Field Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Field Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Field Support Engineer daily rate in England is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 518 549
Rank change year-on-year +5 +31 +210
Contract jobs requiring a Field Support Engineer 7 4 38
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.025% 0.013% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.014% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 32
10th Percentile - £232 £190
25th Percentile £185 £235 £194
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £240 £200
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +20.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £215 £269 £220
90th Percentile £260 £286 £264
UK median daily rate £190 £240 £200
% change year-on-year -20.83% +20.00% +3.90%

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 25,866 29,369 38,361
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.10% 93.02% 93.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,630 17,923 26,734
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £403 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,473 1,192 1,407
10th Percentile £13.81 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.94 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -41.43% -6.41% +60.98%
75th Percentile £50.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.86 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +67.17%

Field Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Field Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Field Support Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Field Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Field Support Engineer job vacancies in England

Field Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Field Support Engineer job vacancies 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 21 October 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
London +10 4 £238 -9.52% 1
East of England 0 2 £190 -20.83% 5
Midlands - 1 £210 - 2
West Midlands - 1 £210 - 1
Field Support Engineer
UK

Field Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, Field Support 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 England region featuring Field Support Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) TCP/IP
3 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
4 4 (57.14%) DHCP
4 4 (57.14%) DNS
4 4 (57.14%) ITSM
4 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
4 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (57.14%) ServiceNow
4 4 (57.14%) VPN
5 3 (42.86%) Apple iOS
5 3 (42.86%) Asset Management
5 3 (42.86%) Customer Service
5 3 (42.86%) OneDrive
5 3 (42.86%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (28.57%) Apple
6 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (28.57%) Logistics
6 2 (28.57%) SCCM
6 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
6 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
6 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (28.57%) Windows 10
7 1 (14.29%) Coaching
7 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
7 1 (14.29%) Google
7 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
7 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (14.29%) Network Management

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (42.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) TCP/IP
2 4 (57.14%) DHCP
2 4 (57.14%) DNS
2 4 (57.14%) VPN
3 3 (42.86%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) Spread Betting
2 1 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Apple iOS
3 2 (28.57%) Windows 10
4 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
4 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) ITSM
2 3 (42.86%) Asset Management
2 3 (42.86%) Customer Service
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Logistics
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Coaching
4 1 (14.29%) Network Management
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
1 4 (57.14%) ServiceNow
2 2 (28.57%) Apple
3 1 (14.29%) Google