Field Support Engineer Contracts in England

Field Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Field Support Engineer daily rate in England is £165 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 531 641 736
Rank change year-on-year +110 +95 -135
Contract jobs requiring a Field Support Engineer 12 17 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.032% 0.033% 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.035% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 31
10th Percentile - £150 £143
25th Percentile £158 £170 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £198 £180
Median % change year-on-year -16.46% +9.72% +5.88%
75th Percentile £200 £238 £201
90th Percentile £218 £350 £238
UK median daily rate £165 £200 £179
% change year-on-year -17.50% +11.89% +5.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 8
10th Percentile - £16.25 -
25th Percentile - £17.46 -
Median hourly rate - £20.60 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year - +58.46% -29.73%
75th Percentile - £28.98 £15.69
90th Percentile - £33.34 £17.78
UK median hourly rate - £20.60 £13.00
% change year-on-year - +58.46% -31.58%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,494 48,433 68,665
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.54% 95.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,968 34,321 48,831
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,386 1,460 1,923
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.64 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £43.86 £22.40
Median % change year-on-year -20.20% +95.80% -0.09%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.63 £48.20
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.07
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -

Field Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Support Engineer in England

Field Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Field Support Engineer in England

Field Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Field Support Engineer in England

Field Support 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 Support Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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 West +30 7 £165 +10.00%
North of England +38 3 £205 +20.59% 2
Yorkshire +23 3 £205 +2.50%
Midlands +34 1 £200 -5.88% 2
South East +11 1 - - 4
West Midlands - 1 £200 - 2
Field Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Field Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (58.33%) SLA
3 6 (50.00%) ITIL
3 6 (50.00%) BT
3 6 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (50.00%) Police
3 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (50.00%) Line Management
3 6 (50.00%) Coaching
3 6 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (33.33%) Firewall
5 2 (16.67%) LAN
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco
5 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
5 2 (16.67%) Network Security
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
5 2 (16.67%) SD-WAN
6 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
6 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
6 1 (8.33%) Xerox
6 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
6 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
6 1 (8.33%) Windows 10

Field Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (16.67%) LAN
2 2 (16.67%) Network Security
2 2 (16.67%) SD-WAN
3 1 (8.33%) DHCP
3 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 6 (50.00%) Police
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 6 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) CMDB
1 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Android
1 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
1 1 (8.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (50.00%) Coaching
2 6 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (50.00%) ITIL
2 6 (50.00%) Line Management
3 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
4 1 (8.33%) Asset Management
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 1 (8.33%) ITSM
4 1 (8.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) BT
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
3 1 (8.33%) Dell
3 1 (8.33%) HP
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (8.33%) Toshiba
3 1 (8.33%) Xerox