Break/Fix Job Trends in Berkshire

Break/Fix
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Break/Fix skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 - 125
Rank change year-on-year - - +50
Permanent jobs citing Break/Fix 5 0 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.25% - 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% - 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 19
10th Percentile £27,400 - -
25th Percentile £28,000 - £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +50.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 - £56,250
90th Percentile £49,750 - £59,000
South East median annual salary £30,500 £24,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +27.08% -26.15% +8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Break/Fix falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,650 1,602 1,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.62% 92.33% 89.29%
Number of salaries quoted 751 715 1,204
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,925 £31,475
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £39,948
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -6.78%
75th Percentile £69,840 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £93,250 £87,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Break/Fix relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Break/Fix job vacancy trend in Berkshire

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Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Break/Fix.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Break/Fix

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Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Break/Fix in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Break/Fix in Berkshire

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Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Break/Fix within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Maidenhead - 4 £45,000 -
Break/Fix
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
1 4 (80.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Break Fix Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Field Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Field Hardware Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Presales
1 4 (80.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (80.00%) Project Planning
1 4 (80.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 4 (80.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) HP APS
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Aruba
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
1 4 (80.00%) Draytek
1 4 (80.00%) Fortinet
1 4 (80.00%) Meraki
1 4 (80.00%) Sophos
2 1 (20.00%) ConnectWise
2 1 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) VMware