Hardware Maintenance Contracts

Hardware Maintenance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Hardware Maintenance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Hardware Maintenance over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 550 702 836
Rank change year-on-year +152 +134 -159
Contract jobs citing Hardware Maintenance 37 13 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.021% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.098% 0.024% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 8 13
10th Percentile £159 £151 £110
25th Percentile £213 £181 £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £190 £150
Median % change year-on-year +13.16% +26.67% -33.33%
75th Percentile £344 - £200
90th Percentile £500 £204 £378
UK excluding London median daily rate £215 £190 £150
% change year-on-year +13.16% +26.67% -33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - - £13.40
25th Percentile - £16.25 £15.14
Median hourly rate - £17.50 £19.03
Median % change year-on-year - -8.04% +9.53%
75th Percentile - £19.13 £22.01
90th Percentile - £19.35 £23.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £17.50 £19.03
% change year-on-year - -8.04% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Hardware Maintenance 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 37,760 54,632 81,458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.38% 89.84% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,440 37,790 57,209
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,414 1,780 1,950
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.90 £16.34 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +44.00% -
75th Percentile £58.69 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £71.83 £75.00 £63.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £19.96
% change year-on-year - +75.39% -8.21%

Hardware Maintenance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Hardware Maintenance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Hardware Maintenance in the UK

Hardware Maintenance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Hardware Maintenance.

Daily rate trend for Hardware Maintenance in the UK

Hardware Maintenance
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Hardware Maintenance over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Hardware Maintenance in the UK

Hardware Maintenance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Hardware Maintenance.

Hourly rate trend for Hardware Maintenance in the UK

Hardware Maintenance
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hardware Maintenance within the UK over the 6 months to 18 April 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
England +150 36 £215 +13.16% 21
UK excluding London +71 31 £215 +13.16% 15
South East +42 20 £215 - 4
London +109 4 £219 +15.13% 7
North of England +36 4 £131 -31.05% 2
South West +20 4 £488 - 1
North East - 3 £131 -
Work from Home +136 2 £306 - 8
Midlands +38 2 £500 - 4
West Midlands - 2 £500 - 4
North West +20 1 £500 +163.16% 2
East of England - 1 £160 - 3

Hardware Maintenance
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.11%) IIS
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (59.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (24.32%) Azure
2 5 (13.51%) AWS
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Stack
4 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.22%) Network Security
2 5 (13.51%) DMZ
2 5 (13.51%) Firewall
2 5 (13.51%) VPN
3 3 (8.11%) Internet
3 3 (8.11%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (5.41%) Wireless
5 1 (2.70%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) SAP HANA
General
1 26 (70.27%) Social Skills
2 19 (51.35%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (64.86%) Desktop Engineer
2 23 (62.16%) Support Engineer
3 21 (56.76%) Desktop Support
3 21 (56.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 19 (51.35%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
5 5 (13.51%) Network Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Network Security Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Security Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) IT Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) IT Support
7 2 (5.41%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Systems Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Applications Manager
8 1 (2.70%) SAP Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Software Asset Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) HTML
1 1 (2.70%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 19 (51.35%) Driving Licence
2 5 (13.51%) PKI
3 3 (8.11%) NHS
4 1 (2.70%) CCTV
4 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.70%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.70%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 28 (75.68%) Windows
2 23 (62.16%) Windows 10
3 19 (51.35%) Windows 7
4 2 (5.41%) Linux
5 1 (2.70%) Android
5 1 (2.70%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (67.57%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (59.46%) ITIL
3 21 (56.76%) Customer Service
4 7 (18.92%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (13.51%) Cloud Security
5 5 (13.51%) High Availability
5 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure as Code
5 5 (13.51%) Zero Trust
6 3 (8.11%) Software Deployment
7 2 (5.41%) Asset Management
7 2 (5.41%) Business Continuity
7 2 (5.41%) Data Protection
7 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (5.41%) Inventory Management
7 2 (5.41%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
7 2 (5.41%) Software Asset Management
7 2 (5.41%) Supplier Management
8 1 (2.70%) Budget Management
8 1 (2.70%) Computer Science
8 1 (2.70%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (70.27%) Security Cleared
2 19 (51.35%) DV Cleared
3 7 (18.92%) SC Cleared
4 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (5.41%) MCP
6 1 (2.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) GDPR
1 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (16.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.70%) Firmware
2 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (70.27%) SCCM
2 5 (13.51%) Ansible
2 5 (13.51%) Terraform
3 2 (5.41%) WSUS
Vendors
1 29 (78.38%) Microsoft
2 19 (51.35%) HP
3 5 (13.51%) F5
3 5 (13.51%) Fortinet
3 5 (13.51%) Palo Alto
4 3 (8.11%) Citrix
5 1 (2.70%) Meraki
5 1 (2.70%) SAP
5 1 (2.70%) VMware