Field Engineer Contracts in London

Field Engineer
England > London

The median Field Engineer daily rate in London is £245 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 363 468 583
Rank change year-on-year +105 +115 -137
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 33 28 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.19% 0.10% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.11% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 17 17
10th Percentile £138 £105 £147
25th Percentile £155 £120 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £245 £188 £180
Median % change year-on-year +30.67% +4.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £300 £220 £200
90th Percentile £349 £510 £233
England median daily rate £200 £158 £178
% change year-on-year +26.58% -10.99% +21.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 1
10th Percentile - £22.25 -
25th Percentile £16.25 £25.30 -
Median hourly rate £19.25 £30.75 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.40% +105.00% -
75th Percentile £24.88 £31.13 -
90th Percentile £25.25 - -
England median hourly rate £17.50 £20.00 £15.75
% change year-on-year -12.50% +26.98% -1.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,604 25,696 37,092
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.23% 95.28% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,003 18,613 27,062
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 287 451
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.57 £22.06
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +11.64%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £64.67 £76.10 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.02 £44.77 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.53% +98.96% +0.36%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in London

Field Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Field Engineer in London

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Field Engineer in London

Field Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Field Engineer in London

Field Engineer
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 Field Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South London +18 8 - - 17
West London - 6 - - 14
Central London +35 2 £183 -17.05% 7
Field Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Field 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 London region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (48.48%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (42.42%) Customer Service
3 14 (42.42%) Break/Fix
4 13 (39.39%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (30.30%) Windows
6 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
7 8 (24.24%) Active Directory
8 6 (18.18%) Windows 10
9 5 (15.15%) Apple
9 5 (15.15%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (12.12%) NHS
10 4 (12.12%) Android
11 3 (9.09%) Entra ID
11 3 (9.09%) Social Skills
11 3 (9.09%) Azure
12 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (6.06%) French Language
12 2 (6.06%) Firewall
12 2 (6.06%) Wireless
12 2 (6.06%) Linux
12 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
12 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
12 2 (6.06%) Unix
12 2 (6.06%) Cisco
12 2 (6.06%) Windows Server
12 2 (6.06%) DBS Check
12 2 (6.06%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (6.06%) Mac OS

Field Engineer Skill Set
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 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.03%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (9.09%) Azure
2 3 (9.09%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.03%) AWS
3 1 (3.03%) AWS IoT
3 1 (3.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) Firewall
1 2 (6.06%) Wireless
2 1 (3.03%) DHCP
2 1 (3.03%) DNS
2 1 (3.03%) LoRaWAN
2 1 (3.03%) VoIP
2 1 (3.03%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Cucumber
1 1 (3.03%) Robot Framework
1 1 (3.03%) Selenium
1 1 (3.03%) SonarQube
General
1 15 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.06%) French Language
4 1 (3.03%) Banking
4 1 (3.03%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) CSS
1 1 (3.03%) HTML
1 1 (3.03%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 13 (39.39%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (12.12%) NHS
3 1 (3.03%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (3.03%) IoT
3 1 (3.03%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 10 (30.30%) Windows
2 6 (18.18%) Windows 10
3 4 (12.12%) Android
4 2 (6.06%) Linux
4 2 (6.06%) Mac OS
4 2 (6.06%) Unix
4 2 (6.06%) Windows 7
4 2 (6.06%) Windows Server
5 1 (3.03%) Mac OS X
5 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (3.03%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (48.48%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (42.42%) Break/Fix
2 14 (42.42%) Customer Service
3 1 (3.03%) Agile
3 1 (3.03%) CI/CD
3 1 (3.03%) Configuration Management
3 1 (3.03%) DevOps
3 1 (3.03%) Kanban
3 1 (3.03%) Microservices
3 1 (3.03%) Release Automation
3 1 (3.03%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (3.03%) Scrum
3 1 (3.03%) SDLC
3 1 (3.03%) Service Delivery
3 1 (3.03%) TDD
3 1 (3.03%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.03%) CCNA
2 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (24.24%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Docker
2 1 (3.03%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.03%) Ansible
2 1 (3.03%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.03%) Netcool
2 1 (3.03%) Puppet
2 1 (3.03%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) Apple
3 2 (6.06%) Cisco
4 1 (3.03%) Adobe
4 1 (3.03%) Altiris
4 1 (3.03%) AppDynamics
4 1 (3.03%) Dell
4 1 (3.03%) EMC
4 1 (3.03%) Juniper
4 1 (3.03%) Splunk
4 1 (3.03%) Unisys
4 1 (3.03%) VMware