The first table below looks at the demand for the Field Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Field Engineer
Rank 610 710 561
Rank change year-on-year
+100 -149
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 259 190 335
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.240% 0.157% 0.269%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.254% 0.166% 0.286%
Number of salaries quoted 214 164 288
Average salary £24,000 £26,444 £25,125
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.24% +5.24%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £20,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £31,250 £42,250 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £25,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +2.00%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
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 Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Field Engineer Salary Trend

Field Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Field Engineer over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Field Engineer Salary Histogram

Field Engineer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Field Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England +87 242 £24,500 -10.90%
London +72 62 £26,250 -4.54%
South East +15 53 £26,500 +3.51%
North West +23 27 £24,000 -
Manchester -4 21 £24,000 -15.78%
South West +11 20 £22,500 +4.65%
East Midlands -1 20 £24,000 -4.00%
East of England -11 19 £22,250 -25.83%
Berkshire +16 18 £25,000 -28.57%
West Midlands -12 16 £24,250 +21.25%
Yorkshire +4 15 £25,250 -8.18%
Buckinghamshire -4 13 £30,000 +39.53%
Scotland +1 11 £23,750 +13.09%
Cambridgeshire +15 9 £21,250 -46.87%
Aylesbury - 9 £30,000 -
Reading - 9 £25,000 -
Lincolnshire -7 8 £22,250 -25.83%
City of London +1 7 £24,500 -24.61%
Birmingham -15 7 £22,500 +12.50%
Slough - 7 £21,500 -
Bristol -3 6 £23,500 -25.39%
Essex +17 5 £22,250 +20.27%
East Yorkshire +1 5 £21,762 -15.56%
West Yorkshire -2 5 £26,500 +23.25%
Hull -3 5 £21,762 -15.56%
Kent -13 5 £27,780 +38.90%
Oxfordshire -16 5 £30,537 +38.80%
Glasgow -17 5 £24,000 -
Peterborough - 5 £20,000 -
Worcestershire +6 4 £27,500 +40.12%

Field Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 243 (48.99%) Windows
2 190 (38.31%) Microsoft
3 125 (25.20%) Cisco
4 117 (23.59%) Telecoms
5 114 (22.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 99 (19.96%) Active Directory
7 88 (17.74%) Windows Server 2008
8 86 (17.34%) MS Excel
9 78 (15.73%) TCP/IP
9 78 (15.73%) Windows Server 2003
10 77 (15.52%) MCSE
10 77 (15.52%) Windows 7
11 73 (14.72%) Windows XP
12 71 (14.31%) MS Exchange
13 63 (12.70%) VoIP
14 58 (11.69%) Cisco Certification
15 56 (11.29%) HP
15 56 (11.29%) MCDST
16 55 (11.09%) HNC
17 54 (10.89%) C
17 54 (10.89%) MS Office
18 53 (10.69%) HND
18 53 (10.69%) Linux
19 44 (8.871%) Citrix
19 44 (8.871%) CCNA
20 42 (8.468%) Back Office
20 42 (8.468%) VMware
21 40 (8.065%) Manufacturing
21 40 (8.065%) LAN
22 37 (7.460%) SLA

Field Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 Development
1 4 (0.806%) Flash
2 2 (0.403%) COM
3 1 (0.202%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (0.202%) DCOM
3 1 (0.202%) ODBC
3 1 (0.202%) ActiveX
3 1 (0.202%) OCX
Application Platforms
1 71 (14.31%) MS Exchange
2 25 (5.040%) Exchange Server 2010
3 20 (4.032%) Exchange Server 2007
4 16 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2003
5 12 (2.419%) Lotus Domino
6 10 (2.016%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 7 (1.411%) SharePoint
8 4 (0.806%) Lync
8 4 (0.806%) IIS
8 4 (0.806%) CMS
9 3 (0.605%) Lotus Notes
10 2 (0.403%) GroupWise
11 1 (0.202%) Exchange Server 2000
11 1 (0.202%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 86 (17.34%) MS Excel
2 54 (10.89%) MS Office
3 6 (1.210%) Office 365
4 1 (0.202%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 3 (0.605%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.403%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 78 (15.73%) TCP/IP
2 63 (12.70%) VoIP
3 40 (8.065%) LAN
4 33 (6.653%) Wireless
4 33 (6.653%) DNS
5 32 (6.452%) WAN
6 30 (6.048%) DHCP
7 29 (5.847%) Firewall
8 24 (4.839%) VPN
9 15 (3.024%) Internet
10 14 (2.823%) SAN
11 12 (2.419%) DWDM
12 11 (2.218%) SDH
13 9 (1.815%) 3G
13 9 (1.815%) Broadband
14 7 (1.411%) LLU
14 7 (1.411%) DSL
15 6 (1.210%) HSPA
15 6 (1.210%) Bluetooth
15 6 (1.210%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (5.242%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.806%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.202%) MySQL
3 1 (0.202%) DB2
3 1 (0.202%) OLAP
General
1 117 (23.59%) Telecoms
2 42 (8.468%) Back Office
3 40 (8.065%) Manufacturing
4 31 (6.250%) Electronics
5 8 (1.613%) Finance
6 4 (0.806%) Local Government
6 4 (0.806%) Games
7 3 (0.605%) Law
7 3 (0.605%) Retail
8 2 (0.403%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (0.403%) Marketing
8 2 (0.403%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.403%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.202%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.653%) EPoS
2 17 (3.427%) Blackberry
3 8 (1.613%) iPad
4 7 (1.411%) Handset
4 7 (1.411%) Replication
4 7 (1.411%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (1.210%) Firmware
5 6 (1.210%) Smartphone
6 5 (1.008%) Digital Media
7 4 (0.806%) Thin Client
7 4 (0.806%) MPEG
7 4 (0.806%) Client/Server
7 4 (0.806%) Fat Client
8 3 (0.605%) CCTV
8 3 (0.605%) Chip and PIN
8 3 (0.605%) iPhone
9 2 (0.403%) Statistics
9 2 (0.403%) PDA
9 2 (0.403%) Biotechnology
9 2 (0.403%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 243 (48.99%) Windows
2 88 (17.74%) Windows Server 2008
3 78 (15.73%) Windows Server 2003
4 77 (15.52%) Windows 7
5 73 (14.72%) Windows XP
6 53 (10.69%) Linux
7 24 (4.839%) Windows Vista
8 22 (4.435%) Mac OS X
9 6 (1.210%) UNIX
9 6 (1.210%) Windows 2000
9 6 (1.210%) Mac OS X Server
10 5 (1.008%) Windows 2000 Server
11 4 (0.806%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.605%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.403%) Android
13 2 (0.403%) NetWare
13 2 (0.403%) Windows NT
14 1 (0.202%) VMS
14 1 (0.202%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (6.048%) ITIL
2 13 (2.621%) Incident Management
3 11 (2.218%) Business Intelligence
3 11 (2.218%) Logistics
4 10 (2.016%) Operations Management
4 10 (2.016%) Release Management
5 9 (1.815%) Time Management
6 8 (1.613%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (1.411%) Validation
7 7 (1.411%) Service Management
8 6 (1.210%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (1.210%) Performance Testing
9 5 (1.008%) Data Protection
9 5 (1.008%) Service Delivery
9 5 (1.008%) Network Management
10 4 (0.806%) Signal Processing
10 4 (0.806%) Knowledge Management
10 4 (0.806%) Data Security
11 3 (0.605%) Migration
11 3 (0.605%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (10.89%) C
2 15 (3.024%) SQL
3 2 (0.403%) VB
4 1 (0.202%) VBScript
4 1 (0.202%) C#
4 1 (0.202%) C++
4 1 (0.202%) Java
4 1 (0.202%) R
Qualifications
1 114 (22.98%) Microsoft Certification
2 77 (15.52%) MCSE
3 58 (11.69%) Cisco Certification
4 56 (11.29%) MCDST
5 55 (11.09%) HNC
6 53 (10.69%) HND
7 44 (8.871%) CCNA
8 35 (7.056%) MCP
9 34 (6.855%) MCITP
10 29 (5.847%) MCSA
10 29 (5.847%) Security Cleared
11 23 (4.637%) SC Cleared
12 14 (2.823%) Degree
13 13 (2.621%) MCTS
14 11 (2.218%) A+ Certification
15 6 (1.210%) Dell Certification
15 6 (1.210%) CCNP
16 5 (1.008%) ACTC
16 5 (1.008%) ACMT
17 2 (0.403%) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.460%) SLA
2 2 (0.403%) ISO 9000
2 2 (0.403%) DICOM
3 1 (0.202%) QA
3 1 (0.202%) HL7
System Software
1 99 (19.96%) Active Directory
2 27 (5.444%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (3.831%) Terminal Services
4 16 (3.226%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.815%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.210%) XenApp
7 4 (0.806%) XenDesktop
8 3 (0.605%) vSphere
9 2 (0.403%) XenServer
9 2 (0.403%) Terminal Server
9 2 (0.403%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 2 (0.403%) VMware ESX
10 1 (0.202%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.202%) MetaFrame
10 1 (0.202%) Kamailio
10 1 (0.202%) UAG
Systems Management
1 15 (3.024%) SCCM
2 13 (2.621%) Backup Exec
3 9 (1.815%) WSUS
4 2 (0.403%) Cisco UCCE
4 2 (0.403%) Cisco UCCX
4 2 (0.403%) SCOM
5 1 (0.202%) ZENworks
5 1 (0.202%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 190 (38.31%) Microsoft
2 125 (25.20%) Cisco
3 56 (11.29%) HP
4 44 (8.871%) Citrix
5 42 (8.468%) VMware
6 33 (6.653%) IBM
6 33 (6.653%) Apple
7 27 (5.444%) Dell
8 20 (4.032%) Mitel
9 18 (3.629%) Remedy
10 17 (3.427%) Avaya
10 17 (3.427%) Sun
11 16 (3.226%) NetApp
12 15 (3.024%) Juniper
12 15 (3.024%) EMC
12 15 (3.024%) Symantec
12 15 (3.024%) Oracle
13 9 (1.815%) Nortel
14 8 (1.613%) Panasonic
14 8 (1.613%) Draytek
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
Crawley, West Sussex
The IT Field Support Engineer will have previous experience of providing on the road technical support and installations and a thorough knowledge of Windows Servers and operating systems...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: to £20,000 + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom, East Anglia
Maximising the uptime of Bedside Units and therefore the availability of the system to customers.RESPONSIBILITIES: a) Maximising the uptime (technical availability to customers) of the Bedside Unit...
Easy Web Recruitment
Salary: £20,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, South East
Maximising the uptime of Bedside Units and therefore the availability of the system to customers.RESPONSIBILITIES: a) Maximising the uptime (technical availability to customers) of the Bedside Unit...
Easy Web Recruitment
Salary: £20,000 + £2,500 Travel
Posted: 20 May 2013
Oldham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, North...
Maximising the uptime of Bedside Units and therefore the availability of the system to customers.RESPONSIBILITIES: a) Maximising the uptime (technical availability to customers) of the Bedside Unit...
Easy Web Recruitment
Salary: £20,000 + £2,500 Travel
Posted: 20 May 2013
Dorset, Dorset, United Kingdom, South West
Maximising the uptime of Bedside Units and therefore the availability of the system to customers.RESPONSIBILITIES: a) Maximising the uptime (technical availability to customers) of the Bedside Unit...
Easy Web Recruitment
Salary: £20,000 + £2,500 Travel
Posted: 20 May 2013
Abergavenny, Gwent
Server and PC hardware/software in a Microsoft/Linux networking environment. - Analogue and digital/VOIP telephone networks. - TCP/IP network fundamentals including working with Windows software configurations... DESIRABLE...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £20,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Server and PC hardware/software in a Microsoft/Linux networking environment. - Analogue and digital/VOIP telephone networks. - TCP/IP network fundamentals including working with Windows software configurations... DESIRABLE...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £20,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Norwich, Norfolk
Server and PC hardware/software in a Microsoft/Linux networking environment. - Analogue and digital/VOIP telephone networks. - TCP/IP network fundamentals including working with Windows software configurations... DESIRABLE...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £20,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Oldham, Lancashire
Server and PC hardware/software in a Microsoft/Linux networking environment. - Analogue and digital/VOIP telephone networks. - TCP/IP network fundamentals including working with Windows software configurations... DESIRABLE...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £20,000 + £2,500 Travel
Posted: 22 May 2013
Dorchester, Dorset
Server and PC hardware/software in a Microsoft/Linux networking environment. - Analogue and digital/VOIP telephone networks. - TCP/IP network fundamentals including working with Windows software configurations... DESIRABLE...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £20,000 + £2,500 Travel
Posted: 22 May 2013
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Server and PC hardware/software in a Microsoft/Linux networking environment. - Analogue and digital/VOIP telephone networks. - TCP/IP network fundamentals including working with Windows software configurations... DESIRABLE...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £20,000 + £2,500 Travel
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Server and PC hardware/software in a Microsoft/Linux networking environment. - Analogue and digital/VOIP telephone networks. - TCP/IP network fundamentals including working with Windows software configurations... DESIRABLE...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £20,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Gwent, Blaenau Gwent, United Kingdom, Wales
Maximising the uptime of Bedside Units and therefore the availability of the system to customers.RESPONSIBILITIES: a) Maximising the uptime (technical availability to customers) of the Bedside Unit...
Easy Web Recruitment
Salary: £20,000 per year
Posted: 23 May 2013
Addenbrookes, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, East...
Maximising the uptime of Bedside Units and therefore the availability of the system to customers.RESPONSIBILITIES: a) Maximising the uptime (technical availability to customers) of the Bedside Unit...
Easy Web Recruitment
Salary: £20,000 per year
Posted: 23 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom, North West
Maximising the uptime of Bedside Units and therefore the availability of the system to customers.RESPONSIBILITIES: a) Maximising the uptime (technical availability to customers) of the Bedside Unit...
Easy Web Recruitment
Salary: £20,000 per year
Posted: 23 May 2013
Watford, South East
Desirable experience : Desktop Support including building and testing new images, software deployment and hardware installations... Active Directory Administration including managing and maintaining all aspects of ADS, GPO's,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £22000.00 - £28000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Supporting a wide variety of technologies primarily Microsoft and network protocols including TCP/IP.PersonTo support and deliver services across a range of products primarily based on Microsoft...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Surrey
North Surrey- £22,000 If you are a support technician with a foundation supporting a range of hardware, software, networking and audio visual equipment, I would be keen...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £12000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
South West England
Windows 2000, MS Office, XP, VPN, Dell, HP, Printers, Laptop, ITIL). Global organisation are looking for a Desktop Field Engineer to work across their Offices in the South...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
South West
Windows 2000, MS Office, XP, VPN, Dell, HP, Printers, Laptop, ITIL)... In depth knowledge of Windows 2000, MS Office, XP, VPN, Dell, HP, Printers, Laptop, ITIL and excellent...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
A field support engineer with experience in the following areas; VMware, Exchange, Windows Server, DNS and TCP-IP is the ideal candidate for this position as you will...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £20000 - £33000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
London, United Kingdom
In order to fulfil the Field Service Engineer role we are looking for someone with the following core skills; - CCNA - Experience working with one or more of the...
Networks First Limited
Salary: £20,000 - £25,000 per year, depending on experience
Posted: 25 May 2013
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2008 R2... Symantec Backup Exec. ADSL. TCP/IP... Microsoft SharePoint. Microsoft OCS 2007 / Lync 2010. Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware ESX virtualisation products.
NS Consultants
Salary: From £16,000 to £18,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Derbyshire, East Midlands
Based in the Derbyshire office but predominantly on client sites throughout the UK and potentially further afield you will be integrating the company's bespoke software with client...
greywood
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013