Break/Fix Jobs

Break/Fix
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Break/Fix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Break/Fix over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 720 799 1018
Rank change year-on-year +79 +219 -134
Permanent jobs citing Break/Fix 204 146 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.16% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.16% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 182 117 179
10th Percentile £25,760 £23,750 £21,250
25th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,728 £44,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.44% +41.94% +1.64%
75th Percentile £42,188 £62,500 £40,250
90th Percentile £59,000 £75,000 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,290 £29,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year +1.00% - -1.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Break/Fix is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89,994 88,841 164,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.43% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,089 53,798 83,455
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,848 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Break/Fix
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Break/Fix in the UK

Break/Fix
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix.

Salary trend for Break/Fix in the UK

Break/Fix
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Break/Fix over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Break/Fix in the UK

Break/Fix
Top 16 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 9 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +81 180 £30,000 -33.33% 51
UK excluding London +34 162 £29,290 +1.00% 56
South East +20 43 £31,500 -4.55% 11
London +35 38 £37,500 -28.57% 8
East of England +15 35 £31,500 -25.88% 8
Midlands -13 24 £28,000 +17.89% 9
West Midlands +7 23 £28,000 +17.89% 7
North of England +30 22 £28,001 +14.29% 5
Work from Home +25 20 £37,500 -25.00% 6
North West -1 18 £28,000 +14.29% 3
South West -19 18 £29,448 -1.84% 9
Wales +26 14 £28,290 +23.00%
Northern Ireland - 5 £28,000 - 3
North East -13 4 £50,000 +66.67% 1
Scotland -69 1 £25,000 -18.70% 11
East Midlands - 1 - - 2

Break/Fix
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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (6.37%) Microsoft Exchange
1 13 (6.37%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.41%) CMS
3 4 (1.96%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (1.96%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (1.96%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.49%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.49%) Confluence
4 1 (0.49%) IIS
4 1 (0.49%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 42 (20.59%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (15.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Eikon
1 1 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 66 (32.35%) Azure
2 64 (31.37%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (22.55%) Entra ID
4 32 (15.69%) OneDrive
5 12 (5.88%) OCI
6 7 (3.43%) Mimecast
7 4 (1.96%) IaaS
8 2 (0.98%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.49%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.49%) Dropbox
9 1 (0.49%) Google Drive
9 1 (0.49%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 32 (15.69%) Remote Desktop
2 26 (12.75%) DNS
3 24 (11.76%) DHCP
4 20 (9.80%) Firewall
5 19 (9.31%) Structured Cabling
6 13 (6.37%) SAN
7 11 (5.39%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (4.41%) TCP/IP
8 9 (4.41%) VPN
9 6 (2.94%) WAN
10 4 (1.96%) LAN
11 2 (0.98%) Internet
11 2 (0.98%) Skype
12 1 (0.49%) Fibre Channel
12 1 (0.49%) Intranet
12 1 (0.49%) NAS
12 1 (0.49%) NetScaler
12 1 (0.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.98%) SQL Server
1 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.49%) Hazelcast
2 1 (0.49%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.49%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.49%) JIRA
1 1 (0.49%) Snyk
General
1 119 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 49 (24.02%) Organisational Skills
3 31 (15.20%) Finance
4 30 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (13.73%) Retail
6 13 (6.37%) Law
6 13 (6.37%) Telecoms
7 11 (5.39%) Marketing
8 5 (2.45%) Banking
8 5 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.96%) Legal
9 4 (1.96%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.47%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.98%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.98%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.98%) Front Office
12 1 (0.49%) Electronics
12 1 (0.49%) Local Government
12 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 63 (30.88%) Senior
2 60 (29.41%) Support Engineer
3 45 (22.06%) Desktop Support
4 44 (21.57%) Desktop Engineer
5 40 (19.61%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 36 (17.65%) Field Engineer
7 35 (17.16%) Field Service Engineer
8 26 (12.75%) Senior Field Engineer
9 25 (12.25%) Senior Field Service Engineer
10 23 (11.27%) IT Support
11 22 (10.78%) Hardware Engineer
12 18 (8.82%) IT Engineer
13 14 (6.86%) IT Support Engineer
14 13 (6.37%) Technical Engineer
15 12 (5.88%) Data Centre Engineer
15 12 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 10 (4.90%) Data Engineer
16 10 (4.90%) Senior Data Engineer
17 9 (4.41%) Analyst
17 9 (4.41%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.96%) .NET
1 4 (1.96%) HTML
1 4 (1.96%) SOAP
1 4 (1.96%) XML
2 3 (1.47%) ASP.NET
2 3 (1.47%) JSP
2 3 (1.47%) REST
2 3 (1.47%) Servlets
3 2 (0.98%) JSON
4 1 (0.49%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.49%) Apache Camel
4 1 (0.49%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.49%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.49%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.49%) Flash
4 1 (0.49%) Node.js
4 1 (0.49%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 52 (25.49%) Driving Licence
2 37 (18.14%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (13.73%) EPoS
4 24 (11.76%) Data Centre
5 13 (6.37%) Smartphone
6 10 (4.90%) Onboarding
7 9 (4.41%) Digital Signage
8 7 (3.43%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.47%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (1.47%) Hedge funds
9 3 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.98%) Blackberry
10 2 (0.98%) Digital Media
10 2 (0.98%) PKI
10 2 (0.98%) Replication
11 1 (0.49%) Credit Risk
11 1 (0.49%) iPad
11 1 (0.49%) iPhone
11 1 (0.49%) Market Risk
11 1 (0.49%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 149 (73.04%) Windows
2 39 (19.12%) Windows 10
3 26 (12.75%) Windows Server
4 17 (8.33%) Windows 7
4 17 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 17 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (6.86%) Linux
6 13 (6.37%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (6.37%) Windows XP
7 10 (4.90%) Android
8 5 (2.45%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (1.96%) Windows Vista
10 2 (0.98%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.98%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.49%) Unix
11 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (35.78%) Customer Service
2 69 (33.82%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (32.35%) ITIL
4 39 (19.12%) Time Management
5 36 (17.65%) Ticket Management
6 27 (13.24%) Innovative Thinking
7 21 (10.29%) Project Management
8 20 (9.80%) Asset Management
9 16 (7.84%) Disaster Recovery
10 14 (6.86%) Server Management
11 13 (6.37%) IT Asset Management
11 13 (6.37%) Mobile Device Management
11 13 (6.37%) Performance Tuning
12 12 (5.88%) Converged Infrastructure
12 12 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 12 (5.88%) Performance Monitoring
12 12 (5.88%) Preventative Maintenance
12 12 (5.88%) Proactive Monitoring
12 12 (5.88%) Storage Management
13 11 (5.39%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.86%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.96%) C#
2 4 (1.96%) Java
2 4 (1.96%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.47%) SQL
4 1 (0.49%) Bash
4 1 (0.49%) Python
Qualifications
1 59 (28.92%) Security Cleared
2 51 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 29 (14.22%) BPSS Clearance
3 29 (14.22%) Degree
4 27 (13.24%) DV Cleared
5 25 (12.25%) A+ Certification
6 20 (9.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (8.82%) Cisco Certification
8 17 (8.33%) CCNA
8 17 (8.33%) MCP
9 12 (5.88%) CCNP
10 5 (2.45%) MCSE
10 5 (2.45%) Server+ Certification
11 4 (1.96%) MCSA
12 2 (0.98%) HND
12 2 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.98%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.98%) NVQ Level 4
13 1 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (25.98%) SLA
2 13 (6.37%) GDPR
3 9 (4.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.98%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 2 (0.98%) QA
5 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
System Software
1 104 (50.98%) Active Directory
2 25 (12.25%) Firmware
3 16 (7.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (6.86%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (5.88%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.98%) vSphere
7 1 (0.49%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 48 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (19.12%) SCCM
3 14 (6.86%) NetBackup
3 14 (6.86%) SCOM
3 14 (6.86%) vCenter Server
3 14 (6.86%) WSUS
4 12 (5.88%) EMC NetWorker
5 7 (3.43%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (1.96%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.49%) EMC VPLEX
7 1 (0.49%) HP SIM
7 1 (0.49%) Kibana
7 1 (0.49%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.49%) OfficeScan
7 1 (0.49%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.49%) SCOrch
7 1 (0.49%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 1 (0.49%) Trend Micro Deep Security
7 1 (0.49%) vRealize
7 1 (0.49%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 120 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 58 (28.43%) Dell
3 54 (26.47%) HP
4 37 (18.14%) IBM
5 24 (11.76%) NetApp
6 19 (9.31%) VMware
7 17 (8.33%) EMC
7 17 (8.33%) Oracle
8 14 (6.86%) 3PAR
8 14 (6.86%) Cisco
8 14 (6.86%) McAfee
9 13 (6.37%) Palo Alto
9 13 (6.37%) Symantec
9 13 (6.37%) Veeam
10 12 (5.88%) Extreme Networks
10 12 (5.88%) Juniper
10 12 (5.88%) MobileIron
11 5 (2.45%) Apple
11 5 (2.45%) Sun
12 4 (1.96%) SolarWinds