Field Engineer Jobs in the South East

Field Engineer
England > South East

The median Field Engineer salary in the South East is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 325 374 392
Rank change year-on-year +49 +18 -32
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 55 37 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.33% 0.25% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.27% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 55 31 62
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,500 £26,025
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.17% +23.53%
75th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £35,000
90th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £37,500
England median annual salary £30,000 £32,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +3.17% +14.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 15,586 13,661 19,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 90.60% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 11,295 8,549 12,610
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in the South East

Field Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Field Engineer in the South East

Field Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Field Engineer in the South East

Field Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Field Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Thames Valley +16 30 £32,500 - 66
Berkshire +39 22 £31,250 -7.41% 33
Hampshire -8 9 £27,500 -8.33% 28
Buckinghamshire -23 8 £35,000 +7.69% 22
East Sussex - 6 £32,500 - 10
Kent -1 5 £52,500 +50.00% 21
Surrey - 4 £28,500 - 21
West Sussex - 1 £32,500 - 14
Field Engineer
England

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 South East region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (40.00%) Windows
2 19 (34.55%) Social Skills
2 19 (34.55%) Microsoft
3 17 (30.91%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (27.27%) Customer Service
5 14 (25.45%) Azure
5 14 (25.45%) Driving Licence
6 10 (18.18%) Active Directory
7 8 (14.55%) Wireless
8 7 (12.73%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (12.73%) Retail
8 7 (12.73%) Smartphone
8 7 (12.73%) EPoS
8 7 (12.73%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (12.73%) Hyper-V
8 7 (12.73%) Android
8 7 (12.73%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (10.91%) IoT
9 6 (10.91%) Windows 10
9 6 (10.91%) Entra ID
9 6 (10.91%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (10.91%) SharePoint
9 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (10.91%) A+ Certification
10 5 (9.09%) Legal
10 5 (9.09%) Manufacturing
10 5 (9.09%) Telecoms
10 5 (9.09%) CCTV

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 7 (12.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (10.91%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (25.45%) Azure
3 6 (10.91%) Entra ID
4 5 (9.09%) OneDrive
5 3 (5.45%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.82%) AWS
6 1 (1.82%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.55%) Wireless
2 7 (12.73%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (9.09%) 4G
3 5 (9.09%) DSL
3 5 (9.09%) LTE
4 4 (7.27%) Network Security
5 3 (5.45%) SAN
6 2 (3.64%) Firewall
7 1 (1.82%) DHCP
7 1 (1.82%) DNS
7 1 (1.82%) LAN
7 1 (1.82%) VLAN
7 1 (1.82%) VPN
7 1 (1.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.09%) Amazon RDS
General
1 19 (34.55%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.73%) Retail
3 6 (10.91%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (9.09%) Legal
4 5 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 5 (9.09%) Telecoms
5 4 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.45%) Electronics
6 3 (5.45%) Military
7 2 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.64%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.82%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.45%) Driving Licence
2 7 (12.73%) EPoS
2 7 (12.73%) Smartphone
3 6 (10.91%) IoT
4 5 (9.09%) CCTV
5 3 (5.45%) Analogue Electronics
5 3 (5.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (5.45%) Data Centre
5 3 (5.45%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.64%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.82%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (40.00%) Windows
2 7 (12.73%) Android
3 6 (10.91%) Windows 10
4 5 (9.09%) Apple iOS
5 4 (7.27%) Mac OS
5 4 (7.27%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.82%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (30.91%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (27.27%) Customer Service
3 5 (9.09%) Logistics
4 4 (7.27%) Computer Science
5 3 (5.45%) Change Control
5 3 (5.45%) Time Management
6 2 (3.64%) Coaching
6 2 (3.64%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (1.82%) Asset Management
7 1 (1.82%) Change Management
7 1 (1.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (1.82%) Cost Reduction
7 1 (1.82%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (1.82%) Data Privacy
7 1 (1.82%) Fault Analysis
7 1 (1.82%) Mathematics
7 1 (1.82%) Mentoring
7 1 (1.82%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (1.82%) Service Delivery
7 1 (1.82%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.82%) Bash
1 1 (1.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (10.91%) A+ Certification
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (7.27%) CCNA
2 4 (7.27%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (7.27%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (7.27%) Degree
3 3 (5.45%) DBS Check
3 3 (5.45%) MCP
3 3 (5.45%) MCSE
3 3 (5.45%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.82%) CCNP
4 1 (1.82%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (1.82%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.82%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.82%) COSHH
1 1 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.82%) GDPR
1 1 (1.82%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 7 (12.73%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (12.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.82%) Autotask
2 1 (1.82%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 19 (34.55%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.09%) Citrix
3 4 (7.27%) Dell
3 4 (7.27%) Google
4 3 (5.45%) Apple
5 1 (1.82%) 3PAR
5 1 (1.82%) Adobe
5 1 (1.82%) Cisco
5 1 (1.82%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.82%) HP
5 1 (1.82%) Meraki
5 1 (1.82%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.82%) Sun
5 1 (1.82%) VMware
5 1 (1.82%) WatchGuard