Hardware Maintenance Contract Job Trends in the South East

Hardware Maintenance
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Hardware Maintenance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 163 192
Rank change year-on-year -20 +29 +56
Contract jobs citing Hardware Maintenance 1 5 18
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.022% 0.14% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.16% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 18
10th Percentile - £205 -
25th Percentile £143 £211 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £225 £215
Median % change year-on-year -35.56% +4.65% -
75th Percentile £148 £228 £218
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £198 £213 £215
% change year-on-year -7.06% -1.16% -28.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,761 3,221 4,491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.59% 88.37% 89.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,466 2,019 2,885
10th Percentile £222 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £402 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £518
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -1.62% +1.15%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £614
90th Percentile £677 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 120 241
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.90 £18.50
25th Percentile £17.00 £26.19 £27.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £48.62 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.73% -11.60% +41.94%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.11 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.88 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.64%

Hardware Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Hardware Maintenance job vacancy trend in the South East

Hardware Maintenance
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Hardware Maintenance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Hardware Maintenance

Hardware Maintenance
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Hardware Maintenance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Hardware Maintenance

Hardware Maintenance
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 Hardware Maintenance within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 December 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
Hampshire -16 1 £145 -
Hardware Maintenance
England

Hardware Maintenance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Field Service Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP