Break/Fix Job Trends in the West Midlands

Break/Fix
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Break/Fix skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 205 167
Rank change year-on-year +38 -38 +123
Permanent jobs citing Break/Fix 3 2 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.087% 0.037% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.045% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,000 £27,500 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £28,000 £27,760
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +0.86% -7.47%
75th Percentile £33,000 £28,500 £29,220
90th Percentile - - £30,680
England median annual salary £31,500 £32,000 £28,290
% change year-on-year -1.56% +13.11% -10.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,924 4,464 3,217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.51% 82.67% 93.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,885 2,031 2,545
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -0.10%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,750 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Break/Fix job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Break/Fix

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Field Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Canon
1 3 (100.00%) HP