Break/Fix Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Break/Fix
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Break/Fix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 2.00% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £200 £310 £135
% change year-on-year -35.48% +129.63% -9.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 82 52 101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 82.00% 88.14% 82.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 26 63
10th Percentile £181 £140 £142
25th Percentile £240 £150 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £195 £369
Median % change year-on-year +98.72% -47.13% -26.23%
75th Percentile £519 £488 £488
90th Percentile £783 £556 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £481 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.26% -5.00% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 9
10th Percentile - £12.25 £14.29
25th Percentile - £19.00 £15.13
Median hourly rate £13.10 £30.00 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year -56.33% -11.58% +23.38%
75th Percentile £20.93 £31.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £25.62 £37.25 £54.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £24.34 £22.50
% change year-on-year +39.65% +8.18% -10.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Break/Fix job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Break/Fix.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Break/Fix

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Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Break/Fix.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Break/Fix

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Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 30 June 2026. 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
Cannock - 2 £200 - 1
Break/Fix
West Midlands

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Break Fix Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) HP