Break/Fix
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Break/Fix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Break/Fix over the 6 months to 30 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 30 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 383 | 525 | 674 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +142 | +149 | -56 |
| Contract jobs citing Break/Fix | 189 | 164 | 167 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.44% | 0.29% | 0.19% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.51% | 0.33% | 0.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 100 | 121 | 103 |
| 10th Percentile | £105 | £105 | £125 |
| 25th Percentile | £126 | £130 | £145 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £188 | £160 | £200 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.19% | -20.00% | +42.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £293 | £200 | £281 |
| 90th Percentile | £608 | £538 | £313 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £200 | £160 | £195 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -17.95% | +39.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 54 | 4 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £11.75 | £14.49 | £10.78 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.25 | £15.61 | £13.87 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.71 | £17.60 | £15.74 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.09% | +11.82% | +33.62% |
| 75th Percentile | £19.50 | £18.60 | £17.61 |
| 90th Percentile | £24.05 | £20.19 | £22.21 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £16.00 | £17.60 | £15.74 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +11.82% | +33.62% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Break/Fix is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 36,713 | 50,320 | 79,377 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 85.58% | 89.67% | 90.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,592 | 34,845 | 55,748 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £344 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +2.33% | +7.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £640 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +2.56% | +9.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,515 | 1,670 | 1,881 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £10.63 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £15.50 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £36.77 | £25.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.73% | +43.19% | +9.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.00 | £49.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.12 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.91% | +75.00% | -4.99% |
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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 30 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix.
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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 30 May 2024. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +69 | 156 | £200 | +25.00% | 67 |
| England | +94 | 129 | £168 | +0.30% | 50 |
| Scotland | +73 | 54 | £200 | +25.00% | 16 |
| North of England | +38 | 39 | £126 | +14.55% | 5 |
| South East | +29 | 39 | £513 | +197.10% | 13 |
| London | +79 | 33 | £158 | -1.56% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +23 | 21 | £160 | +49.53% | |
| North West | +28 | 17 | £126 | -34.88% | 5 |
| Work from Home | +122 | 16 | £500 | -4.76% | 7 |
| South West | +1 | 11 | £110 | -45.00% | 11 |
| Wales | +14 | 4 | - | - | |
| Midlands | -5 | 4 | £119 | -79.70% | 6 |
| East of England | +8 | 3 | £125 | -13.79% | 11 |
| East Midlands | 0 | 3 | £104 | -82.38% | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | +6 | 2 | £143 | - | 6 |
| West Midlands | +8 | 1 | £135 | +0.37% | 3 |
| North East | +7 | 1 | - | - |
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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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