Field Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Field Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Field Support Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 373 358 387
Rank change year-on-year -15 +29 +110
Contract jobs requiring a Field Support Engineer 7 3 31
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.043% 0.018% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.019% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 28
10th Percentile £170 - £159
25th Percentile £178 - £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £240 £200
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +20.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £208 - £211
90th Percentile £224 - £222
UK median daily rate £190 £240 £200
% change year-on-year -20.83% +20.00% +3.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £23.59 -
UK median hourly rate - £23.59 -

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 14,518 15,743 19,790
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.56% 92.10% 94.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,945 8,979 13,184
10th Percentile £211 £220 £217
25th Percentile £363 £373 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £671 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,368 1,154 1,250
10th Percentile £13.56 £14.73 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £24.56 £40.00 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -38.60% -9.60% +93.74%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +64.94%

Field Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Field Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Field Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Field Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Field Support 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 Support Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
Scotland +3 4 £190 - 3
East of England -4 2 £190 -20.83% 5
Midlands - 1 £210 - 2
West Midlands - 1 £210 - 1
Field Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, Field Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (57.14%) Windows 10
3 2 (28.57%) Apple
3 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 2 (28.57%) Logistics
3 2 (28.57%) OneDrive
3 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (14.29%) Android
4 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco
4 1 (14.29%) Coaching
4 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
4 1 (14.29%) Google
4 1 (14.29%) Hudson
4 1 (14.29%) LAN
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (14.29%) MPLS
4 1 (14.29%) Network Management
4 1 (14.29%) Proactive Maintenance
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery

Field Support 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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
1 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (14.29%) LAN
2 1 (14.29%) MPLS
2 1 (14.29%) SDH
2 1 (14.29%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Hudson
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) Windows 10
3 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
4 1 (14.29%) Android
4 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
1 2 (28.57%) Logistics
2 1 (14.29%) Coaching
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (14.29%) Network Management
2 1 (14.29%) Proactive Maintenance
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Apple
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco
3 1 (14.29%) Google
3 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow