Field Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Field Engineer
North West > Cumbria

The median Field Engineer daily rate in Cumbria is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 November 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 29 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 3 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 2.46% 1.99% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% 2.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £180 -
Median % change year-on-year +177.78% - -
North West median daily rate £265 £180 £205
% change year-on-year +47.22% -12.20% +20.59%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cumbria

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cumbria. 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 Cumbria with a recognized job title 117 186 171
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.90% 92.54% 92.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 78 141
10th Percentile £409 £200 £450
25th Percentile £447 £432 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £615
Median % change year-on-year - -18.70% +44.03%
75th Percentile £546 £587 £650
90th Percentile £650 £675 £673
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 22 6
10th Percentile £38.01 £18.64 £39.78
25th Percentile £38.63 £23.25 £51.25
Median hourly rate £56.44 £51.10 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +10.46% -4.94% -4.21%
75th Percentile £63.40 £69.83 £55.64
90th Percentile £67.84 £74.63 £60.43
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £29.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.34% -15.71% +74.43%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Field Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Field Engineer job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Field Engineer job vacancies in Cumbria.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Field Engineer job vacancies in Cumbria

Field Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Field Engineer job vacancies in Cumbria.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Field Engineer job vacancies in Cumbria

Field Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Field Engineer within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 25 November 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Barrow-in-Furness - 2 £500 -
Carlisle +4 1 - - 2
Field Engineer
North West

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria

For the 6 months to 25 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 Cumbria region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) BitLocker
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) Disk Encryption
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
1 2 (66.67%) Skype
1 2 (66.67%) Skype for Business
1 2 (66.67%) VB
1 2 (66.67%) VBScript
1 2 (66.67%) VLAN
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) ATM
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) NCR

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) Skype
1 2 (66.67%) VLAN
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (33.33%) ATM
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Disk Encryption
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) VB
1 2 (66.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) NCR