Break/Fix
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 | 385 | 384 | 536 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | +152 | +132 |
| Contract jobs citing Break/Fix | 137 | 200 | 182 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.47% | 0.46% | 0.30% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.52% | 0.53% | 0.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 79 | 104 | 142 |
| 10th Percentile | £124 | £105 | £105 |
| 25th Percentile | £151 | £126 | £140 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £188 | £160 | £167 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.19% | -4.19% | -12.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £264 | £300 | £220 |
| 90th Percentile | £575 | £608 | £521 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £168 | £180 | £170 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.67% | +5.88% | -10.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 41 | 61 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.30 | £11.75 | £14.74 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.13 | £15.75 | £16.23 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.01 | £17.50 | £17.70 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.06% | -1.13% | +8.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £24.50 | £19.50 | £21.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £24.66 | £23.75 | £21.26 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £21.01 | £16.60 | £17.70 |
| % change year-on-year | +26.57% | -6.21% | +12.45% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 26,594 | 37,597 | 53,655 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 90.84% | 86.31% | 89.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,149 | 24,227 | 37,238 |
| 10th Percentile | £308 | £300 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £438 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £520 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.95% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £630 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £743 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £483 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.50% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,071 | 2,443 | 1,746 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.41 | £12.75 | £11.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.21 | £16.00 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £35.65 | £37.30 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.65% | -4.42% | +49.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.38 | £59.98 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £27.50 | £37.34 | £36.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.35% | +3.72% | +80.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Break/Fix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Break/Fix over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Break/Fix over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Top 17 Contract Locations
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 UK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +20 | 111 | £200 | +25.00% | 54 |
| UK excluding London | +8 | 102 | £168 | -6.67% | 39 |
| London | +34 | 36 | £230 | +53.33% | 23 |
| South East | +28 | 24 | £163 | -67.50% | 14 |
| South West | +56 | 23 | £130 | +18.18% | 5 |
| Midlands | +38 | 20 | £200 | +87.35% | 5 |
| Scotland | -14 | 18 | £170 | -12.82% | 2 |
| East Midlands | +23 | 16 | £200 | +93.24% | 2 |
| East of England | +29 | 5 | £550 | +311.21% | 4 |
| Work from Home | +27 | 5 | - | - | 11 |
| North of England | -19 | 5 | £405 | +221.43% | 8 |
| West Midlands | +17 | 4 | £275 | +150.00% | 3 |
| Wales | 0 | 4 | £119 | - | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | -6 | 4 | £135 | -5.53% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | -10 | 3 | £405 | +153.13% | 3 |
| North East | -1 | 1 | £120 | - | 2 |
| North West | -2 | 1 | £575 | +356.35% | 3 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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