Field Engineer Contract Job Trends in Doncaster

Field Engineer
South Yorkshire > Doncaster

The median Field Engineer daily rate in Doncaster is £160, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 11 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Doncaster 11.11% 3.45% -
As % of the Job Titles category 12.50% 5.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £163 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £194 £163 £140
% change year-on-year +19.56% +16.07% +7.69%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Doncaster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Doncaster. 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 Doncaster with a recognized job title 8 20 19
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.89% 68.97% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 16 13
10th Percentile £141 £161 £196
25th Percentile £213 £199 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £228 £300
Median % change year-on-year +31.87% -24.17% -27.71%
75th Percentile £443 £481 £500
90th Percentile £544 £500 £675
South Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -13.46% -5.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.21 £21.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -13.31% +5.00% +11.89%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Doncaster

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in Doncaster

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Doncaster

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

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

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Doncaster

For the 6 months to 7 September 2025, 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 Doncaster region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ATM
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Doncaster 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) ATM
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check