Field Service Engineer Contracts in Scotland

Field Services Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Field Services Engineer daily rate in Scotland is £133, 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 115 113 158
Rank change year-on-year -2 +45 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Field Service Engineer 1 16 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.062% 0.72% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.76% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 4
10th Percentile - - £102
25th Percentile £131 £105 £104
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £133 £110 £205
Median % change year-on-year +20.45% -46.34% +105.00%
75th Percentile £134 £115 £309
90th Percentile - - £326
UK median daily rate £128 £110 £110
% change year-on-year +15.91% - -26.67%
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 £18.87 £17.50 £20.71
% change year-on-year +7.83% -15.48% +59.27%

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 Service Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Service Engineer in Scotland

Field Service Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Field Service Engineer in Scotland

Field Service Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Field Service Engineer in Scotland

Field Service 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 Service 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
Edinburgh -5 1 £133 +20.45% 3
Field Service Engineer
UK