The first table below looks at the demand for the Field Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Field Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Field Support Engineer
Rank 810 845 817
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Support Engineer 20 18 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.020% 0.016% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.017% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 20 18 40
Average salary £26,500 £28,000 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.35% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,500 £21,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £29,250 £47,500 £38,550
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £28,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +12.00%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95250 107641 110251
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.45% 94.76% 94.31%
Number of salaries quoted 80210 93021 93605
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Field Support Engineer
UK

Field Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Field Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Field Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

England Field Support Engineer Salary Trend

Field Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Field Support Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Field Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Field Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Field Support Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
North West +9 7 £19,500 -22.00%
South East +8 5 £27,500 -
South West +8 4 £25,250 +7.44%
London - 2 £26,000 -
West Midlands -18 1 £22,000 +2.32%
Yorkshire -20 1 £26,500 +23.25%
Field Support Engineer
UK

Field Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Field Support 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1 31 (73.81%) Windows
2 20 (47.62%) MS Excel
2 20 (47.62%) Microsoft
3 19 (45.24%) Active Directory
3 19 (45.24%) Windows Server 2008
4 16 (38.10%) MS Exchange
5 14 (33.33%) Cisco
6 11 (26.19%) Firewall
6 11 (26.19%) VMware
7 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (23.81%) MS Office
8 9 (21.43%) SQL Server
8 9 (21.43%) Windows XP
8 9 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
9 8 (19.05%) MCITP
10 7 (16.67%) Avaya
10 7 (16.67%) MCSE
10 7 (16.67%) TCP/IP
11 6 (14.29%) Citrix
11 6 (14.29%) Panasonic
12 5 (11.90%) Toshiba
12 5 (11.90%) Telecoms
12 5 (11.90%) Blackberry
12 5 (11.90%) Terminal Services
12 5 (11.90%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (11.90%) Mac OS X
12 5 (11.90%) VPN
12 5 (11.90%) DNS
13 4 (9.524%) LAN
13 4 (9.524%) WAN

Field Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Field Support 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 Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 16 (38.10%) MS Exchange
2 4 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (7.143%) SharePoint
4 2 (4.762%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (2.381%) Lotus Domino
5 1 (2.381%) IIS
Applications
1 20 (47.62%) MS Excel
2 10 (23.81%) MS Office
3 2 (4.762%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (26.19%) Firewall
2 7 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 5 (11.90%) VPN
3 5 (11.90%) DNS
4 4 (9.524%) LAN
4 4 (9.524%) WAN
5 2 (4.762%) PBX
6 1 (2.381%) VoIP
6 1 (2.381%) WLAN
6 1 (2.381%) SAN
6 1 (2.381%) DHCP
6 1 (2.381%) IP Telephony
6 1 (2.381%) VLAN
6 1 (2.381%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.43%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (11.90%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Blackberry
2 2 (4.762%) EPoS
2 2 (4.762%) Chip and PIN
3 1 (2.381%) PDA
3 1 (2.381%) iPhone
3 1 (2.381%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 31 (73.81%) Windows
2 19 (45.24%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (21.43%) Windows XP
3 9 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (11.90%) Mac OS X
5 3 (7.143%) Windows 7
6 2 (4.762%) Windows 8
6 2 (4.762%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (4.762%) Windows 2000
7 1 (2.381%) UNIX
7 1 (2.381%) Linux
7 1 (2.381%) Windows Vista
7 1 (2.381%) Apple iOS
7 1 (2.381%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (9.524%) Validation
2 3 (7.143%) Project Management
3 2 (4.762%) ITIL
4 1 (2.381%) CAD
4 1 (2.381%) Service Management
4 1 (2.381%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (2.381%) Time Management
4 1 (2.381%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.524%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (19.05%) MCITP
3 7 (16.67%) MCSE
4 5 (11.90%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (9.524%) MCSA
5 4 (9.524%) CCNA
5 4 (9.524%) MCTS
6 3 (7.143%) MCP
7 2 (4.762%) A+ Certification
8 1 (2.381%) MOS
8 1 (2.381%) CCA
8 1 (2.381%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (2.381%) CCNP
8 1 (2.381%) CCENT
8 1 (2.381%) Security Cleared
8 1 (2.381%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.143%) SLA
2 1 (2.381%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (45.24%) Active Directory
2 5 (11.90%) Terminal Services
3 4 (9.524%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (9.524%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.762%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.381%) XenServer
5 1 (2.381%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (7.143%) Backup Exec
2 1 (2.381%) WSUS
Vendors
1 20 (47.62%) Microsoft
2 14 (33.33%) Cisco
3 11 (26.19%) VMware
4 7 (16.67%) Avaya
5 6 (14.29%) Panasonic
5 6 (14.29%) Citrix
6 5 (11.90%) Toshiba
7 3 (7.143%) Nortel
7 3 (7.143%) IBM
7 3 (7.143%) HP
8 2 (4.762%) Dell
8 2 (4.762%) Lotus
8 2 (4.762%) Apple
8 2 (4.762%) Symantec
Staffordshire
A Windows, AD, Exchange, Server, Virtualisation Field Engineer is required for this exciting role with fantastic training opportunities!... You will also be a very confident IT Technician with...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £22000 - £27000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Warwick, West Midlands
They will also have a strong working knowledge of Microsoft based operating systems (Desktop & Server), experience with Exchange Server Administration and experience with Active Directory Administration. It would...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £24000.00 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
Essentially you must have a good broad technical knowledge of IT systems and infrastructure including most of the following - - Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8 - Servers -...
Focus Select Ltd
Salary: From £17,000 to £21,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 15 May 2013