Forward Deployed Engineer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
UK > UK excluding London
The median Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £320, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 496 | 394 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -102 | - | - |
| Contract Forward Deployed Engineer jobs | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London | 0.017% | 0.006% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.019% | 0.006% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £625 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £320 | £650 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -50.77% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £675 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £391 | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £625 | £650 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 12 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title | 26,175 | 15,399 | 15,271 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 90.62% | 89.68% | 92.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 13,988 | 9,542 | 8,771 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £208 | £220 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £363 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £490 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -3.06% | -2.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £575 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £675 | £675 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3,775 | 1,500 | 1,046 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.09 | £13.75 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.25 | £17.08 | £19.59 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.00 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +59.05% | -28.14% | -21.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.75 | £51.02 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £69.99 | £73.41 |
| UK median hourly rate | £41.00 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +63.02% | -28.14% | -21.35% |
Forward Deployed 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 Forward Deployed Engineer jobs within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 November 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South East | -54 | 5 | £320 | -50.77% | 10 |
| Forward Deployed Engineer UK |
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Forward Deployed Engineer Skill Set Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London
For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, Forward Deployed Engineer contract job ads cited 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 Forward Deployed Engineer job ads across the UK excluding London region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Cloudflare | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Full-Stack Development | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Git | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Integration Testing | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | JavaScript | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Next.js | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | PostgreSQL | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | SQL | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Supabase | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | TypeScript | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Vitest | 100.0% | 5 |
| 14 | AI | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | Anthropic Claude | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | CSS | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | End-to-End Testing | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | GitHub | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | GitHub Copilot | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | HTML | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | QA | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | Release Management | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | Responsive Web Design | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | Software Engineering | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | Test Automation | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | Validation | 80.0% | 4 |
| 14 | Visual Studio Code | 80.0% | 4 |
Forward Deployed Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Cloudflare | 100.0% | 5 |
| 1 | Supabase | 100.0% | 5 |
| 4 | Anthropic Claude | 80.0% | 4 |
| 4 | GitHub | 80.0% | 4 |
| 4 | GitHub Copilot | 80.0% | 4 |