Field Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Field Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £135, 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 218 286 352
Rank change year-on-year +68 +66 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 118 114 111
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.92% 0.55% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 0.59% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 67 84
10th Percentile - £105 £105
25th Percentile £123 £126 £107
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £135 £200 £153
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +31.15% -10.29%
75th Percentile £200 £229 £232
90th Percentile £335 £410 £275
UK median daily rate £135 £200 £158
% change year-on-year -32.50% +26.58% -12.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 33 10
10th Percentile - - £15.94
25th Percentile - £11.75 £18.64
Median hourly rate £18.51 £16.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.18% -17.50% +21.21%
75th Percentile - £18.75 £20.95
90th Percentile £18.65 £19.50 £22.14
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
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South West +46 26 £125 -24.24% 34
South East +50 23 £163 -12.16% 88
Midlands +29 18 £150 -15.25% 56
West Midlands +25 15 £150 -25.00% 34
North of England +21 14 £160 -20.00% 57
Scotland +1 14 £263 +31.25% 25
Wales +5 12 £130 -40.91% 4
Northern Ireland -3 6 £135 - 6
East of England +22 5 £375 -6.25% 34
Yorkshire +6 5 £160 -20.00% 30
North East +2 5 £205 - 10
North West +19 4 £180 - 19
East Midlands +6 3 £125 -11.97% 20
Field Engineer
UK

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (20.34%) Customer Service
2 23 (19.49%) Social Skills
3 20 (16.95%) Public Sector
3 20 (16.95%) Driving Licence
4 17 (14.41%) Windows
4 17 (14.41%) Break/Fix
5 15 (12.71%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (12.71%) Security Cleared
6 14 (11.86%) Cisco
6 14 (11.86%) Telecoms
7 12 (10.17%) EPoS
7 12 (10.17%) DBS Check
8 11 (9.32%) Microsoft
8 11 (9.32%) ATM
9 10 (8.47%) SLA
9 10 (8.47%) Firewall
10 9 (7.63%) LAN
10 9 (7.63%) WAN
10 9 (7.63%) SC Cleared
10 9 (7.63%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (5.93%) Active Directory
12 6 (5.08%) SCCM
12 6 (5.08%) Windows 7
13 5 (4.24%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (4.24%) Asset Management
13 5 (4.24%) CheckPoint
13 5 (4.24%) Change Management
13 5 (4.24%) HP
13 5 (4.24%) Dell
13 5 (4.24%) Nokia

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (12.71%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (2.54%) Azure
2 3 (2.54%) Entra ID
3 2 (1.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.32%) ATM
2 10 (8.47%) Firewall
3 9 (7.63%) LAN
3 9 (7.63%) WAN
4 5 (4.24%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (3.39%) Wireless
6 3 (2.54%) 5G
6 3 (2.54%) DHCP
6 3 (2.54%) DNS
6 3 (2.54%) LTE
6 3 (2.54%) VPN
7 2 (1.69%) Radio Access Network
7 2 (1.69%) SDH
7 2 (1.69%) Skype
7 2 (1.69%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.69%) VoIP
8 1 (0.85%) GSM
8 1 (0.85%) IPsec
8 1 (0.85%) WCDMA
General
1 23 (19.49%) Social Skills
2 20 (16.95%) Public Sector
3 14 (11.86%) Telecoms
4 4 (3.39%) Electronics
5 3 (2.54%) Legal
6 2 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.69%) Finance
7 1 (0.85%) Banking
7 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.85%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (0.85%) Law
7 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.85%) Marketing
7 1 (0.85%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.85%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 20 (16.95%) Driving Licence
2 12 (10.17%) EPoS
3 3 (2.54%) CCTV
3 3 (2.54%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.69%) Anti-Spyware
4 2 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.69%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.85%) Fat Client
5 1 (0.85%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (0.85%) IoT
5 1 (0.85%) LIMS
5 1 (0.85%) NHS
5 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.85%) SCADA
5 1 (0.85%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.85%) Thin Client
5 1 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (14.41%) Windows
2 6 (5.08%) Windows 7
3 5 (4.24%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.69%) Linux
4 2 (1.69%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.85%) Android
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (20.34%) Customer Service
2 17 (14.41%) Break/Fix
3 9 (7.63%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (4.24%) Asset Management
4 5 (4.24%) Change Management
5 4 (3.39%) Ticket Management
6 3 (2.54%) Migration
7 2 (1.69%) Coaching
7 2 (1.69%) Data Protection
7 2 (1.69%) Data Security
7 2 (1.69%) Incident Management
7 2 (1.69%) IT Audit
7 2 (1.69%) Project Delivery
7 2 (1.69%) Project Management
7 2 (1.69%) Service Delivery
7 2 (1.69%) Validation
8 1 (0.85%) Cost Reduction
8 1 (0.85%) Disk Encryption
8 1 (0.85%) Inventory Management
8 1 (0.85%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (12.71%) Security Cleared
2 12 (10.17%) DBS Check
3 9 (7.63%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.69%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.69%) Degree
4 2 (1.69%) HNC
5 1 (0.85%) BC Cleared
5 1 (0.85%) CCNA
5 1 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.47%) SLA
2 1 (0.85%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 7 (5.93%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.69%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (5.08%) SCCM
2 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.69%) AirWatch
3 2 (1.69%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 14 (11.86%) Cisco
2 11 (9.32%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.24%) CheckPoint
3 5 (4.24%) Dell
3 5 (4.24%) HP
3 5 (4.24%) Nokia
4 4 (3.39%) Apple
4 4 (3.39%) VMware
5 3 (2.54%) F5
6 2 (1.69%) Adobe
6 2 (1.69%) Ericsson
6 2 (1.69%) Huawei
6 2 (1.69%) Ivanti
6 2 (1.69%) MobileIron
6 2 (1.69%) Remedy
6 2 (1.69%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.85%) Google
7 1 (0.85%) Juniper
7 1 (0.85%) SAP
7 1 (0.85%) WatchGuard