Break Fix Engineer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Break/Fix Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Break/Fix Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 323 337 373
Rank change year-on-year +14 +36 +103
Contract jobs requiring a Break Fix Engineer 79 10 26
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.43% 0.069% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.074% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 3 26
10th Percentile £132 £167 -
25th Percentile £150 £181 £139
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £210 £143
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +47.37% +29.55%
75th Percentile £210 £221 £146
90th Percentile - £224 £220
UK median daily rate £185 £214 £143
% change year-on-year -13.45% +50.00% +29.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £24.18 -
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 -
% change year-on-year +4.01% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,535 13,461 18,209
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 92.34% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,164 8,005 11,830
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £373 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,655 755 1,276
10th Percentile £13.95 £15.28 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.26 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -29.62% +77.62%
75th Percentile £58.13 £63.93 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.64 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.63% -27.78% +40.82%

Break Fix Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Break Fix Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Break Fix Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Break Fix Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Break Fix Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Break Fix Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Break Fix Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Break Fix Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Break Fix Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Break Fix Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Break Fix Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Midlands - 39 £185 - 3
East Midlands - 23 £167 - 3
South East +6 22 £180 -17.24% 5
West Midlands - 16 £185 -
East of England - 14 £200 - 3
South West - 2 £210 - 2
North of England - 2 £190 - 2
North West - 1 £170 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £210 - 1
Break Fix Engineer
UK

Break Fix Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, Break Fix Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Break Fix Engineer in the job title.

1 49 (62.03%) HP
2 37 (46.84%) Time Management
3 35 (44.30%) Break/Fix
4 27 (34.18%) Customer Service
5 15 (18.99%) Service Management
6 5 (6.33%) Cisco
7 4 (5.06%) Customer Experience
7 4 (5.06%) SLA
8 3 (3.80%) Dell
8 3 (3.80%) Fortinet
8 3 (3.80%) SCCM
8 3 (3.80%) Windows
9 2 (2.53%) Active Directory
9 2 (2.53%) BitLocker
9 2 (2.53%) Draytek
9 2 (2.53%) Firmware
9 2 (2.53%) Line Management
9 2 (2.53%) Linux
9 2 (2.53%) McAfee
9 2 (2.53%) Microsoft
9 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
9 2 (2.53%) PuTTY
9 2 (2.53%) SSH
9 2 (2.53%) Telnet
9 2 (2.53%) Windows 10
9 2 (2.53%) Windows 7
9 2 (2.53%) Windows 8
10 1 (1.27%) Android
10 1 (1.27%) ATM
10 1 (1.27%) Canon

Break Fix Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.53%) PuTTY
1 2 (2.53%) SSH
1 2 (2.53%) Telnet
2 1 (1.27%) ATM
General
1 37 (46.84%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (5.06%) Social Skills
3 3 (3.80%) Finance
4 1 (1.27%) Legal
4 1 (1.27%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.19%) Mobile App
2 2 (2.53%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.27%) Smartphone
3 1 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.80%) Windows
2 2 (2.53%) Linux
2 2 (2.53%) Windows 10
2 2 (2.53%) Windows 7
2 2 (2.53%) Windows 8
3 1 (1.27%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (46.84%) Time Management
2 35 (44.30%) Break/Fix
3 27 (34.18%) Customer Service
4 15 (18.99%) Service Management
5 4 (5.06%) Customer Experience
6 2 (2.53%) Line Management
7 1 (1.27%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
1 1 (1.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.06%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.53%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.53%) BitLocker
1 2 (2.53%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.80%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (62.03%) HP
2 5 (6.33%) Cisco
3 3 (3.80%) Dell
3 3 (3.80%) Fortinet
4 2 (2.53%) Draytek
4 2 (2.53%) McAfee
4 2 (2.53%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.27%) Canon
5 1 (1.27%) NCR