Break/Fix Contracts in the South East

Break/Fix
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 154 190
Rank change year-on-year +27 +36 +46
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 22 42 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.74% 0.76% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.90% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 36 15
10th Percentile £136 £140 £130
25th Percentile - £280 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £500 £173
Median % change year-on-year -68.00% +189.86% -13.75%
75th Percentile £176 £608 £184
90th Percentile £230 - £200
England median daily rate £200 £175 £171
% change year-on-year +14.29% +2.19% -14.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24.18 £13.25 -
Median hourly rate £24.42 £14.50 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +68.41% -10.66% -9.28%
75th Percentile £24.66 £15.75 -
90th Percentile £104.19 - -
England median hourly rate £21.01 £17.50 £16.98
% change year-on-year +20.06% +3.09% +0.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,725 4,656 5,068
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.29% 84.39% 89.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,738 2,719 3,517
10th Percentile £250 £254 £248
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £510
Median % change year-on-year -0.20% -1.76% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 436 223
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.00 £16.37
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.20 £22.16
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -3.06% +127.91%
75th Percentile £62.37 £62.50 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £29.00 £37.18 £37.32
% change year-on-year -22.00% -0.38% +49.28%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Break/Fix in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Break/Fix in the South East over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Break/Fix in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Break/Fix in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Break/Fix in the South East over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Break/Fix in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
Surrey - 9 £174 - 1
Kent +11 6 £160 +14.29% 3
Thames Valley +9 5 £123 -76.10% 3
Berkshire -3 3 £165 -67.80% 3
Buckinghamshire +16 2 £123 +22.50%
Hampshire +27 1 £253 +136.53%
West Sussex +14 1 - -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.55%) AutoCAD
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) ATM
2 3 (13.64%) Wireless
3 2 (9.09%) Firewall
3 2 (9.09%) VPN
General
1 4 (18.18%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Banking
3 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.55%) Electronics
4 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.55%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) IT Engineer
2 7 (31.82%) Server Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Break Fix Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) EPoS Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Support Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) Server Support
4 4 (18.18%) Server Support Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) Data Centre Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Desktop Support
6 2 (9.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Field Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Hardware Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Hardware Support Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) IT Support
7 1 (4.55%) Analyst
7 1 (4.55%) Cabling Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (4.55%) IT Support Analyst
7 1 (4.55%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (45.45%) Data Centre
2 6 (27.27%) EPoS
3 2 (9.09%) CMDB
3 2 (9.09%) Driving Licence
3 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Android
2 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Customer Service
2 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (9.09%) Configuration Management
3 2 (9.09%) Problem Management
3 2 (9.09%) Time Management
4 1 (4.55%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (4.55%) Data Centre Operations
4 1 (4.55%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (4.55%) Hardware Maintenance
4 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (4.55%) Programme Management
4 1 (4.55%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (40.91%) SLA
2 2 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (54.55%) Dell
1 12 (54.55%) HP
2 10 (45.45%) IBM
3 1 (4.55%) Apple
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco
3 1 (4.55%) Juniper
3 1 (4.55%) SAP