Field Engineer Contracts in Scotland

Field Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Field Engineer daily rate in Scotland is £263, 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 102 103 152
Rank change year-on-year +1 +49 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 14 26 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.86% 1.17% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 1.24% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 15 7
10th Percentile £147 £105 £103
25th Percentile £203 £106 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £200 £110
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% +81.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £300 £288 £288
90th Percentile £338 £440 £315
UK median daily rate £135 £200 £158
% change year-on-year -32.50% +26.58% -12.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 1
Median hourly rate - £17.75 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year - -16.51% -
UK median hourly rate £18.51 £17.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +5.77% -12.50% +21.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 1,529 2,099 2,722
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 94.68% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,281 1,953
10th Percentile £263 £205 £238
25th Percentile £370 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +4.40%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £553
90th Percentile £610 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 114 44
10th Percentile £15.98 £12.50 £12.86
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £16.91
Median hourly rate £20.94 £33.25 £23.18
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +43.44% -10.53%
75th Percentile £24.66 £60.00 £59.41
90th Percentile £42.58 £66.00 £67.22
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in Scotland

Field Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Field Engineer in Scotland

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Field Engineer in Scotland

Field Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Field Engineer in Scotland

Field Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Glasgow -2 4 £325 -21.21% 7
Highlands +2 3 £220 +10.00% 1
Edinburgh -4 3 £133 +20.45% 5
Perthshire - 1 - - 1
Field Engineer
UK

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

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 Scotland region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 6 (42.86%) Telecoms
2 6 (42.86%) Customer Service
3 5 (35.71%) Cisco
4 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
4 3 (21.43%) Nokia
4 3 (21.43%) LAN
4 3 (21.43%) WAN
4 3 (21.43%) Data Centre
5 2 (14.29%) Validation
5 2 (14.29%) SLA
5 2 (14.29%) SDH
5 2 (14.29%) HNC
5 2 (14.29%) Break/Fix
5 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
5 2 (14.29%) Electronics
5 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
6 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
6 1 (7.14%) BC Cleared
6 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
6 1 (7.14%) Unified Communications
6 1 (7.14%) F5
6 1 (7.14%) High Availability
6 1 (7.14%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (7.14%) Network Monitoring
6 1 (7.14%) SCADA
6 1 (7.14%) QA

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (21.43%) LAN
1 3 (21.43%) WAN
2 2 (14.29%) SDH
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (7.14%) Firewall
3 1 (7.14%) IPsec
3 1 (7.14%) MPLS
3 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
3 1 (7.14%) Unified Communications
3 1 (7.14%) VPN
3 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (7.14%) Wireless
General
1 6 (42.86%) Telecoms
2 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Electronics
3 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (21.43%) Data Centre
3 2 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (7.14%) Fat Client
4 1 (7.14%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (7.14%) NHS
4 1 (7.14%) SCADA
4 1 (7.14%) Smartphone
4 1 (7.14%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Customer Service
2 2 (14.29%) Break/Fix
2 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
2 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
2 2 (14.29%) Validation
3 1 (7.14%) Asset Management
3 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (7.14%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (7.14%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (7.14%) High Availability
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (7.14%) Inventory Management
3 1 (7.14%) Load Balancing
3 1 (7.14%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.14%) Process Management
3 1 (7.14%) Programme Management
3 1 (7.14%) Project Management
3 1 (7.14%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) HNC
2 1 (7.14%) BC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.14%) CCNA
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.14%) DBS Check
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
2 1 (7.14%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (7.14%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Cisco
2 3 (21.43%) Nokia
3 1 (7.14%) Dell
3 1 (7.14%) F5
3 1 (7.14%) HP
3 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto
3 1 (7.14%) SAP