Field Service Engineer Contract Job Trends in Leicester

Field Services Engineer
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Field Services Engineer daily rate in Leicester is £125, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 September 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
5 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Field Service Engineer 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicester 10.98% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 13.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £120 - -
25th Percentile £123 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £125 - -
75th Percentile £129 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median daily rate £125 - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Leicester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 65 81 102
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 79.27% 95.29% 97.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 57 76
10th Percentile £123 £250 £256
25th Percentile £174 £309 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £465
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -8.64% +7.87%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £600
90th Percentile £560 £614 £680
Leicestershire median daily rate £360 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -15.29% - +0.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £13.16
25th Percentile - - £13.62
Median hourly rate - - £16.69
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.63%
75th Percentile - - £22.41
90th Percentile - - £44.38
Leicestershire median hourly rate £20.75 £24.00 £19.69
% change year-on-year -13.54% +21.89% +6.43%

Field Service Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Service Engineer in Leicester

Field Service Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Field Service Engineer job vacancies in Leicester

Field Service Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicester

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Field Service Engineer job vacancies in Leicester

Field Service Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester

For the 6 months to 5 September 2025, Field Service 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 Leicester region featuring Field Service Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (11.11%) Break/Fix
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 1 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (11.11%) MCSE
1 1 (11.11%) CCNA
1 1 (11.11%) Dell
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (11.11%) A+ Certification
1 1 (11.11%) SAN

Field Service Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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 1 (11.11%) SAN
General
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) Break/Fix
1 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
1 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) A+ Certification
1 1 (11.11%) CCNA
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (11.11%) MCSE
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Dell