Break/Fix Job Trends in Devon

Break/Fix
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Break/Fix skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - 50
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Break/Fix 8 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 1.41% - 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% - 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £25,563 - -
25th Percentile £25,844 - £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 - £28,000
75th Percentile £26,231 - £28,500
90th Percentile £26,648 - -
South West median annual salary £27,720 £24,323 £28,000
% change year-on-year +13.97% -13.13% +1.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 431 383 271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 75.75% 81.84% 84.42%
Number of salaries quoted 278 168 207
10th Percentile £25,850 £27,598 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £34,851 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.60% +0.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £57,875 £63,125 £55,000
90th Percentile £78,765 £75,000 £65,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £53,351
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.09% +5.03%

Break/Fix
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Break/Fix job vacancy trend in Devon

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Salary Trend in Devon

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Break/Fix

Break/Fix
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Break/Fix within the Devon region over the 6 months to 2 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
Exeter - 4 £26,000 - 2
Plymouth - 4 - -
Break/Fix
South West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (12.50%) SAN
General
1 4 (50.00%) Military
1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Break Fix Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Cabling Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Data Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Field Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Field Hardware Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Coaching
1 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
1 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) A+ Certification
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) CCNA
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) MCSE
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Dell