Field Engineer Contract Job Trends

Field Engineer
UK

The median Field Engineer daily rate in the UK is £160, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 September 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
15 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 430 452 490
Rank change year-on-year +22 +38 +137
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 127 109 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.29% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.31% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 74 114
10th Percentile £123 £131 £105
25th Percentile £126 £150 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £180 £190
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £230 £229 £220
90th Percentile £292 £295 £270
UK excluding London median daily rate £160 £180 £190
% change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 6
10th Percentile £18.87 - £18.13
25th Percentile £19.44 £11.75 £22.59
Median hourly rate £20.00 £13.75 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -55.28% +75.11%
75th Percentile £25.15 £20.44 £31.13
90th Percentile £27.00 £21.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.00 £13.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year +48.15% -18.18% -6.04%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 29,544 35,467 47,344
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 92.99% 94.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,645 21,950 32,442
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +0.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,552 1,701 1,505
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.73 £14.63
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -1.96% +68.69%
75th Percentile £51.83 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £42.08
% change year-on-year -44.11% +6.95% +91.26%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in the UK

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Field Engineer in the UK

Field Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Field Engineer
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 15 September 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
England +35 102 £158 -11.96% 249
UK excluding London +17 98 £160 -11.11% 259
South West +32 23 £135 -25.00% 27
London +23 21 £170 +13.33% 35
Midlands -5 21 £128 -36.25% 33
South East +25 18 £130 -23.53% 73
Scotland -1 16 £225 - 29
East Midlands +7 13 £127 -39.48% 14
North of England -17 11 £160 -11.11% 72
West Midlands -13 8 £210 +10.53% 19
Yorkshire -12 6 £160 -16.88% 20
East of England +9 5 £375 +95.31% 22
North East -1 3 £135 +12.50% 7
Wales -1 3 £160 +18.99% 5
Work from Home +21 2 - - 50
North West -15 2 £160 -11.11% 46
Northern Ireland -7 1 £230 -8.00% 3

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 September 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 featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 30 (23.62%) Customer Service
2 25 (19.69%) Social Skills
3 24 (18.90%) Windows
4 19 (14.96%) EPoS
4 19 (14.96%) DBS Check
5 17 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (13.39%) Security Cleared
6 16 (12.60%) Driving Licence
7 13 (10.24%) ATM
8 11 (8.66%) LAN
8 11 (8.66%) WAN
8 11 (8.66%) Microsoft
8 11 (8.66%) Telecoms
9 10 (7.87%) Active Directory
9 10 (7.87%) Windows 10
9 10 (7.87%) Break/Fix
10 9 (7.09%) Public Sector
10 9 (7.09%) Data Centre
11 8 (6.30%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (6.30%) A+ Certification
12 7 (5.51%) SC Cleared
12 7 (5.51%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (4.72%) LTE
13 6 (4.72%) Dell
13 6 (4.72%) Cisco
13 6 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
14 5 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (3.94%) 5G
14 5 (3.94%) SLA
14 5 (3.94%) CCNA

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.51%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (2.36%) Azure
3 2 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (1.57%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.79%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.24%) ATM
2 11 (8.66%) LAN
2 11 (8.66%) WAN
3 6 (4.72%) LTE
4 5 (3.94%) 5G
4 5 (3.94%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (3.15%) 3G
5 4 (3.15%) VPN
5 4 (3.15%) Wireless
6 3 (2.36%) Firewall
6 3 (2.36%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (2.36%) SAN
6 3 (2.36%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.57%) 2G
7 2 (1.57%) 4G
7 2 (1.57%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (1.57%) DHCP
7 2 (1.57%) DNS
7 2 (1.57%) IPsec
7 2 (1.57%) Unified Communications
General
1 25 (19.69%) Social Skills
2 11 (8.66%) Telecoms
3 9 (7.09%) Public Sector
4 6 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.94%) Retail
6 4 (3.15%) Banking
7 3 (2.36%) Mandarin Language
8 2 (1.57%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.79%) Back Office
9 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.79%) Electronics
9 1 (0.79%) Legal
9 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.15%) .NET
2 2 (1.57%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.57%) CSS
2 2 (1.57%) HTML
2 2 (1.57%) HTML5
2 2 (1.57%) XML
3 1 (0.79%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.96%) EPoS
2 16 (12.60%) Driving Licence
3 9 (7.09%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.15%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.15%) CCTV
4 4 (3.15%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.57%) IoT
5 2 (1.57%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.79%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.79%) FPGA
6 1 (0.79%) LIMS
6 1 (0.79%) NB-IoT
6 1 (0.79%) SCADA
6 1 (0.79%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 24 (18.90%) Windows
2 10 (7.87%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.57%) Android
3 2 (1.57%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.57%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.79%) Linux
4 1 (0.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (23.62%) Customer Service
2 17 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (7.87%) Break/Fix
4 4 (3.15%) Asset Management
4 4 (3.15%) IT Audit
4 4 (3.15%) Validation
5 3 (2.36%) Mentoring
5 3 (2.36%) Migration
5 3 (2.36%) Resource Allocation
6 2 (1.57%) Coaching
6 2 (1.57%) CRM
6 2 (1.57%) ITSM
6 2 (1.57%) Line Management
6 2 (1.57%) Load Balancing
6 2 (1.57%) Mathematics
6 2 (1.57%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (1.57%) Network Optimisation
6 2 (1.57%) Project Delivery
6 2 (1.57%) Service Delivery
6 2 (1.57%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.57%) C#
1 2 (1.57%) SQL
2 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (14.96%) DBS Check
2 17 (13.39%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.30%) A+ Certification
3 8 (6.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (5.51%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.94%) CCNA
5 5 (3.94%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.36%) Degree
6 3 (2.36%) MCSE
6 3 (2.36%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.57%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.79%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.79%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.94%) SLA
2 2 (1.57%) QA
3 1 (0.79%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 10 (7.87%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.36%) SCCM
2 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (8.66%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.72%) Cisco
2 6 (4.72%) Dell
3 4 (3.15%) Apple
4 3 (2.36%) Ericsson
4 3 (2.36%) HP
5 2 (1.57%) F5
5 2 (1.57%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.57%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.79%) Aruba
6 1 (0.79%) Google
6 1 (0.79%) NCR
6 1 (0.79%) Nokia
6 1 (0.79%) Openreach
6 1 (0.79%) Salesforce
294 Field Engineer jobs Nationwide