Field Engineer Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Field Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Field Engineer daily rate in Edinburgh is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 67 81
Rank change year-on-year +5 +14 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 3 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.51% 0.93% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.99% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £219 £117 £102
25th Percentile £291 £133 £103
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £144 £110
Median % change year-on-year +195.65% +30.68% +4.76%
75th Percentile £444 £170 £133
90th Percentile £448 £211 £143
Scotland median daily rate £214 £180 £300
% change year-on-year +18.75% -40.00% +122.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £23.59 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £18.00
% change year-on-year -15.22% +31.06% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 527 606 867
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.24% 94.39% 95.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 319 516
10th Percentile £227 £223 £210
25th Percentile £410 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £488
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 21 16
10th Percentile £22.80 £19.64 £13.22
25th Percentile £30.38 £21.05 £17.29
Median hourly rate £58.75 £23.59 £28.94
Median % change year-on-year +149.05% -18.47% +45.77%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.18 £60.38
90th Percentile - - £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £24.09 £22.55 £20.00
% change year-on-year +6.85% +12.73% +12.87%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Field Engineer job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Field Engineer in Edinburgh

Field Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 14 December 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 Edinburgh region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) CCNA
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (66.67%) F5
1 2 (66.67%) High Availability
1 2 (66.67%) IPsec
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) Load Balancing
1 2 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
1 2 (66.67%) SD-WAN
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Network Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Unified Communications
2 1 (33.33%) Windows

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (66.67%) IPsec
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) SD-WAN
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
1 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (33.33%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) High Availability
1 2 (66.67%) Load Balancing
1 2 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Network Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCNA
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) F5
1 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto