Break/Fix Contracts in the South West

Break/Fix
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 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 88 144 156
Rank change year-on-year +56 +12 -6
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 23 13 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.37% 0.41% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 0.49% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 10
10th Percentile - £103 -
25th Percentile £111 £105 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £130 £110 £200
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -45.00% -
75th Percentile £150 £146 -
90th Percentile £158 £148 £279
England median daily rate £200 £160 £173
% change year-on-year +25.00% -7.25% -9.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 0
10th Percentile - £11.85 -
25th Percentile £18.13 £12.00 -
Median hourly rate £18.51 £16.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.18% - -
75th Percentile - £17.25 -
90th Percentile £18.87 - -
England median hourly rate £24.18 £17.50 £17.70
% change year-on-year +38.17% -1.13% +5.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Break/Fix in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Break/Fix in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West 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
Bristol +25 11 £130 +19.82% 3
Devon - 6 £155 - 1
Gloucestershire - 4 £111 - 2
Somerset +2 2 - -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.35%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Cloud Services
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Internet
General
1 9 (39.13%) Public Sector
2 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) IT Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) IT Support
3 5 (21.74%) Field Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Field Service Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Hardware Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Hardware Technician
5 2 (8.70%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Break Fix Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Deployment Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Desktop Support
6 1 (4.35%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
1 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 13 (56.52%) Windows
2 11 (47.83%) Windows 7
3 5 (21.74%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (8.70%) Ticket Management
2 1 (4.35%) Application Packaging
2 1 (4.35%) Asset Management
2 1 (4.35%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (4.35%) Customer Experience
2 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (4.35%) Migration
2 1 (4.35%) Network Management
2 1 (4.35%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (4.35%) Server Management
2 1 (4.35%) Software Deployment
2 1 (4.35%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (52.17%) Security Cleared
2 7 (30.43%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) Dell
2 3 (13.04%) HP