Field Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Field Support Engineer
England > London

The median Field Support Engineer daily rate in London is £238, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 385 415
Rank change year-on-year +14 +30 +162
Contract jobs requiring a Field Support Engineer 4 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.029% 0.013% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.014% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile £195 £236 £237
25th Percentile £209 £246 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £263 £270
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +35.00%
75th Percentile £266 £281 -
90th Percentile £281 £291 £281
England median daily rate £190 £263 £200
% change year-on-year -27.62% +31.25% +1.91%

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 12,732 14,689 18,858
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 94.01% 93.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,452 9,491 13,721
10th Percentile £333 £338 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £794 £798
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 157 210
10th Percentile £17.25 £17.25 £18.15
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.50 £21.75
Median hourly rate £26.57 £38.50 £40.17
Median % change year-on-year -30.99% -4.15% +22.64%
75th Percentile £47.50 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.73 £80.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.88
% change year-on-year -37.63% -12.11% +52.93%

Field Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Field Support Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Field Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Field Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Field Support 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 Support Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 5 November 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 - 1 £285 -
Field Support Engineer
England

Field Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 5 November 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 London region featuring Field Support Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (75.00%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Apple
4 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (25.00%) SCCM
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (25.00%) SLA
4 1 (25.00%) Spreadsheet

Field Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft