Field Engineer Contracts in Cardiff

Field Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Field Engineer daily rate in Cardiff is £220 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 45 53
Rank change year-on-year +17 +8 -19
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 5 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 2.30% 0.59% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.48% 0.61% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £180 £102 -
25th Percentile £195 £103 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £105 £400
Median % change year-on-year +109.03% -73.69% +190.91%
75th Percentile - £107 £450
90th Percentile - £107 -
South Wales median daily rate £220 £105 £400
% change year-on-year +109.03% -73.69% +190.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £11.75 - -
Median hourly rate £13.50 - -
75th Percentile £15.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £13.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 202 330 523
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.09% 96.77% 97.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 264 403
10th Percentile £199 £183 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £537
90th Percentile £618 £625 £638
South Wales median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 5
10th Percentile £11.32 £12.71 £13.45
25th Percentile £11.75 £13.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £13.50 £16.45 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -17.91% -12.29% +14.42%
75th Percentile £18.00 £20.92 £23.75
90th Percentile £39.45 £24.25 £24.95
South Wales median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £19.91
% change year-on-year +25.03% -8.89% +10.61%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in Cardiff

Field Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in Cardiff.

Daily rate trend for Field Engineer in Cardiff

Field Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in Cardiff.

Hourly rate trend for Field Engineer in Cardiff

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Field Engineer contract 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 contract job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (40.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
2 2 (40.00%) Break/Fix
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) WLAN
2 2 (40.00%) SLA
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Dell
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) WatchGuard
2 2 (40.00%) SonicWALL
2 2 (40.00%) SCCM
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (40.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) WLAN
2 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Break/Fix
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (40.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Dell
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) SonicWALL
1 2 (40.00%) VMware
1 2 (40.00%) WatchGuard