The first table below looks at the demand for the Field Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Field Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Field Engineer
Rank 111 96 77
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 7 4 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.412% 0.270% 1.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.435% 0.281% 1.090%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 13
Average salary £22,500 £20,000 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -6.97%
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £25,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +2.00%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1610 1423 1284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.71% 96.02% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1351 1272 1115
Average salary £42,255 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.34% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £23,750
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Field Engineer
West Midlands

Field Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Field Engineer across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham Field Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Field Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Field Engineer across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Field Engineer Salary Trend

Field Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Field Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Field Engineer in their job title.

1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft
2 10 (45.45%) Windows
3 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (31.82%) TCP/IP
3 7 (31.82%) Telecoms
4 6 (27.27%) VoIP
4 6 (27.27%) HNC
4 6 (27.27%) MCSE
5 5 (22.73%) HND
5 5 (22.73%) Linux
5 5 (22.73%) C
5 5 (22.73%) Back Office
5 5 (22.73%) MCDST
6 3 (13.64%) Electronics
6 3 (13.64%) Finance
6 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
6 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
6 3 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (13.64%) MS Office
6 3 (13.64%) ITIL
6 3 (13.64%) MS Excel
6 3 (13.64%) GPRS
6 3 (13.64%) LAN
6 3 (13.64%) CCNA
6 3 (13.64%) Avaya
7 2 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (9.091%) WAN
7 2 (9.091%) ISO 9000
7 2 (9.091%) SLA
7 2 (9.091%) Cisco

Field Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Field Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Field Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.091%) Lync
1 2 (9.091%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) MS Office
1 3 (13.64%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (9.091%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) TCP/IP
2 6 (27.27%) VoIP
3 3 (13.64%) GPRS
3 3 (13.64%) LAN
4 2 (9.091%) WAN
5 1 (4.545%) IP Telephony
General
1 7 (31.82%) Telecoms
2 5 (22.73%) Back Office
3 3 (13.64%) Electronics
3 3 (13.64%) Finance
4 1 (4.545%) Local Government
4 1 (4.545%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 10 (45.45%) Windows
2 5 (22.73%) Linux
3 2 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (9.091%) Windows XP
3 2 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (9.091%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.545%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.64%) ITIL
2 2 (9.091%) CRM
2 2 (9.091%) Incident Management
2 2 (9.091%) Logistics
3 1 (4.545%) Problem Management
3 1 (4.545%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) C
2 2 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (27.27%) HNC
2 6 (27.27%) MCSE
3 5 (22.73%) HND
3 5 (22.73%) MCDST
4 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
4 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
4 3 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (13.64%) CCNA
5 1 (4.545%) MCTS
5 1 (4.545%) MCP
5 1 (4.545%) MCSA
5 1 (4.545%) CNA
5 1 (4.545%) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.091%) ISO 9000
1 2 (9.091%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.545%) UAG
1 1 (4.545%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) Avaya
3 2 (9.091%) Cisco
3 2 (9.091%) Verint
4 1 (4.545%) Mitel
4 1 (4.545%) Novell
4 1 (4.545%) Siemens