Break/Fix Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Break/Fix
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 299 326 459
Rank change year-on-year +27 +133 +143
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 5 19 18
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.050% 0.12% 0.070%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.055% 0.14% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 10 4
10th Percentile - £150 -
25th Percentile - £354 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 £250
Median % change year-on-year - +100.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile - £514 £350
90th Percentile - £524 £463
UK median daily rate £188 £160 £167
% change year-on-year +17.19% -4.19% -12.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £16.70 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year - -21.45% -
UK median hourly rate £21.01 £17.50 £17.70
% change year-on-year +20.06% -1.13% +8.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Break/Fix
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Break/Fix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Break/Fix trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Break/Fix
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Break/Fix.

Break/Fix daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Break/Fix.

Break/Fix hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

General
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Data Centre Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Server Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Break Fix Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Wintel Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Wintel Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Dell
1 5 (100.00%) HP
2 3 (60.00%) IBM