Field Engineer
UK

The median Field Engineer salary in the UK 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 668 746 917
Rank change year-on-year +78 +171 -130
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 236 235 286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.23% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.25% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 228 222 245
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £26,600
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.84% +12.73%
75th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £33,750
90th Percentile £43,825 £42,500 £38,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,000 £30,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% -3.23% +12.73%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in the UK

Field Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Field Engineer in the UK

Field Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Field Engineer in the UK

Field Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Field Engineer within the UK 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
England +118 226 £30,000 -7.69% 836
UK excluding London +54 208 £29,000 -3.33% 820
South East +31 57 £32,500 - 230
North of England +62 50 £32,500 +14.04% 165
South West +7 44 £30,000 -1.64% 105
North West +16 28 £28,000 +12.00% 77
Midlands -9 28 £27,750 -14.62% 157
London +63 27 £37,500 +13.64% 98
East of England +20 27 £27,500 -3.51% 124
Work from Home +43 25 £32,500 - 186
East Midlands -4 18 £28,000 -13.85% 64
Yorkshire +85 17 £40,000 +40.35% 69
West Midlands -5 9 £28,000 -12.50% 94
Northern Ireland +24 5 £28,000 -8.20% 10
North East -2 5 £28,000 -18.84% 20
Scotland -68 4 £27,500 -16.67% 64

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

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 featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 150 (63.56%) Windows
2 103 (43.64%) Social Skills
3 101 (42.80%) Microsoft
4 93 (39.41%) Active Directory
5 88 (37.29%) Problem-Solving
6 79 (33.47%) Customer Service
7 74 (31.36%) Driving Licence
8 66 (27.97%) HP
9 58 (24.58%) Dell
9 58 (24.58%) Microsoft 365
10 50 (21.19%) ITIL
11 49 (20.76%) EPoS
11 49 (20.76%) Azure
12 48 (20.34%) Retail
13 45 (19.07%) SLA
14 44 (18.64%) Microsoft Office
15 43 (18.22%) DBS Check
15 43 (18.22%) Self-Motivation
16 38 (16.10%) Onboarding
16 38 (16.10%) IBM
17 36 (15.25%) Wi-Fi
17 36 (15.25%) Organisational Skills
17 36 (15.25%) Break/Fix
18 35 (14.83%) Time Management
18 35 (14.83%) DNS
19 34 (14.41%) Windows Server
20 32 (13.56%) Entra ID
20 32 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
21 31 (13.14%) Microsoft Intune
22 30 (12.71%) BPSS Clearance

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (9.75%) SharePoint
2 12 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.42%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 44 (18.64%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 58 (24.58%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (20.76%) Azure
3 32 (13.56%) Entra ID
4 16 (6.78%) OneDrive
5 14 (5.93%) Power Automate
5 14 (5.93%) Power Platform
5 14 (5.93%) PowerApps
6 5 (2.12%) AWS
7 3 (1.27%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.85%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.25%) Wi-Fi
2 35 (14.83%) DNS
3 30 (12.71%) DHCP
4 25 (10.59%) Network Security
5 20 (8.47%) TCP/IP
6 19 (8.05%) Firewall
7 16 (6.78%) Wireless
8 13 (5.51%) LAN
8 13 (5.51%) WAN
9 10 (4.24%) VLAN
9 10 (4.24%) VPN
10 9 (3.81%) 4G
11 7 (2.97%) DSL
11 7 (2.97%) LTE
12 5 (2.12%) SAN
13 3 (1.27%) IPsec
13 3 (1.27%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (0.85%) 5G
14 2 (0.85%) ATM
14 2 (0.85%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.39%) Amazon RDS
General
1 103 (43.64%) Social Skills
2 48 (20.34%) Retail
3 36 (15.25%) Organisational Skills
4 32 (13.56%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (3.81%) Legal
6 7 (2.97%) Manufacturing
6 7 (2.97%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.54%) Law
7 6 (2.54%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.69%) Military
10 3 (1.27%) Electronics
10 3 (1.27%) Finance
10 3 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.85%) Publishing
12 1 (0.42%) Aviation
12 1 (0.42%) Back Office
12 1 (0.42%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.42%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 74 (31.36%) Driving Licence
2 49 (20.76%) EPoS
3 43 (18.22%) Self-Motivation
4 38 (16.10%) Onboarding
5 12 (5.08%) Smartphone
6 9 (3.81%) CCTV
7 6 (2.54%) IoT
7 6 (2.54%) iPad
8 5 (2.12%) Replication
9 4 (1.69%) Analogue Electronics
9 4 (1.69%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.69%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.85%) PropTech
12 1 (0.42%) EMC VMAX
12 1 (0.42%) iPhone
12 1 (0.42%) NHS
12 1 (0.42%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 150 (63.56%) Windows
2 34 (14.41%) Windows Server
3 24 (10.17%) Mac OS
4 20 (8.47%) Windows Server 2012
5 18 (7.63%) Windows 10
5 18 (7.63%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (7.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (5.08%) Android
7 12 (5.08%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.85%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (0.42%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (37.29%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (33.47%) Customer Service
3 50 (21.19%) ITIL
4 36 (15.25%) Break/Fix
5 35 (14.83%) Time Management
6 27 (11.44%) Computer Science
7 26 (11.02%) Innovative Thinking
8 14 (5.93%) Asset Management
8 14 (5.93%) Migration
8 14 (5.93%) Project Management
9 10 (4.24%) Hardware Maintenance
9 10 (4.24%) Proactive Maintenance
10 8 (3.39%) Customer Requirements
11 7 (2.97%) Logistics
11 7 (2.97%) Project Delivery
11 7 (2.97%) Service Delivery
12 6 (2.54%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (2.54%) Incident Management
13 5 (2.12%) Email Filtering
13 5 (2.12%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.78%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (18.22%) DBS Check
2 30 (12.71%) A+ Certification
2 30 (12.71%) BPSS Clearance
2 30 (12.71%) Degree
3 28 (11.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 25 (10.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (10.17%) MCP
6 9 (3.81%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.12%) CCNA
7 5 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.27%) MCSE
8 3 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.42%) CCNP
9 1 (0.42%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.42%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (19.07%) SLA
2 6 (2.54%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.42%) COSHH
3 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.42%) GDPR
System Software
1 93 (39.41%) Active Directory
2 29 (12.29%) Hyper-V
3 21 (8.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (7.20%) Firmware
5 6 (2.54%) KVM
6 3 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.42%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (13.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.12%) WSUS
3 1 (0.42%) Autotask
3 1 (0.42%) Avamar
3 1 (0.42%) EMC VPLEX
3 1 (0.42%) SCCM
3 1 (0.42%) SCOM
Vendors
1 101 (42.80%) Microsoft
2 66 (27.97%) HP
3 58 (24.58%) Dell
4 38 (16.10%) IBM
5 24 (10.17%) Citrix
6 22 (9.32%) VMware
7 17 (7.20%) NetApp
8 11 (4.66%) Apple
9 10 (4.24%) Veeam
10 7 (2.97%) Cisco
11 5 (2.12%) Google
11 5 (2.12%) Sophos
11 5 (2.12%) Sun
11 5 (2.12%) Ubiquiti
12 4 (1.69%) Aruba
13 3 (1.27%) Datto
13 3 (1.27%) Fortinet
14 2 (0.85%) Avaya
14 2 (0.85%) Ruckus Wireless
14 2 (0.85%) WatchGuard