Break/Fix Job Trends

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%

Break/Fix
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Break/Fix job vacancy trend in the UK

Break/Fix
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Break/Fix.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Break/Fix

Break/Fix
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Break/Fix in the UK

Break/Fix
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

Break/Fix
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:

Application Platforms
1 25 (23.81%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 24 (22.86%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (8.57%) Adobe Premiere
3 9 (8.57%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 20 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (16.19%) OneDrive
3 6 (5.71%) Azure
4 3 (2.86%) SaaS
5 2 (1.90%) AWS
5 2 (1.90%) Contentstack
6 1 (0.95%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.95%) GitHub
6 1 (0.95%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.95%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 27 (25.71%) Structured Cabling
2 15 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (13.33%) Firewall
4 6 (5.71%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (5.71%) Cisco Nexus
4 6 (5.71%) LAN
4 6 (5.71%) WebEx
5 4 (3.81%) VPN
5 4 (3.81%) Wireless
6 2 (1.90%) Extranet
6 2 (1.90%) Intranet
7 1 (0.95%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.95%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.90%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.95%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.95%) JIRA
General
1 22 (20.95%) Organisational Skills
2 17 (16.19%) Social Skills
3 9 (8.57%) Dutch Language
3 9 (8.57%) French Language
3 9 (8.57%) German Language
3 9 (8.57%) Legal
3 9 (8.57%) Spanish Language
4 8 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.76%) Finance
6 4 (3.81%) Military
6 4 (3.81%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.81%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.95%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (27.62%) Field Engineer
2 26 (24.76%) Break Fix Engineer
3 20 (19.05%) Field Service Engineer
4 15 (14.29%) Support Specialist
5 13 (12.38%) Support Engineer
6 12 (11.43%) Cabling Engineer
7 11 (10.48%) Analyst
8 10 (9.52%) Hardware Engineer
9 9 (8.57%) Field Hardware Engineer
9 9 (8.57%) IT Support
9 9 (8.57%) Service Manager
10 7 (6.67%) Desktop Engineer
11 6 (5.71%) Customer Support Technician
11 6 (5.71%) Desktop Support
11 6 (5.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 6 (5.71%) Help Desk Analyst
11 6 (5.71%) Support Technician
12 5 (4.76%) Audio Visual Engineer
12 5 (4.76%) IT Engineer
12 5 (4.76%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 46 (43.81%) Driving Licence
2 18 (17.14%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 15 (14.29%) EPoS
4 3 (2.86%) Digital Signage
5 2 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.90%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 14 (13.33%) Windows
2 7 (6.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.95%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.95%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (38.10%) Customer Service
2 28 (26.67%) Service Delivery
3 27 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (23.81%) Coaching
4 25 (23.81%) ITSM
5 24 (22.86%) Mentoring
6 22 (20.95%) ITIL
7 20 (19.05%) Project Delivery
8 16 (15.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (14.29%) Decision-Making
10 12 (11.43%) Hardware Maintenance
11 10 (9.52%) Information Security
12 9 (8.57%) Digital Strategy
12 9 (8.57%) Service Management
12 9 (8.57%) Videography
13 6 (5.71%) Inventory Management
13 6 (5.71%) ISMS
13 6 (5.71%) Trend Analysis
14 5 (4.76%) Asset Management
14 5 (4.76%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.71%) SQL
2 5 (4.76%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.76%) Python
3 4 (3.81%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (20.00%) Degree
2 18 (17.14%) DBS Check
3 17 (16.19%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (15.24%) Security Cleared
5 9 (8.57%) CCNA
5 9 (8.57%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (8.57%) Master's Degree
5 9 (8.57%) PMI Certification
5 9 (8.57%) PMP
6 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.86%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.90%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.90%) MCSA
7 2 (1.90%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.95%) HP APS
8 1 (0.95%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (13.33%) SLA
2 4 (3.81%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 12 (11.43%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.95%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (10.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.95%) SCCM
Vendors
1 39 (37.14%) Microsoft
2 26 (24.76%) HP
3 18 (17.14%) Dell
4 12 (11.43%) Cisco
4 12 (11.43%) IBM
5 10 (9.52%) Meraki
6 9 (8.57%) Adobe
7 8 (7.62%) VMware
8 6 (5.71%) Apple
9 4 (3.81%) Aruba
9 4 (3.81%) Draytek
9 4 (3.81%) Fortinet
9 4 (3.81%) Sophos
10 3 (2.86%) Canon
10 3 (2.86%) Oracle
11 1 (0.95%) Informatica
11 1 (0.95%) McAfee
11 1 (0.95%) MobileIron
11 1 (0.95%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.95%) Snow