Field Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Field Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 288 342 371
Rank change year-on-year +54 +29 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 110 113 152
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.47% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.50% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 86 107
10th Percentile £105 £105 £120
25th Percentile £152 £107 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £150 £170
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -11.76% +21.43%
75th Percentile £238 £226 £215
90th Percentile £418 £275 £238
UK median daily rate £200 £155 £180
% change year-on-year +29.03% -13.89% +27.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 10 15
10th Percentile - £15.94 -
25th Percentile £11.75 £18.64 £13.00
Median hourly rate £16.50 £20.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +21.21% +1.54%
75th Percentile £18.75 £20.95 £18.50
90th Percentile £19.50 £22.14 £19.80
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £20.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year -12.50% +21.21% +1.54%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,163 22,551 29,607
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 94.20% 95.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,700 15,818 20,751
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,248 1,160 1,483
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £39.55 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
% change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Scotland +54 27 £200 +81.82% 58
South West +42 24 £165 +3.13% 108
South East +19 19 £185 -7.50% 207
East of England +22 12 £400 +263.64% 97
North of England +15 12 £200 +53.85% 137
Midlands +9 10 £200 +26.58% 126
Wales +23 7 £220 +112.56% 21
Yorkshire +15 7 £200 +76.21% 54
East Midlands +5 7 £142 -10.13% 46
North East +17 3 - - 18
West Midlands +16 3 £200 +61.29% 80
North West +9 2 - - 66
Northern Ireland +9 1 - - 11
Field Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 UK excluding London region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 45 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (40.00%) Break/Fix
3 36 (32.73%) Customer Service
4 34 (30.91%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (29.09%) Analytical Mindset
6 27 (24.55%) Public Sector
7 20 (18.18%) Social Skills
8 16 (14.55%) Firewall
9 15 (13.64%) Microsoft
10 13 (11.82%) SLA
10 13 (11.82%) Active Directory
11 12 (10.91%) Cisco
11 12 (10.91%) ITIL
11 12 (10.91%) Windows
11 12 (10.91%) LAN
12 11 (10.00%) Security Cleared
12 11 (10.00%) Telecoms
13 10 (9.09%) Dell
13 10 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (9.09%) CCNA
13 10 (9.09%) SC Cleared
14 9 (8.18%) Data Centre
14 9 (8.18%) Driving Licence
14 9 (8.18%) Windows 10
14 9 (8.18%) DBS Check
14 9 (8.18%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (8.18%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (8.18%) A+ Certification
14 9 (8.18%) MCSE
14 9 (8.18%) Wireless

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.91%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.18%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (5.45%) Azure
3 3 (2.73%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.55%) Firewall
2 12 (10.91%) LAN
3 9 (8.18%) Wireless
4 8 (7.27%) SAN
4 8 (7.27%) WAN
5 7 (6.36%) SD-WAN
6 6 (5.45%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (4.55%) DHCP
8 4 (3.64%) DNS
9 3 (2.73%) PBX
9 3 (2.73%) VPN
10 2 (1.82%) ATM
10 2 (1.82%) BGP
10 2 (1.82%) Cisco Nexus
10 2 (1.82%) MPLS
10 2 (1.82%) Network Security
10 2 (1.82%) WLAN
11 1 (0.91%) HSRP
11 1 (0.91%) Radio Access Network
11 1 (0.91%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (0.91%) Hudson
General
1 34 (30.91%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (24.55%) Public Sector
3 20 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 11 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 7 (6.36%) Legal
5 7 (6.36%) Police
6 1 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 32 (29.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (8.18%) Data Centre
2 9 (8.18%) Driving Licence
3 2 (1.82%) CMDB
3 2 (1.82%) EPoS
3 2 (1.82%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.91%) Handset
4 1 (0.91%) iPad
4 1 (0.91%) iPhone
4 1 (0.91%) NHS
4 1 (0.91%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.91%) Windows
2 9 (8.18%) Windows 10
3 7 (6.36%) Windows Server
4 6 (5.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (3.64%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (2.73%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.82%) Android
7 2 (1.82%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.91%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.91%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (40.00%) Break/Fix
3 36 (32.73%) Customer Service
4 12 (10.91%) ITIL
5 7 (6.36%) Migration
6 6 (5.45%) Coaching
6 6 (5.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (5.45%) Line Management
7 4 (3.64%) Data Protection
7 4 (3.64%) Decision-Making
7 4 (3.64%) Time Management
8 3 (2.73%) ITSM
8 3 (2.73%) Mobile Device Management
8 3 (2.73%) Service Management
9 2 (1.82%) Incident Response
9 2 (1.82%) Virtual Infrastructure
10 1 (0.91%) Change Control
10 1 (0.91%) Customer Experience
10 1 (0.91%) Customer-Centric Approach
10 1 (0.91%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.91%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (9.09%) CCNA
2 10 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 9 (8.18%) A+ Certification
3 9 (8.18%) DBS Check
3 9 (8.18%) MCSE
3 9 (8.18%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (7.27%) Network+ Certification
5 6 (5.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (4.55%) Degree
7 2 (1.82%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.91%) CCNP
8 1 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.91%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.82%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (11.82%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.45%) Hyper-V
2 6 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.82%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (4.55%) SCCM
2 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.91%) Observium
Vendors
1 15 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.91%) Cisco
3 10 (9.09%) Dell
4 8 (7.27%) BT
5 6 (5.45%) VMware
6 4 (3.64%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.73%) CheckPoint
7 3 (2.73%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.82%) Meraki
8 2 (1.82%) Openreach
8 2 (1.82%) SonicWALL
8 2 (1.82%) WatchGuard
9 1 (0.91%) Avaya
9 1 (0.91%) Ericsson
9 1 (0.91%) Huawei
9 1 (0.91%) Nokia
9 1 (0.91%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.91%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.91%) Zscaler