Field Service Engineer Contracts in England

Field Services Engineer
UK > England

The median Field Services Engineer daily rate in England is £110 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 515 610 746
Rank change year-on-year +95 +136 -127
Contract jobs requiring a Field Service Engineer 39 35 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.071% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.075% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 32 20
10th Percentile £102 - £100
25th Percentile £103 £105 £120
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £110 £110 £150
Median % change year-on-year - -26.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £306 £133 £198
90th Percentile £360 £137 £258
UK median daily rate £110 £110 £150
% change year-on-year - -26.67% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 2 6
10th Percentile £11.75 £20.02 -
25th Percentile £13.25 £20.06 -
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.35 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.02% +56.56% -20.00%
75th Percentile £21.00 £20.89 -
90th Percentile £25.25 £21.07 £14.00
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £20.71 £13.00
% change year-on-year -15.48% +59.27% -20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,147 46,484 67,372
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.64% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,648 32,994 47,972
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £639
90th Percentile £750 £758 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,382 1,859
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.37
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.45 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Field Service Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Field Service Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Field Service Engineer in England

Field Service Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Field Service Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Field Service Engineer in England

Field Service Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Field Service Engineer in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Field Service Engineer in England

Field Service Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Field Service Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Field Service Engineer in England

Field Service Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Field Service Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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
London +107 15 £360 +227.27% 76
South West +25 7 £107 -0.23% 88
North of England +23 6 £110 +1.38% 122
East of England +6 4 £144 +30.91% 104
Midlands +28 3 £104 -21.52% 137
Yorkshire +22 3 £110 +2.80% 56
East Midlands +18 3 £104 -23.26% 57
South East +9 3 £107 -46.63% 195
North East +15 2 - - 17
North West +24 1 - - 50
Field Service Engineer
UK

Field Service Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Field Service Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Field Service Engineer in the job title.

1 35 (89.74%) Break/Fix
2 29 (74.36%) Analytical Mindset
2 29 (74.36%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (74.36%) Customer Service
2 29 (74.36%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (30.77%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.69%) Windows 10
4 3 (7.69%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (7.69%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.69%) French Language
4 3 (7.69%) Android
4 3 (7.69%) Azure
4 3 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (7.69%) Apple
4 3 (7.69%) Active Directory
4 3 (7.69%) SharePoint
4 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (7.69%) Windows
4 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.56%) CCNA
5 1 (2.56%) MCSE
5 1 (2.56%) ATM
5 1 (2.56%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.56%) Dell
5 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.56%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.56%) SAN
5 1 (2.56%) EPoS

Field Service Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.69%) Azure
1 3 (7.69%) Entra ID
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) ATM
1 1 (2.56%) SAN
General
1 29 (74.36%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (30.77%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.69%) French Language
4 1 (2.56%) Legal
4 1 (2.56%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 29 (74.36%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.56%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.69%) Android
1 3 (7.69%) Windows
1 3 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (89.74%) Break/Fix
2 29 (74.36%) Customer Service
2 29 (74.36%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (2.56%) Business Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (2.56%) A+ Certification
1 1 (2.56%) CCNA
1 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (2.56%) MCSE
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 3 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (7.69%) Apple
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.56%) Dell