Field Engineer Jobs in England

Field Engineer
UK > England

The median Field Engineer salary in England is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 608 726 865
Rank change year-on-year +118 +139 -120
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 226 205 266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.23% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.25% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 219 196 229
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +3.17% +14.55%
75th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £33,750
90th Percentile £44,000 £42,500 £38,750
UK median annual salary £30,000 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.84% +12.73%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 81,130 82,270 127,705
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,549 52,263 74,733
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,857 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in England

Field Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Field Engineer in England

Field Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Field Engineer in England

Field Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Field Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 10 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +31 57 £32,500 - 229
North of England +62 50 £32,500 +14.04% 162
South West +7 44 £30,000 -1.64% 106
North West +16 28 £28,000 +12.00% 77
Midlands -9 28 £27,750 -14.62% 157
London +63 27 £37,500 +13.64% 95
East of England +20 27 £27,500 -3.51% 124
East Midlands -4 18 £28,000 -13.85% 64
Yorkshire +85 17 £40,000 +40.35% 68
West Midlands -5 9 £28,000 -12.50% 94
North East -2 5 £28,000 -18.84% 18
Field Engineer
UK

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Field Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 140 (61.95%) Windows
2 100 (44.25%) Microsoft
3 98 (43.36%) Social Skills
4 93 (41.15%) Active Directory
5 83 (36.73%) Problem-Solving
6 73 (32.30%) Customer Service
7 68 (30.09%) Driving Licence
8 61 (26.99%) HP
9 58 (25.66%) Microsoft 365
10 51 (22.57%) Dell
11 49 (21.68%) Azure
12 45 (19.91%) ITIL
13 43 (19.03%) Microsoft Office
13 43 (19.03%) DBS Check
14 42 (18.58%) EPoS
15 41 (18.14%) Retail
16 39 (17.26%) SLA
17 38 (16.81%) Onboarding
17 38 (16.81%) Self-Motivation
18 35 (15.49%) DNS
18 35 (15.49%) Wi-Fi
19 34 (15.04%) Windows Server
20 33 (14.60%) IBM
21 32 (14.16%) Entra ID
22 31 (13.72%) Microsoft Intune
22 31 (13.72%) Organisational Skills
23 30 (13.27%) Break/Fix
23 30 (13.27%) DHCP
23 30 (13.27%) A+ Certification
23 30 (13.27%) Time Management

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

Application Platforms
1 23 (10.18%) SharePoint
2 12 (5.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 43 (19.03%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.77%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 58 (25.66%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (21.68%) Azure
3 32 (14.16%) Entra ID
4 16 (7.08%) OneDrive
5 14 (6.19%) Power Automate
5 14 (6.19%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.19%) PowerApps
6 5 (2.21%) AWS
7 3 (1.33%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.88%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 35 (15.49%) DNS
1 35 (15.49%) Wi-Fi
2 30 (13.27%) DHCP
3 25 (11.06%) Network Security
4 19 (8.41%) Firewall
4 19 (8.41%) TCP/IP
5 16 (7.08%) Wireless
6 13 (5.75%) LAN
6 13 (5.75%) WAN
7 10 (4.42%) VLAN
7 10 (4.42%) VPN
8 9 (3.98%) 4G
9 7 (3.10%) DSL
9 7 (3.10%) LTE
10 5 (2.21%) SAN
11 3 (1.33%) IPsec
11 3 (1.33%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.88%) 5G
12 2 (0.88%) ATM
12 2 (0.88%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.54%) Amazon RDS
General
1 98 (43.36%) Social Skills
2 41 (18.14%) Retail
3 31 (13.72%) Organisational Skills
4 26 (11.50%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (3.98%) Legal
6 7 (3.10%) Manufacturing
6 7 (3.10%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.65%) Law
7 6 (2.65%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.77%) Military
10 3 (1.33%) Electronics
10 3 (1.33%) Finance
11 2 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.88%) Publishing
12 1 (0.44%) Aviation
12 1 (0.44%) Back Office
12 1 (0.44%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 68 (30.09%) Driving Licence
2 42 (18.58%) EPoS
3 38 (16.81%) Onboarding
3 38 (16.81%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (5.31%) Smartphone
5 9 (3.98%) CCTV
6 6 (2.65%) IoT
6 6 (2.65%) iPad
7 5 (2.21%) Replication
8 4 (1.77%) Analogue Electronics
8 4 (1.77%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.77%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.88%) PropTech
11 1 (0.44%) iPhone
11 1 (0.44%) NHS
11 1 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 140 (61.95%) Windows
2 34 (15.04%) Windows Server
3 24 (10.62%) Mac OS
4 20 (8.85%) Windows Server 2012
5 18 (7.96%) Windows 10
5 18 (7.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (7.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (5.31%) Android
7 12 (5.31%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.88%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (36.73%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (32.30%) Customer Service
3 45 (19.91%) ITIL
4 30 (13.27%) Break/Fix
4 30 (13.27%) Time Management
5 27 (11.95%) Computer Science
6 21 (9.29%) Innovative Thinking
7 14 (6.19%) Migration
7 14 (6.19%) Project Management
8 13 (5.75%) Asset Management
9 10 (4.42%) Hardware Maintenance
10 9 (3.98%) Proactive Maintenance
11 8 (3.54%) Customer Requirements
12 7 (3.10%) Logistics
12 7 (3.10%) Project Delivery
12 7 (3.10%) Service Delivery
13 6 (2.65%) Continuous Improvement
13 6 (2.65%) Incident Management
14 5 (2.21%) Email Filtering
14 5 (2.21%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.08%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.77%) SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (19.03%) DBS Check
2 30 (13.27%) A+ Certification
3 29 (12.83%) Degree
4 28 (12.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (11.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (10.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 24 (10.62%) MCP
7 8 (3.54%) Security Cleared
8 5 (2.21%) CCNA
8 5 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.33%) MCSE
9 3 (1.33%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.44%) CCNP
10 1 (0.44%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.44%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.44%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (17.26%) SLA
2 5 (2.21%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.44%) COSHH
3 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.44%) GDPR
System Software
1 93 (41.15%) Active Directory
2 29 (12.83%) Hyper-V
3 21 (9.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (5.31%) Firmware
5 5 (2.21%) KVM
6 3 (1.33%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.44%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (13.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.21%) WSUS
3 1 (0.44%) Autotask
3 1 (0.44%) SCCM
3 1 (0.44%) SCOM
Vendors
1 100 (44.25%) Microsoft
2 61 (26.99%) HP
3 51 (22.57%) Dell
4 33 (14.60%) IBM
5 24 (10.62%) Citrix
6 22 (9.73%) VMware
7 12 (5.31%) NetApp
8 11 (4.87%) Apple
9 10 (4.42%) Veeam
10 6 (2.65%) Cisco
11 5 (2.21%) Google
11 5 (2.21%) Sophos
11 5 (2.21%) Sun
11 5 (2.21%) Ubiquiti
12 4 (1.77%) Aruba
13 3 (1.33%) Datto
13 3 (1.33%) Fortinet
14 2 (0.88%) Avaya
14 2 (0.88%) Ruckus Wireless
14 2 (0.88%) WatchGuard