Break/Fix Contracts in Wales

Break/Fix
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 38 53 56
Rank change year-on-year +15 +3 +2
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 4 9 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.09% 1.48% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.69% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 15
10th Percentile - - £140
25th Percentile - £102 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £119 £295
Median % change year-on-year - -59.83% +168.18%
75th Percentile - £138 £298
90th Percentile - £168 -
UK median daily rate £198 £163 £200
% change year-on-year +21.54% -18.75% +42.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £11.75 - -
Median hourly rate £13.50 - -
75th Percentile £15.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £16.71 £17.50 £15.74
% change year-on-year -4.54% +11.18% +33.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 285 532 823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 77.66% 87.50% 84.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 411 596
10th Percentile £160 £188 £200
25th Percentile £356 £338 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +7.95%
75th Percentile £563 £585 £575
90th Percentile £676 £650 £644
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 26 27
10th Percentile £11.63 £14.63 £14.20
25th Percentile £14.36 £16.98 £19.02
Median hourly rate £19.17 £18.14 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year +5.68% -12.58% -1.19%
75th Percentile £51.75 £22.93 £38.94
90th Percentile £86.36 £49.38 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

Break/Fix
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in Wales

Break/Fix
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Break/Fix in Wales

Break/Fix
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Break/Fix in Wales

Break/Fix
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales 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
West Wales - 3 - -
South Wales +13 1 - -
Break/Fix
UK

Break/Fix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving