Field Engineer Contracts in London

Field Engineer
England > London

The median Field Engineer daily rate in London is £145, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 357 464
Rank change year-on-year +16 +107 +108
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 12 34 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.096% 0.19% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.20% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 16 17
10th Percentile £126 £138 £105
25th Percentile £126 £155 £120
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £245 £188
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% +30.67% +13.64%
75th Percentile £263 £300 £220
90th Percentile £400 £349 £510
England median daily rate £135 £200 £158
% change year-on-year -32.50% +26.58% -9.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 15 3
10th Percentile - - £22.25
25th Percentile - £16.25 £25.30
Median hourly rate - £19.50 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year - -36.59% +105.00%
75th Percentile - £25.25 £31.13
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.51 £17.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +5.77% -12.50% +26.98%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in London

Field Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Field Engineer in London

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Field Engineer in London

Field Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Field Engineer in London

Field Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
West London +8 2 £190 - 6
South London 0 2 £140 - 2
Central London +3 1 £230 +26.03% 3
Field Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 London region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (33.33%) Break/Fix
2 4 (33.33%) Dell
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (25.00%) HP
3 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (16.67%) Network Optimisation
4 2 (16.67%) LTE
4 2 (16.67%) 4G
4 2 (16.67%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (16.67%) QA
4 2 (16.67%) Time Management
4 2 (16.67%) 5G
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 2 (16.67%) Ticket Management
4 2 (16.67%) 5G NR
4 2 (16.67%) Ericsson
4 2 (16.67%) Dell Certification
4 2 (16.67%) 3G
4 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 2 (16.67%) 2G
4 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
5 1 (8.33%) Degree
5 1 (8.33%) Fujitsu
5 1 (8.33%) Retail
5 1 (8.33%) Workflow

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (16.67%) 2G
1 2 (16.67%) 3G
1 2 (16.67%) 4G
1 2 (16.67%) 5G
1 2 (16.67%) 5G NR
1 2 (16.67%) LTE
1 2 (16.67%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (8.33%) Internet
2 1 (8.33%) LAN
2 1 (8.33%) WAN
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (8.33%) Back Office
4 1 (8.33%) Electronics
4 1 (8.33%) Military
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (8.33%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (8.33%) Unix
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Break/Fix
1 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (16.67%) Network Optimisation
2 2 (16.67%) Ticket Management
2 2 (16.67%) Time Management
3 1 (8.33%) Preventative Maintenance
3 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (8.33%) Service Management
3 1 (8.33%) Visual Effects
3 1 (8.33%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Dell Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Dell
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) HP
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) Ericsson
4 1 (8.33%) Apple
4 1 (8.33%) EMC
4 1 (8.33%) Fujitsu
4 1 (8.33%) Juniper
4 1 (8.33%) NCR
4 1 (8.33%) Unisys