Break/Fix
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 | 391 | 521 | 694 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +130 | +173 | -86 |
| Contract jobs citing Break/Fix | 191 | 174 | 169 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.45% | 0.30% | 0.19% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.52% | 0.34% | 0.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 102 | 136 | 102 |
| 10th Percentile | £105 | £105 | £131 |
| 25th Percentile | £130 | £130 | £145 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £198 | £163 | £200 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +21.54% | -18.75% | +42.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £300 | £200 | £278 |
| 90th Percentile | £608 | £556 | £313 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £200 | £165 | £200 |
| % change year-on-year | +21.21% | -17.50% | +42.86% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 54 | 3 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £11.75 | £14.25 | £10.78 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.25 | £14.99 | £13.87 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.71 | £17.50 | £15.74 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.54% | +11.18% | +33.62% |
| 75th Percentile | £19.50 | £19.49 | £17.61 |
| 90th Percentile | £24.05 | £20.54 | £22.21 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £16.00 | £17.50 | £15.74 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.57% | +11.18% | +33.62% |
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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 36,622 | 51,397 | 80,021 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 86.09% | 89.76% | 90.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,613 | 35,611 | 56,174 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £344 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £439 | £430 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +3.77% | +7.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £480 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +4.17% | +9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,439 | 1,690 | 1,913 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £10.63 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £15.77 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £36.00 | £25.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.39% | +40.19% | +7.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.00 | £49.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.00 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.57% | +75.00% | -6.54% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Break/Fix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Break/Fix over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Break/Fix.
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Top 16 Contract Locations
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 UK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +78 | 154 | £200 | +21.21% | 69 |
| England | +105 | 135 | £180 | +4.35% | 73 |
| Scotland | +76 | 50 | £200 | +25.00% | 14 |
| South East | +38 | 42 | £500 | +189.86% | 17 |
| North of England | +42 | 39 | £126 | -3.08% | 10 |
| London | +94 | 37 | £158 | -1.56% | 17 |
| Yorkshire | +29 | 21 | £160 | +45.12% | |
| Work from Home | +119 | 19 | £500 | -4.76% | 5 |
| North West | +22 | 17 | £126 | -42.73% | 10 |
| South West | +8 | 11 | £110 | -45.00% | 10 |
| Wales | +15 | 4 | - | - | |
| East of England | +4 | 3 | £125 | -13.79% | 14 |
| East Midlands | 0 | 3 | £104 | -82.38% | 3 |
| Midlands | -5 | 3 | £104 | -74.13% | 6 |
| Northern Ireland | +4 | 2 | £143 | - | |
| North East | +9 | 1 | - | - |
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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:
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