Field Engineer Contracts in the North of England

Field Engineer
England > North of England

The median Field Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £200 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 177 191 203
Rank change year-on-year +14 +12 -34
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 12 28 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.25% 0.48% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.51% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 23 24
10th Percentile £140 £105 £130
25th Percentile £193 £107 £137
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £130 £166
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% -21.80% +38.54%
75th Percentile £218 £186 £219
90th Percentile - £242 £287
England median daily rate £200 £158 £178
% change year-on-year +26.58% -10.99% +21.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 5
10th Percentile £11.75 £16.80 £15.52
25th Percentile £12.13 £18.00 £15.93
Median hourly rate £15.96 £20.00 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year -20.20% +18.69% -4.67%
75th Percentile £18.42 £23.00 £18.75
90th Percentile £18.75 £24.80 £22.50
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
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 4,427 5,538 6,975
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 95.30% 96.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,777 3,913 5,130
10th Percentile £263 £285 £200
25th Percentile £385 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £595 £550
90th Percentile £672 £679 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 393 160 292
10th Percentile £11.01 £14.00 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.76 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.18 £30.54 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.20% +65.08% +3.35%
75th Percentile £45.88 £49.40 £31.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.78 £49.98
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 the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in the North of England

Field Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Field Engineer in the North of England

Field Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Field Engineer in the North of England

Field Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England 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
Yorkshire +22 7 £200 +76.21% 56
North East +20 3 - - 18
North West +18 2 - - 76
Field Engineer
England

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

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 North of England region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (50.00%) Break/Fix
2 5 (41.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Customer Service
3 4 (33.33%) Firewall
4 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
5 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 2 (16.67%) SD-WAN
5 2 (16.67%) LAN
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco
5 2 (16.67%) Network Security
6 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
6 1 (8.33%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (8.33%) Huawei
6 1 (8.33%) Ericsson
6 1 (8.33%) Nokia
6 1 (8.33%) NHS
6 1 (8.33%) WAN
6 1 (8.33%) SLA
6 1 (8.33%) Degree

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (16.67%) LAN
2 2 (16.67%) Network Security
2 2 (16.67%) SD-WAN
3 1 (8.33%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (8.33%) WAN
General
1 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (8.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Break/Fix
2 5 (41.67%) Customer Service
2 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Cisco
1 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
2 1 (8.33%) Ericsson
2 1 (8.33%) Huawei
2 1 (8.33%) Nokia