Field Engineer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Field Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Field Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 147 145
Rank change year-on-year +14 -2 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 4 1 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.035% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.037% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £176 - £125
25th Percentile £185 - £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £165
75th Percentile £225 - £200
90th Percentile £240 - -
South East median daily rate £185 £200 £190
% change year-on-year -7.50% +5.26% +46.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £11.75 - -
Median hourly rate £12.50 £20.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +53.85% -
75th Percentile £13.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £13.50 £20.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year -32.50% +53.85% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,453 2,688 3,303
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 94.58% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,413 1,857 2,251
10th Percentile £207 £312 £200
25th Percentile £370 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £491
% change year-on-year - +1.94% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 76 96
10th Percentile £15.63 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.40 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +176.57% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.49 £79.19 £56.19
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -1.21% +140.40% -17.13%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in the Thames Valley

Field Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Field Engineer in the Thames Valley

Field Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Field Engineer in the Thames Valley

Field Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 9 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
Berkshire -1 3 £225 - 38
Buckinghamshire - 1 £170 - 25
Field Engineer
South East

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 9 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 Thames Valley region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) SLA
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) MPLS
2 1 (25.00%) BGP
2 1 (25.00%) EIGRP
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
2 1 (25.00%) SCCM
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) HSRP
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) BGP
1 1 (25.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) HSRP
1 1 (25.00%) MPLS
1 1 (25.00%) VLAN
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco