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 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 | 423 | 533 | 674 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +110 | +141 | -49 |
| Contract jobs citing Break/Fix | 180 | 163 | 182 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.42% | 0.29% | 0.21% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.49% | 0.33% | 0.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 94 | 118 | 117 |
| 10th Percentile | £108 | £105 | £120 |
| 25th Percentile | £140 | £123 | £131 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £200 | £160 | £200 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -20.00% | +42.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £300 | £208 | £288 |
| 90th Percentile | £608 | £549 | £380 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £200 | £160 | £165 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -3.03% | +17.86% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 49 | 3 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £11.75 | £16.52 | £10.70 |
| 25th Percentile | £12.00 | £16.97 | £11.85 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.70 | £17.70 | £15.74 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.65% | +12.45% | +33.62% |
| 75th Percentile | £21.00 | £17.71 | £17.61 |
| 90th Percentile | £24.18 | £17.72 | £21.82 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £16.00 | £17.70 | £15.46 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.60% | +14.49% | +31.24% |
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 | 36,914 | 49,809 | 79,437 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 85.21% | 89.64% | 90.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,592 | 34,469 | 55,846 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £435 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +2.33% | +7.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £649 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £743 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +2.04% | +8.89% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,564 | 1,687 | 1,868 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £10.70 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £15.75 | £15.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £35.80 | £25.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.96% | +39.41% | +11.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.25 | £65.00 | £50.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.12 | £35.00 | £20.51 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.91% | +70.69% | -2.36% |
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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 9 June 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 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +79 | 151 | £200 | +25.00% | 55 |
| England | +77 | 121 | £180 | +4.35% | 51 |
| Scotland | +80 | 50 | £213 | +32.81% | 11 |
| North of England | +35 | 38 | £126 | +14.55% | 5 |
| South East | +28 | 38 | £513 | +197.10% | 11 |
| London | +69 | 29 | £165 | +3.13% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | +18 | 21 | £160 | +49.53% | 1 |
| North West | +21 | 17 | £126 | -42.73% | 3 |
| Work from Home | +107 | 14 | £506 | +130.11% | 6 |
| South West | +12 | 10 | £129 | -35.63% | 9 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 5 | £143 | - | 2 |
| Wales | +13 | 4 | - | - | |
| Midlands | +4 | 4 | £119 | -79.70% | 9 |
| East Midlands | -1 | 3 | £104 | -82.43% | 2 |
| East of England | -4 | 2 | £125 | -13.79% | 8 |
| West Midlands | +8 | 1 | £135 | -16.67% | 7 |
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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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