Field Engineer Contracts in Scotland

Field Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Field Engineer daily rate in Scotland is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 98 147
Rank change year-on-year -4 +49 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 17 26 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.03% 1.22% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 1.29% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 15 5
10th Percentile £154 £105 £102
25th Percentile £160 £106 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £200 £130
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% +53.85% +30.00%
75th Percentile £338 £288 £300
90th Percentile £450 £440 £323
UK median daily rate £135 £200 £150
% change year-on-year -32.50% +33.33% -16.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 1
Median hourly rate - £17.50 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year - -17.69% -
UK median hourly rate £18.51 £16.50 £20.98
% change year-on-year +12.18% -21.36% +24.53%

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 1,565 2,015 2,544
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 94.56% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 895 1,241 1,773
10th Percentile £256 £200 £225
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +1.06%
75th Percentile £538 £558 £550
90th Percentile £600 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 126 44
10th Percentile £15.81 £12.30 £12.44
25th Percentile £16.78 £16.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £18.62 £19.50 £19.88
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% -1.91% -46.89%
75th Percentile £24.66 £57.50 £58.82
90th Percentile £44.01 £66.00 £68.09
UK median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.89% -16.67% +87.50%

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 31 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 31 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
Edinburgh +3 7 £160 +45.45% 4
Highlands +2 3 £220 +10.00%
Glasgow -15 3 £325 -21.21% 4
Perthshire - 1 - -
Field Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 8 (47.06%) Customer Service
2 6 (35.29%) Cisco
2 6 (35.29%) Telecoms
2 6 (35.29%) Driving Licence
3 5 (29.41%) Data Centre
3 5 (29.41%) WAN
3 5 (29.41%) LAN
4 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
5 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
5 3 (17.65%) Palo Alto
5 3 (17.65%) SD-WAN
5 3 (17.65%) CCNA
5 3 (17.65%) VPN
5 3 (17.65%) Firewall
5 3 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (17.65%) IPsec
5 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (17.65%) Nokia
5 3 (17.65%) DBS Check
5 3 (17.65%) Unified Communications
5 3 (17.65%) F5
5 3 (17.65%) High Availability
5 3 (17.65%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (17.65%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (17.65%) Load Balancing
6 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (11.76%) QA
6 2 (11.76%) Validation
6 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (11.76%) Data Protection

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 5 (29.41%) LAN
1 5 (29.41%) WAN
2 3 (17.65%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (17.65%) Firewall
2 3 (17.65%) IPsec
2 3 (17.65%) SD-WAN
2 3 (17.65%) Unified Communications
2 3 (17.65%) VPN
2 3 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (11.76%) ATM
3 2 (11.76%) SDH
4 1 (5.88%) MPLS
4 1 (5.88%) Network Security
4 1 (5.88%) Wireless
General
1 6 (35.29%) Telecoms
2 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Electronics
5 1 (5.88%) Finance
5 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.88%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Driving Licence
2 5 (29.41%) Data Centre
3 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (11.76%) EPoS
4 1 (5.88%) Fat Client
4 1 (5.88%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (5.88%) NHS
4 1 (5.88%) SCADA
4 1 (5.88%) Smartphone
4 1 (5.88%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Customer Service
2 3 (17.65%) High Availability
2 3 (17.65%) Load Balancing
2 3 (17.65%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (11.76%) Break/Fix
3 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
3 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
3 2 (11.76%) Validation
4 1 (5.88%) Asset Management
4 1 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.88%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (5.88%) Inventory Management
4 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.88%) Process Management
4 1 (5.88%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (5.88%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.88%) Project Management
4 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
4 1 (5.88%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) CCNA
1 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (17.65%) DBS Check
2 2 (11.76%) HNC
3 1 (5.88%) BC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) QA
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
2 1 (5.88%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Cisco
2 3 (17.65%) F5
2 3 (17.65%) Nokia
2 3 (17.65%) Palo Alto
3 1 (5.88%) Dell
3 1 (5.88%) HP
3 1 (5.88%) SAP