Field Engineer Contracts in Manchester

Field Engineer
North West > Manchester

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Field Engineer daily rate in Manchester.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 95 111
Rank change year-on-year +17 +16 +29
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 1 1 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.11% 0.066% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.069% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £131
25th Percentile - - £161
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £195
75th Percentile - - £430
90th Percentile - - £500
North West median daily rate £180 - £220
% change year-on-year - - +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £14.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year - -44.23% -
North West median hourly rate - £15.96 £20.00
% change year-on-year - -20.20% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 867 1,456 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.98% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,007 1,360
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £588
90th Percentile £674 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 84 55
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.10
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £74.38 £73.75 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in Manchester

Field Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Field Engineer in Manchester

Field Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Field Engineer in Manchester

Field Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester 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
Oldham - 1 - -
Field Engineer
North West

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

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 Manchester region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft