Break/Fix Jobs in the UK excluding London

Break/Fix
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Break/Fix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Break/Fix over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 605 657 704
Rank change year-on-year +52 +47 -88
Permanent jobs citing Break/Fix 153 107 147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.17% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.18% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 139 68 111
10th Percentile £25,760 £23,750 £22,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £25,420 £24,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,290 £29,500 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% +1.72% -1.69%
75th Percentile £37,000 £33,750 £38,375
90th Percentile £59,000 £45,750 £47,500
UK median annual salary £29,605 £40,750 £32,500
% change year-on-year -27.35% +25.38% +3.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Break/Fix is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,217 59,337 66,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.49% 95.62% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 41,096 30,395 41,344
10th Percentile £27,234 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%

Break/Fix
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Break/Fix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in the UK excluding London

Break/Fix
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Break/Fix in the UK excluding London

Break/Fix
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Break/Fix in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Break/Fix in the UK excluding London

Break/Fix
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Break/Fix within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +34 43 £31,500 - 17
East of England +35 28 £33,250 +5.35% 10
Midlands +20 23 £27,000 +12.50% 4
West Midlands +33 22 £27,000 +12.50% 1
North of England +42 21 £28,000 +2.75% 7
Wales - 19 £28,290 -
South West -24 14 £29,605 +3.88% 7
North West +14 11 £28,000 +14.29% 2
North East +5 8 £28,000 -6.67% 3
Northern Ireland - 4 £28,000 - 3
Yorkshire +81 2 £29,000 +26.09% 2
East Midlands -17 1 - - 3
Scotland -66 1 £25,000 -18.70% 17
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UK

Break/Fix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (7.19%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (7.19%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.58%) CMS
3 4 (2.61%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (2.61%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (2.61%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 28 (18.30%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (16.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (16.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 54 (35.29%) Azure
2 50 (32.68%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (22.88%) Entra ID
4 25 (16.34%) OneDrive
5 12 (7.84%) OCI
6 6 (3.92%) Mimecast
7 3 (1.96%) IaaS
8 1 (0.65%) Dropbox
8 1 (0.65%) Google Drive
8 1 (0.65%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 25 (16.34%) Remote Desktop
2 21 (13.73%) DNS
3 20 (13.07%) Firewall
4 19 (12.42%) DHCP
5 14 (9.15%) VPN
6 12 (7.84%) SAN
7 8 (5.23%) TCP/IP
8 7 (4.58%) WAN
9 6 (3.92%) LAN
9 6 (3.92%) Structured Cabling
9 6 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.96%) Intranet
11 1 (0.65%) NAS
11 1 (0.65%) Skype
General
1 100 (65.36%) Social Skills
2 43 (28.10%) Organisational Skills
3 30 (19.61%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (15.69%) Retail
5 14 (9.15%) Law
6 13 (8.50%) Finance
7 9 (5.88%) Legal
8 8 (5.23%) Marketing
8 8 (5.23%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.31%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 58 (37.91%) Support Engineer
2 38 (24.84%) Senior
3 36 (23.53%) Desktop Support
4 33 (21.57%) Desktop Engineer
4 33 (21.57%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 28 (18.30%) Field Engineer
6 27 (17.65%) Field Service Engineer
7 26 (16.99%) Hardware Engineer
8 23 (15.03%) IT Support
9 22 (14.38%) Senior Field Engineer
10 21 (13.73%) Senior Field Service Engineer
11 17 (11.11%) IT Engineer
12 15 (9.80%) IT Support Engineer
13 13 (8.50%) Technical Engineer
14 12 (7.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 10 (6.54%) Field Hardware Engineer
15 10 (6.54%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
16 8 (5.23%) PowerShell Engineer
16 8 (5.23%) Senior Hardware Engineer
16 8 (5.23%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 49 (32.03%) Driving Licence
2 33 (21.57%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (16.34%) EPoS
4 12 (7.84%) Data Centre
5 11 (7.19%) Smartphone
6 7 (4.58%) Digital Signage
7 6 (3.92%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.61%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.96%) Enterprise Storage
10 2 (1.31%) Digital Media
10 2 (1.31%) iPad
10 2 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.65%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 116 (75.82%) Windows
2 31 (20.26%) Windows 10
3 22 (14.38%) Windows Server
4 16 (10.46%) Windows Server 2012
4 16 (10.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (9.15%) Windows 7
6 12 (7.84%) Linux
6 12 (7.84%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (7.84%) Windows XP
7 7 (4.58%) Android
8 5 (3.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (38.56%) Customer Service
3 56 (36.60%) ITIL
4 33 (21.57%) Time Management
5 29 (18.95%) Ticket Management
6 23 (15.03%) Innovative Thinking
7 19 (12.42%) Project Management
8 15 (9.80%) Disaster Recovery
9 14 (9.15%) Asset Management
9 14 (9.15%) Server Management
10 13 (8.50%) IT Asset Management
11 12 (7.84%) Converged Infrastructure
11 12 (7.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 12 (7.84%) Performance Monitoring
11 12 (7.84%) Performance Tuning
11 12 (7.84%) Proactive Monitoring
11 12 (7.84%) Storage Management
12 10 (6.54%) Mobile Device Management
12 10 (6.54%) Preventative Maintenance
13 9 (5.88%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.84%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 48 (31.37%) Security Cleared
2 44 (28.76%) SC Cleared
3 27 (17.65%) DV Cleared
4 18 (11.76%) A+ Certification
4 18 (11.76%) Degree
5 15 (9.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (9.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (8.50%) CCNA
6 13 (8.50%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (8.50%) MCP
7 12 (7.84%) CCNP
8 3 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.31%) HND
9 2 (1.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.31%) NVQ Level 4
10 1 (0.65%) MCDST
10 1 (0.65%) MCSA
10 1 (0.65%) Server+ Certification
10 1 (0.65%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (32.68%) SLA
2 9 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.27%) GDPR
4 2 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 91 (59.48%) Active Directory
2 13 (8.50%) Firmware
3 12 (7.84%) Hyper-V
3 12 (7.84%) VMware ESXi
3 12 (7.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 39 (25.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (22.88%) SCCM
3 12 (7.84%) EMC NetWorker
3 12 (7.84%) NetBackup
3 12 (7.84%) SCOM
3 12 (7.84%) vCenter Server
3 12 (7.84%) WSUS
4 4 (2.61%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.31%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 97 (63.40%) Microsoft
2 45 (29.41%) HP
3 43 (28.10%) Dell
4 27 (17.65%) IBM
5 15 (9.80%) VMware
6 13 (8.50%) 3PAR
6 13 (8.50%) NetApp
7 12 (7.84%) Cisco
7 12 (7.84%) EMC
7 12 (7.84%) Extreme Networks
7 12 (7.84%) Juniper
7 12 (7.84%) Oracle
7 12 (7.84%) Palo Alto
7 12 (7.84%) Symantec
7 12 (7.84%) Veeam
8 10 (6.54%) McAfee
8 10 (6.54%) MobileIron
9 3 (1.96%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.31%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.65%) Synology