Field Engineer Contracts in the North of England

Field Engineer
England > North of England

The median Field Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £160, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 July 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
28 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 165 173
Rank change year-on-year +4 +8 +36
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 17 13 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.44% 0.30% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.32% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 25
10th Percentile £133 £109 -
25th Percentile - £156 £107
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £180 £130
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +38.46% -10.34%
75th Percentile £231 £218 £190
90th Percentile £255 £218 £220
England median daily rate £145 £178 £155
% change year-on-year -18.31% +14.52% -8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £11.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.87 £13.50 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.78% -18.18% -4.90%
75th Percentile - £15.50 £16.75
90th Percentile - £15.65 -
England median hourly rate £18.87 £13.75 £25.68
% change year-on-year +37.24% -46.45% +46.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 3,616 4,002 5,094
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 92.36% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,337 2,475 3,469
10th Percentile £254 £263 £263
25th Percentile £368 £392 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% -2.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £643 £664 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 317 202
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.44 £15.30
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.32 £26.00 £22.84
Median % change year-on-year -14.17% +13.84% +12.43%
75th Percentile £45.13 £48.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £75.79 £70.00 £55.23
England median hourly rate £26.30 £43.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -38.84% -1.71% +70.97%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in the North of England

Field Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Field Engineer in the North of England

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Field Engineer in the North of England

Field Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Field Engineer in the North of England

Field Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 28 July 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
Yorkshire -15 7 £160 -20.00% 26
North East +3 6 £135 +12.50% 5
North West -6 4 £180 - 30
Field Engineer
England

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 28 July 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 North of England region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (41.18%) Customer Service
2 6 (35.29%) EPoS
3 5 (29.41%) DBS Check
3 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
4 4 (23.53%) ATM
4 4 (23.53%) SLA
5 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
5 3 (17.65%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
6 2 (11.76%) Windows
6 2 (11.76%) Retail
6 2 (11.76%) Asset Management
6 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
6 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
7 1 (5.88%) LAN
7 1 (5.88%) WAN
7 1 (5.88%) HP
7 1 (5.88%) Dell
7 1 (5.88%) Ericsson
7 1 (5.88%) Nokia
7 1 (5.88%) SCCM
7 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
7 1 (5.88%) Firewall
7 1 (5.88%) Wireless
7 1 (5.88%) VMware
7 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
7 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
7 1 (5.88%) Ticket Management
7 1 (5.88%) Windows 10

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) ATM
2 1 (5.88%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) LAN
2 1 (5.88%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (5.88%) WAN
2 1 (5.88%) Wireless
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.76%) Retail
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) EPoS
2 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Customer Service
2 3 (17.65%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (11.76%) Asset Management
4 1 (5.88%) Disk Encryption
4 1 (5.88%) Escalation Management
4 1 (5.88%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) DBS Check
2 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Aruba
2 1 (5.88%) Dell
2 1 (5.88%) Ericsson
2 1 (5.88%) HP
2 1 (5.88%) Huawei
2 1 (5.88%) Nokia
2 1 (5.88%) VMware