Field Service Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Field Services Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Field Services Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £110 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 June 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
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 352 400 484
Rank change year-on-year +48 +84 -28
Contract jobs requiring a Field Service Engineer 38 33 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 30 21
10th Percentile £102 £102 £100
25th Percentile £105 £105 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £110 £107 £120
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +2.13%
75th Percentile £115 £116 £148
90th Percentile - £135 £238
UK median daily rate £110 £110 £120
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 1 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £11.75 - -
Median hourly rate £14.50 £21.26 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.80% +63.54% -20.00%
75th Percentile £17.25 - -
90th Percentile £18.75 - £27.38
UK median hourly rate £16.50 £20.98 £13.00
% change year-on-year -21.36% +61.40% -20.00%

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 19,457 21,470 29,426
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 94.27% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,679 14,924 20,705
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £388 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £653
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,454 1,081 1,408
10th Percentile £12.51 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.00 £14.86
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.03
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.70%

Field Service Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Service Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Service Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Field Service Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Service Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Field Service Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Service 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 Service Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 June 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 +51 15 £110 -63.33% 54
South West +14 7 £107 -0.23% 88
Wales +16 4 - - 17
North of England +11 4 £110 +2.80% 136
South East +20 3 £107 -0.23% 214
Midlands +14 3 £104 -16.53% 141
East Midlands +13 3 £104 -22.62% 57
Yorkshire +4 3 £110 +2.80% 72
East of England +6 2 £144 +30.91% 105
North West +14 1 - - 48
Field Service Engineer
UK

Field Service Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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

1 36 (94.74%) Break/Fix
2 26 (68.42%) Analytical Mindset
2 26 (68.42%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (68.42%) Analytical Skills
2 26 (68.42%) Customer Service
3 24 (63.16%) Public Sector
4 9 (23.68%) Data Centre
4 9 (23.68%) Network+ Certification
4 9 (23.68%) MCSE
4 9 (23.68%) CCNA
4 9 (23.68%) Dell
4 9 (23.68%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (23.68%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (23.68%) A+ Certification
4 9 (23.68%) SAN
5 1 (2.63%) EPoS
5 1 (2.63%) ATM
5 1 (2.63%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.63%) Legal
5 1 (2.63%) Pay per click
5 1 (2.63%) Social Skills

Field Service 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:

Communications & Networking
1 9 (23.68%) SAN
2 1 (2.63%) ATM
General
1 26 (68.42%) Analytical Skills
2 24 (63.16%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.63%) Legal
3 1 (2.63%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 26 (68.42%) Analytical Mindset
2 9 (23.68%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.63%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (94.74%) Break/Fix
2 26 (68.42%) Customer Service
2 26 (68.42%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (2.63%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (2.63%) Pay per click
Qualifications
1 9 (23.68%) A+ Certification
1 9 (23.68%) CCNA
1 9 (23.68%) Cisco Certification
1 9 (23.68%) MCSE
1 9 (23.68%) Microsoft Certification
1 9 (23.68%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 9 (23.68%) Dell