Break/Fix
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Break/Fix skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Break/Fix over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 674 | 700 | 791 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +26 | +91 | +190 |
| Permanent jobs citing Break/Fix | 31 | 199 | 186 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.056% | 0.20% | 0.19% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.060% | 0.23% | 0.19% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26 | 179 | 143 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,750 | £25,760 | £24,100 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £27,500 | £27,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £36,250 | £29,850 | £42,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +21.44% | -29.76% | +36.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £45,000 | £41,125 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £58,581 | £59,000 | £74,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £32,500 | £29,290 | £29,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.96% | -0.71% | +1.72% |
All Process and 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 | 51,770 | 84,704 | 95,930 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 93.86% | 85.53% | 95.60% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,375 | 59,701 | 56,503 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £29,000 | £34,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £55,000 | £61,180 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -10.10% | +1.97% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £72,500 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £92,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Break/Fix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Break/Fix over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.
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Top 11 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 15 May 2025. 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 | +2 | 27 | £32,500 | +8.33% | 70 |
| UK excluding London | +40 | 20 | £32,500 | +10.96% | 54 |
| London | +75 | 9 | £40,000 | +6.67% | 28 |
| South East | +61 | 8 | £32,500 | +3.17% | 15 |
| South West | +109 | 7 | £30,000 | +1.33% | 9 |
| Work from Home | +119 | 6 | £38,750 | +15.67% | 13 |
| Scotland | +115 | 2 | £31,000 | +24.00% | 2 |
| North of England | +35 | 2 | £55,043 | +96.58% | 10 |
| North West | -15 | 2 | £55,043 | +96.58% | 4 |
| Midlands | +44 | 1 | £26,000 | -6.31% | 7 |
| East Midlands | +38 | 1 | £26,000 | - | 4 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: