Field Engineer Contracts in the East of England

Field Engineer
England > East of England

The median Field Engineer daily rate in the East of England is £353, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 June 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
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 100 114
Rank change year-on-year +19 +14 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 6 9 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.60% 0.46% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.52% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 4
10th Percentile £243 £138 -
25th Percentile £325 £164 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £353 £320 £150
Median % change year-on-year +10.16% +113.33% -
75th Percentile £388 £475 £202
90th Percentile - - £223
England median daily rate £135 £190 £150
% change year-on-year -28.95% +26.67% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.50 -
England median hourly rate £18.51 £16.50 £20.71
% change year-on-year +12.18% -20.31% +22.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 869 1,740 1,773
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.25% 89.14% 91.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 436 765 1,093
10th Percentile £200 £206 £189
25th Percentile £356 £313 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.94% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £514 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.10% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 607 257
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.05 £16.30 £15.25
Median hourly rate £41.25 £43.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.07% - +168.75%
75th Percentile £72.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.70 £75.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £29.57 £38.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.21% -14.44% +88.21%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in the East of England

Field Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Field Engineer in the East of England

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 8 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Field Engineer in the East of England

Field Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Field Engineer in the East of England

Field Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Cambridgeshire +12 3 £375 -16.67% 16
Essex - 2 £330 - 3
Bedfordshire -1 1 £160 +11.11% 3
Field Engineer
England

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 8 June 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 of England region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
2 3 (50.00%) LTE
2 3 (50.00%) 5G
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco
3 2 (33.33%) CheckPoint
4 1 (16.67%) EPoS
4 1 (16.67%) ATM
4 1 (16.67%) GSM
4 1 (16.67%) WCDMA
4 1 (16.67%) F5
4 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) Onboarding

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (50.00%) 5G
1 3 (50.00%) LTE
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) ATM
3 1 (16.67%) GSM
3 1 (16.67%) WCDMA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) EPoS
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) CheckPoint
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) F5