Break/Fix
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs 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 | 546 | 667 | 595 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +121 | -72 | +187 |
| Permanent jobs citing Break/Fix | 105 | 44 | 118 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.18% | 0.080% | 0.23% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.22% | 0.089% | 0.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 69 | 21 | 115 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,950 | £23,500 | £25,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £29,000 | £26,000 | £27,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £31,500 | £32,500 | £29,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.08% | +12.07% | -8.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £37,500 | £40,250 | £37,120 |
| 90th Percentile | £47,500 | £87,500 | £54,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £30,500 | £27,500 | £28,290 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.91% | -2.79% | -4.10% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 48,455 | 49,716 | 46,950 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 81.91% | 90.02% | 91.47% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28,359 | 24,660 | 35,854 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £35,000 | £31,552 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | - | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £100,000 | £97,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £49,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.91% | +4.76% | -4.50% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Break/Fix relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Break/Fix.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Break/Fix over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.
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Top 14 Job Locations
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +125 | 90 | £31,500 | -8.70% | 34 |
| UK excluding London | +95 | 61 | £30,500 | +10.91% | 23 |
| London | +52 | 37 | £35,000 | -27.08% | 13 |
| South West | +22 | 16 | £27,720 | +13.97% | 6 |
| Midlands | +28 | 13 | £26,500 | +1.92% | 2 |
| South East | +32 | 12 | £30,500 | +27.08% | 7 |
| North of England | +27 | 11 | £30,000 | -7.69% | 6 |
| East Midlands | -3 | 10 | £26,500 | +1.92% | 1 |
| North West | +28 | 8 | £30,000 | -7.69% | 2 |
| Wales | +13 | 8 | £30,500 | +5.17% | |
| Work from Home | +66 | 5 | £41,075 | +12.53% | |
| West Midlands | - | 3 | £32,000 | - | 1 |
| Yorkshire | - | 3 | £41,075 | - | 4 |
| East of England | +22 | 1 | £31,500 | -3.08% | 1 |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:
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