Field Engineer Contracts in the East Midlands

Field Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Field Engineer daily rate in the East Midlands is £128, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 July 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
30 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 58 71
Rank change year-on-year -1 +13 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 10 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.31% 0.63% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 0.67% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 2
10th Percentile - £122 £130
25th Percentile £123 £153 £131
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £128 £210 £132
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% +59.24% -20.08%
75th Percentile £129 £233 £133
90th Percentile £163 £243 £133
England median daily rate £145 £178 £160
% change year-on-year -18.31% +10.94% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £11.75 £19.49
Median hourly rate £25.15 £13.50 £20.60
Median % change year-on-year +86.30% -34.47% +17.31%
75th Percentile - £15.25 £21.71
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.87 £14.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +34.79% -45.47% +46.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 679 748 876
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.76% 94.56% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 494 660
10th Percentile £200 £200 £213
25th Percentile £326 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £445 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.87% -6.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £500 £562 £600
90th Percentile £610 £621 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 66 41
10th Percentile £15.12 £12.56 £13.16
25th Percentile £18.12 £14.19 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.21 £20.73 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.94% -5.77% +2.33%
75th Percentile £25.15 £42.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £30.97 £51.91 £70.00
England median hourly rate £26.00 £43.00 £43.69
% change year-on-year -39.53% -1.58% +70.73%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in the East Midlands

Field Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Field Engineer in the East Midlands

Field Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Field Engineer in the East Midlands

Field Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 July 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
Leicestershire +5 7 £125 -40.48% 2
Derbyshire - 2 £165 - 3
Northamptonshire -13 1 £160 -
Field Engineer
England

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 30 July 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 East Midlands region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (10.00%) Openreach
1 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (10.00%) Tech Ops
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (10.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) VLAN
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) ATM
1 1 (10.00%) Broadband
1 1 (10.00%) LAN
1 1 (10.00%) PSTN
1 1 (10.00%) VoIP
1 1 (10.00%) WAN
1 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (10.00%) EPoS

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (10.00%) ATM
1 1 (10.00%) Broadband
1 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) LAN
1 1 (10.00%) PSTN
1 1 (10.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (10.00%) VLAN
1 1 (10.00%) VoIP
1 1 (10.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (10.00%) EPoS
1 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (10.00%) Tech Ops
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Openreach