix in Somerset

Break/Fix
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bridgwater +3 1 - -
Break/Fix
South West

Break/Fix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 1 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Break Fix Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Network Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Server Management
1 1 (50.00%) Software Deployment
1 1 (50.00%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) HP