Break/Fix Contract Job Trends in the South West

Break/Fix
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Break/Fix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 111 131
Rank change year-on-year -13 +20 +39
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 8 19 12
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.34% 0.91% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 1.05% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 13 11
10th Percentile - £111 £102
25th Percentile - £145 £107
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £225 £143
Median % change year-on-year - +57.89% -28.75%
75th Percentile - £250 £146
90th Percentile - £388 £210
England median daily rate £150 £230 £143
% change year-on-year -34.78% +61.40% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £11.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £18.87 £13.50 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.78% -18.18% -
75th Percentile - £15.25 £17.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year -21.96% +36.46% +0.11%

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 1,958 1,816 2,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.50% 87.31% 86.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,113 1,689
10th Percentile £263 £264 £300
25th Percentile £413 £418 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £734 £713
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 298 120 272
10th Percentile £15.25 £19.41 £20.55
25th Percentile £19.73 £49.50 £45.00
Median hourly rate £33.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.23% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.79% +20.52%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Break/Fix relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Break/Fix job vacancy trend in the South West

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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Break/Fix.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Break/Fix

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Break/Fix.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Break/Fix

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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 23 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
Bristol -8 6 - - 1
Gloucestershire -10 1 - - 1
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) SAN
General
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) Field Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Field Service Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
1 7 (87.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
1 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) A+ Certification
1 1 (12.50%) CCNA
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (12.50%) MCSE
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Dell