Field Engineer Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Field Engineer
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The median Field Engineer daily rate in Barrow-in-Furness is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
4 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 1.90% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.98% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Cumbria median daily rate £500 £180 -
% change year-on-year +177.78% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Barrow-in-Furness

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness with a recognized job title 101 128 116
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.19% 98.46% 99.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 49 105
10th Percentile £411 £430 £461
25th Percentile £447 £463 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £615
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% -16.75% +44.03%
75th Percentile £548 £643 £649
90th Percentile £661 £678 £672
Cumbria median daily rate £500 £500 £594
% change year-on-year - -15.79% +39.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 19 1
10th Percentile £27.14 £47.04 -
25th Percentile £38.59 £51.92 -
Median hourly rate £55.48 £62.32 £55.85
Median % change year-on-year -10.98% +11.58% -
75th Percentile £63.40 £70.90 -
90th Percentile £66.54 £71.43 -
Cumbria median hourly rate £45.85 £55.25 £53.75
% change year-on-year -17.01% +2.79% +8.83%

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, Field Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Barrow-in-Furness region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) BitLocker
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (100.00%) Skype
1 2 (100.00%) Skype for Business
1 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) VBScript
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Skype
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
4 Field Engineer jobs in Cumbria