Break/Fix Contracts in London

Break/Fix
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Break/Fix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Break/Fix over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 443 578
Rank change year-on-year +94 +135 -99
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 37 44 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.21% 0.17% 0.098%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.19% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 32 19
10th Percentile - £120 £131
25th Percentile £140 £140 £146
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 £160 £150
Median % change year-on-year -1.56% +6.67% -45.45%
75th Percentile £193 £200 £230
90th Percentile £349 £220 £248
England median daily rate £180 £173 £200
% change year-on-year +4.35% -13.75% +42.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 2
10th Percentile £16.25 - £23.23
25th Percentile £16.81 - £23.56
Median hourly rate £22.00 - £24.75
75th Percentile £24.45 - £26.56
90th Percentile £25.25 - £27.28
England median hourly rate £17.50 £16.98 £16.28
% change year-on-year +3.09% +4.25% +38.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,484 23,644 35,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.60% 90.88% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,107 17,068 26,253
10th Percentile £340 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 267 420
10th Percentile £15.81 £18.30 £17.24
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.45 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.92 £37.34 £36.41
Median % change year-on-year -25.23% +2.55% +13.78%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.88 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.83 £82.50 £67.56
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%

Break/Fix
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix in London.

Daily rate trend for Break/Fix in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Break/Fix in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Break/Fix in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix in London.

Hourly rate trend for Break/Fix in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Break/Fix within the London region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South London +13 8 - - 4
Central London +28 7 £140 -6.67% 1
West London +23 5 £125 -23.55% 1
East London - 1 £170 - 2
Break/Fix
England

Break/Fix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 4 (10.81%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.22%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.70%) Azure
2 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) VPN
2 1 (2.70%) 3G
2 1 (2.70%) iSCSI
2 1 (2.70%) WebEx
General
1 13 (35.14%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Finance
3 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.70%) French Language
4 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Field Engineer
2 12 (32.43%) Field Service Engineer
2 12 (32.43%) IT Engineer
3 10 (27.03%) Desktop Support
4 8 (21.62%) Desktop Engineer
4 8 (21.62%) Support Engineer
5 5 (13.51%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 4 (10.81%) Audio Visual Engineer
7 3 (8.11%) Deskside Support
7 3 (8.11%) IT Support
8 2 (5.41%) Deskside Engineer
8 2 (5.41%) Deskside Support Engineer
9 1 (2.70%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 1 (2.70%) Audio Visual Support
9 1 (2.70%) Desktop Specialist
9 1 (2.70%) IT Technician
9 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
9 1 (2.70%) Service Desk Engineer
9 1 (2.70%) Windows Engineer
9 1 (2.70%) Windows Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) EDI
1 1 (2.70%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 12 (32.43%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (10.81%) Blackberry
3 2 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.70%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (2.70%) CMDB
4 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.70%) iPhone
4 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (32.43%) Windows
2 5 (13.51%) Linux
2 5 (13.51%) Windows 10
3 4 (10.81%) Android
3 4 (10.81%) Mac OS X
3 4 (10.81%) Windows 7
3 4 (10.81%) Windows 8
4 1 (2.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (51.35%) Customer Service
2 18 (48.65%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (13.51%) Validation
4 3 (8.11%) ITIL
4 3 (8.11%) Logistics
4 3 (8.11%) Preventative Maintenance
4 3 (8.11%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (8.11%) Trend Analysis
5 2 (5.41%) Change Management
5 2 (5.41%) Customer-Centricity
5 2 (5.41%) Data Protection
5 2 (5.41%) Decision-Making
5 2 (5.41%) Incident Management
5 2 (5.41%) ITSM
5 2 (5.41%) Time Management
5 2 (5.41%) Workflow
6 1 (2.70%) Business Continuity
6 1 (2.70%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.70%) Project Management
6 1 (2.70%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Degree
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.70%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) GxP
1 1 (2.70%) QA
1 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.11%) Firmware
3 1 (2.70%) NFS
3 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Dell DRAC
2 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (13.51%) Apple
2 4 (10.81%) Adobe
2 4 (10.81%) Ivanti
3 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.41%) Cisco
4 2 (5.41%) Dell
4 2 (5.41%) HP
4 2 (5.41%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.41%) Supermicro
5 1 (2.70%) Datto
5 1 (2.70%) EMC
5 1 (2.70%) Logitech
5 1 (2.70%) MobileIron
5 1 (2.70%) SAP
5 1 (2.70%) Sophos
5 1 (2.70%) Unisys
5 1 (2.70%) VMware