Break/Fix Contracts in London

Break/Fix
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Break/Fix skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Break/Fix over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 374 438 563
Rank change year-on-year +64 +125 -73
Contract jobs citing Break/Fix 26 44 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.17% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.19% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 26 21
10th Percentile £138 £121 £131
25th Percentile £140 £140 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 £165 £190
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -13.16% -24.00%
75th Percentile £169 £208 £242
90th Percentile £410 £220 £275
England median daily rate £175 £173 £190
% change year-on-year +1.45% -9.21% +35.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 2
10th Percentile £16.25 - £23.23
25th Percentile £16.81 - £23.56
Median hourly rate £20.75 - £24.75
75th Percentile £23.86 - £26.56
90th Percentile £24.18 - £27.28
England median hourly rate £17.00 £17.70 £15.74
% change year-on-year -3.95% +12.45% +33.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Break/Fix falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,607 22,862 35,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.27% 90.90% 92.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,159 16,574 26,061
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £445 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £780
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 267 388
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.09
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £30.00 £39.42 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.90% +9.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.83
90th Percentile £67.60 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

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 12 June 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 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +30 5 £140 - 2
South London +12 5 - -
West London +24 4 £125 -21.88%
East London - 1 £170 - 1
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 3 (11.54%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) 3G
1 1 (3.85%) VPN
1 1 (3.85%) WebEx
General
1 8 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.85%) Finance
4 1 (3.85%) French Language
4 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Field Engineer
1 8 (30.77%) Field Service Engineer
1 8 (30.77%) IT Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) Desktop Support
3 5 (19.23%) Support Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Audio Visual Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) IT Support
6 2 (7.69%) Deskside Support
7 1 (3.85%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 1 (3.85%) Audio Visual Support
7 1 (3.85%) Break Fix Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Deskside Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Deskside Support Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Desktop Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Desktop Support Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) IT Support Technician
7 1 (3.85%) IT Technician
7 1 (3.85%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) EDI
1 1 (3.85%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (11.54%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.85%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (3.85%) CMDB
3 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (30.77%) Windows
2 4 (15.38%) Windows 10
3 3 (11.54%) Android
3 3 (11.54%) Linux
3 3 (11.54%) Mac OS X
3 3 (11.54%) Windows 7
3 3 (11.54%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 13 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (15.38%) Validation
3 3 (11.54%) Preventative Maintenance
3 3 (11.54%) Proactive Monitoring
3 3 (11.54%) Trend Analysis
4 2 (7.69%) Change Management
4 2 (7.69%) Decision-Making
4 2 (7.69%) Incident Management
4 2 (7.69%) ITIL
4 2 (7.69%) Time Management
5 1 (3.85%) Asset Management
5 1 (3.85%) B2B
5 1 (3.85%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (3.85%) Data Protection
5 1 (3.85%) Logistics
5 1 (3.85%) Problem Management
5 1 (3.85%) Project Management
5 1 (3.85%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (3.85%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) Degree
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.85%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) GxP
1 1 (3.85%) QA
1 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
1 3 (11.54%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Adobe
1 3 (11.54%) Apple
1 3 (11.54%) Ivanti
2 2 (7.69%) HP
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Supermicro
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco
3 1 (3.85%) Datto
3 1 (3.85%) Dell
3 1 (3.85%) Logitech
3 1 (3.85%) SAP
3 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.85%) Sophos