Field Engineer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Field Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £205, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
20 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 251 230 265
Rank change year-on-year -21 +35 +48
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 138 125 141
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.76% 0.84% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 0.91% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 106 85
10th Percentile £126 £123 £105
25th Percentile £170 £134 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £180 £190
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -5.26% +16.92%
75th Percentile £275 £215 £210
90th Percentile £305 £271 £419
UK median daily rate £200 £180 £195
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.17 £11.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.69 £13.50 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year +31.00% -23.94% +1.08%
75th Percentile £18.87 £15.25 £19.50
90th Percentile £19.90 £20.43 £20.18
UK median hourly rate £18.87 £16.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year +14.36% -8.33% -3.74%

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 16,378 13,796 18,336
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 92.40% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,052 8,232 11,988
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £369 £363 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,657 784 1,199
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.48 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.48 £20.29 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +82.48%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.93% -25.56% +50.00%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Field Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Field Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Field Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Field Engineer job vacancies 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 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Field Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Field Engineer job vacancies 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 20 December 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
Midlands -22 41 £200 +11.11% 17
Scotland +20 28 £214 +18.75% 11
South East -15 25 £210 +5.66% 31
East Midlands -5 23 £128 -29.17% 6
South West -13 21 £220 +54.39% 14
West Midlands -29 18 £265 +47.22% 11
North of England -49 15 £229 +26.98% 29
East of England -17 9 £190 -40.63% 11
North West -24 7 £265 +47.22% 15
Yorkshire -51 5 £229 +26.98% 14
North East -7 3 £135 +12.50% 1
Wales -4 2 £165 +26.92% 5
Northern Ireland -10 1 £230 +31.43%
Field Engineer
UK

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Field Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of 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 48 (34.78%) Customer Service
2 28 (20.29%) Security Cleared
2 28 (20.29%) Windows
3 25 (18.12%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (17.39%) Microsoft
5 21 (15.22%) HP
6 18 (13.04%) Active Directory
6 18 (13.04%) LAN
6 18 (13.04%) WAN
7 17 (12.32%) Time Management
8 16 (11.59%) Windows 10
9 14 (10.14%) A+ Certification
9 14 (10.14%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (9.42%) Break/Fix
10 13 (9.42%) Cisco
10 13 (9.42%) SC Cleared
11 12 (8.70%) Dell
11 12 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
11 12 (8.70%) SDH
11 12 (8.70%) Service Management
12 10 (7.25%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (7.25%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (6.52%) CCNA
13 9 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (6.52%) MPLS
13 9 (6.52%) SLA
14 7 (5.07%) MCSE
14 7 (5.07%) Network+ Certification
14 7 (5.07%) SAN
15 6 (4.35%) Logistics

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.45%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 12 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (2.90%) OneDrive
3 1 (0.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 18 (13.04%) LAN
1 18 (13.04%) WAN
2 12 (8.70%) SDH
3 10 (7.25%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (6.52%) MPLS
5 7 (5.07%) SAN
6 5 (3.62%) VPN
7 4 (2.90%) TCP/IP
8 3 (2.17%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (2.17%) SD-WAN
8 3 (2.17%) Unified Communications
9 2 (1.45%) ATM
9 2 (1.45%) DHCP
9 2 (1.45%) DNS
9 2 (1.45%) IPsec
9 2 (1.45%) Skype
9 2 (1.45%) VLAN
10 1 (0.72%) 3GPP
10 1 (0.72%) Firewall
10 1 (0.72%) LTE
Development Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Hudson
General
1 24 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 19 (13.77%) Telecoms
3 18 (13.04%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 12 (8.70%) Retail
5 8 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.62%) Legal
7 3 (2.17%) Finance
8 2 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.72%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.72%) Electronics
9 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.72%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.72%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 45 (32.61%) Driving Licence
2 12 (8.70%) EPoS
3 9 (6.52%) Data Centre
4 8 (5.80%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.90%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.17%) Handset
7 2 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.45%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.72%) CCTV
8 1 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.72%) FPGA
8 1 (0.72%) IoT
8 1 (0.72%) NB-IoT
8 1 (0.72%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.72%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 28 (20.29%) Windows
2 16 (11.59%) Windows 10
3 4 (2.90%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.17%) Android
5 2 (1.45%) Linux
5 2 (1.45%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (34.78%) Customer Service
2 25 (18.12%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (12.32%) Time Management
4 13 (9.42%) Break/Fix
5 12 (8.70%) Service Management
6 6 (4.35%) Logistics
6 6 (4.35%) Service Delivery
7 4 (2.90%) Asset Management
7 4 (2.90%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (2.90%) Project Delivery
8 3 (2.17%) High Availability
8 3 (2.17%) Load Balancing
8 3 (2.17%) Network Management
8 3 (2.17%) Resource Allocation
8 3 (2.17%) Ticket Management
9 2 (1.45%) ITSM
9 2 (1.45%) Mathematics
9 2 (1.45%) Mechatronics
9 2 (1.45%) Migration
9 2 (1.45%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.45%) PowerShell
1 2 (1.45%) VB
1 2 (1.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 28 (20.29%) Security Cleared
2 14 (10.14%) A+ Certification
2 14 (10.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (9.42%) SC Cleared
4 10 (7.25%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (6.52%) CCNA
6 7 (5.07%) MCSE
6 7 (5.07%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (3.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.45%) Degree
8 2 (1.45%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.72%) CCNP
9 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.72%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.52%) SLA
2 1 (0.72%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 18 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.45%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.17%) SCCM
2 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 21 (15.22%) HP
3 13 (9.42%) Cisco
4 12 (8.70%) Dell
5 4 (2.90%) Canon
5 4 (2.90%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.17%) Apple
6 3 (2.17%) F5
6 3 (2.17%) Nokia
6 3 (2.17%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.45%) NCR
8 1 (0.72%) Ericsson
8 1 (0.72%) Google
8 1 (0.72%) Huawei
8 1 (0.72%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.72%) SAP
115 Field Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London