Field Engineer Contracts in England

Field Engineer
UK > England

The median Field Engineer daily rate in England is £145, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 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
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 472 507
Rank change year-on-year +95 +35 +88
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 103 77 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.41% 0.21% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.22% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 46 91
10th Percentile £123 £115 £107
25th Percentile £126 £151 £120
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £170 £165
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% +3.03% -8.33%
75th Percentile £200 £227 £211
90th Percentile £335 £313 £228
UK median daily rate £156 £173 £163
% change year-on-year -9.59% +6.15% -9.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 19 6
10th Percentile - - £19.75
25th Percentile £18.51 £11.75 £20.06
Median hourly rate £18.87 £14.50 £25.73
Median % change year-on-year +30.14% -43.64% +49.80%
75th Percentile £22.01 £19.88 £31.13
90th Percentile £25.15 £21.80 -
UK median hourly rate £20.00 £14.50 £21.26
% change year-on-year +37.93% -31.80% +22.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 23,313 34,623 44,505
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 92.85% 94.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,283 22,626 31,574
10th Percentile £294 £293 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £635 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,069 2,586 1,339
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.86 £14.40
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.65 £20.00
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.55 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -27.94% -9.83% +75.44%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -29.33% -14.29% +71.57%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in England

Field Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Field Engineer in England

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer in England over the 6 months to 27 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Field Engineer in England

Field Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Field Engineer in England

Field Engineer
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 27 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
South East +48 20 £133 -22.06% 78
South West +48 20 £133 -19.70% 31
Midlands +16 17 £131 -34.38% 34
North of England +14 17 £160 -20.99% 80
London +41 16 £145 -7.20% 48
West Midlands +18 9 £150 -25.00% 18
East Midlands +2 8 £128 -10.21% 16
Yorkshire -1 8 £160 -20.99% 33
East of England +27 6 £353 +71.95% 33
North East +5 5 £205 - 12
North West +16 4 £180 - 35
Field Engineer
UK

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 27 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 England region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (20.39%) Social Skills
2 17 (16.50%) Customer Service
3 14 (13.59%) Windows
4 13 (12.62%) Public Sector
5 12 (11.65%) EPoS
5 12 (11.65%) Microsoft
5 12 (11.65%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (11.65%) Security Cleared
5 12 (11.65%) DBS Check
6 11 (10.68%) Telecoms
7 10 (9.71%) LAN
7 10 (9.71%) WAN
8 9 (8.74%) ATM
8 9 (8.74%) Driving Licence
8 9 (8.74%) SC Cleared
9 8 (7.77%) CCTV
9 8 (7.77%) Cisco
9 8 (7.77%) Migration
9 8 (7.77%) Break/Fix
10 7 (6.80%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (6.80%) Firewall
10 7 (6.80%) SLA
10 7 (6.80%) IT Audit
11 6 (5.83%) Asset Management
12 5 (4.85%) CheckPoint
12 5 (4.85%) Active Directory
12 5 (4.85%) HP
12 5 (4.85%) Dell
12 5 (4.85%) Change Management
12 5 (4.85%) Cisco ASA

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

Applications
1 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (11.65%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (3.88%) Azure
3 3 (2.91%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.97%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.71%) LAN
1 10 (9.71%) WAN
2 9 (8.74%) ATM
3 7 (6.80%) Firewall
4 5 (4.85%) 5G
4 5 (4.85%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (4.85%) LTE
5 3 (2.91%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (2.91%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.94%) 2G
6 2 (1.94%) 3G
6 2 (1.94%) 4G
6 2 (1.94%) 5G NR
6 2 (1.94%) DHCP
6 2 (1.94%) DNS
6 2 (1.94%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.94%) VPN
6 2 (1.94%) Wireless
7 1 (0.97%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.97%) VLAN
General
1 21 (20.39%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.62%) Public Sector
3 11 (10.68%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.94%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (1.94%) Banking
5 1 (0.97%) Back Office
5 1 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (0.97%) Electronics
5 1 (0.97%) Finance
5 1 (0.97%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (0.97%) Law
5 1 (0.97%) Legal
5 1 (0.97%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.97%) Marketing
5 1 (0.97%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.97%) .NET
1 1 (0.97%) CSS
1 1 (0.97%) HTML
1 1 (0.97%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.65%) EPoS
2 9 (8.74%) Driving Licence
3 8 (7.77%) CCTV
4 2 (1.94%) IoT
4 2 (1.94%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.97%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.97%) LIMS
5 1 (0.97%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (13.59%) Windows
2 5 (4.85%) Windows 10
3 4 (3.88%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.97%) Android
4 1 (0.97%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (16.50%) Customer Service
2 8 (7.77%) Break/Fix
2 8 (7.77%) Migration
3 7 (6.80%) IT Audit
3 7 (6.80%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (5.83%) Asset Management
5 5 (4.85%) Change Management
6 3 (2.91%) Resource Allocation
6 3 (2.91%) Ticket Management
7 2 (1.94%) Data Security
7 2 (1.94%) ITSM
7 2 (1.94%) Network Optimisation
7 2 (1.94%) Service Delivery
7 2 (1.94%) Time Management
8 1 (0.97%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.97%) CRM
8 1 (0.97%) Digital Marketing
8 1 (0.97%) Programme Management
8 1 (0.97%) Project Management
8 1 (0.97%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.97%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (11.65%) DBS Check
1 12 (11.65%) Security Cleared
2 9 (8.74%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (2.91%) Dell Certification
4 2 (1.94%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.80%) SLA
2 2 (1.94%) QA
System Software
1 5 (4.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.97%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (2.91%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (11.65%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.77%) Cisco
3 5 (4.85%) CheckPoint
3 5 (4.85%) Dell
3 5 (4.85%) HP
4 3 (2.91%) Ericsson
5 2 (1.94%) F5
5 2 (1.94%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.94%) Sun
5 2 (1.94%) VMware
6 1 (0.97%) Apple
6 1 (0.97%) Aruba
6 1 (0.97%) Huawei
6 1 (0.97%) NCR
6 1 (0.97%) Nokia
6 1 (0.97%) Openreach
6 1 (0.97%) SAP