Field Engineer Contract Job Trends

Field Engineer
UK

The median Field Engineer daily rate in the UK is £191, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026.

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

 6 months to
8 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 509 426 426
Rank change year-on-year -83 0 +38
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 182 132 133
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.40% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.44% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 100 97
10th Percentile £128 £123 £130
25th Percentile £152 £126 £144
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £191 £165 £180
Median % change year-on-year +15.70% -8.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £241 £250 £226
90th Percentile £338 £304 £295
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £160 £180
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 12
10th Percentile £15.91 £18.87 -
25th Percentile £17.20 £20.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £22.33 £22.58 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.07% +61.25% -54.47%
75th Percentile £31.00 £25.15 £21.75
90th Percentile £32.50 £27.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.74 £20.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year -11.29% +48.15% -18.18%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 50,211 30,029 35,202
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 90.85% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,500 18,931 21,295
10th Percentile £325 £276 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £737 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4,030 1,622 1,502
10th Percentile £14.36 £13.75 £14.86
25th Percentile £19.40 £17.30 £20.50
Median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.84% -40.82% -4.49%
75th Percentile £67.50 £51.19 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.78 £68.52 £74.86
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.71 £25.08 £43.00
% change year-on-year +66.34% -41.69% -3.37%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Field Engineer job vacancy trend 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 8 October 2026.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Field Engineer over the 6 months to 8 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Field Engineer 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 8 October 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		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
UK excluding London -87 119 £200 +25.00% 427
England -106 93 £169 +5.31% 551
Scotland +6 47 £225 -10.89% 34
London -81 26 £167 -1.76% 134
North of England -56 15 £170 +6.25% 80
Work from Home -62 14 £403 -10.44% 113
South East -64 14 £150 +17.65% 108
South West -50 13 £155 -3.13% 37
Midlands -57 12 £208 +62.75% 96
East of England -28 9 £192 +19.88% 43
North West -37 9 £160 - 46
West Midlands -42 9 £208 -14.43% 58
Wales 0 8 £200 +56.86% 18
East Midlands -22 3 £205 +61.83% 38
Yorkshire -37 3 £170 +6.41% 26
North East -39 3 £298 +120.37% 8
Northern Ireland +10 2 £196 -14.89% 13

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 October 2026, 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 featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 42 (23.08%) Cisco
2 38 (20.88%) Customer Service
3 34 (18.68%) Windows
4 29 (15.93%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (14.84%) CCNA
5 27 (14.84%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (14.29%) Break/Fix
6 26 (14.29%) SDH
6 26 (14.29%) SLA
7 25 (13.74%) LAN
8 23 (12.64%) WAN
9 21 (11.54%) Dell
10 20 (10.99%) A+ Certification
10 20 (10.99%) Microsoft
11 19 (10.44%) MCSE
11 19 (10.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (10.44%) Network+ Certification
11 19 (10.44%) SAN
11 19 (10.44%) Structured Cabling
12 18 (9.89%) Security Cleared
13 16 (8.79%) MPLS
13 16 (8.79%) Nokia
14 13 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
15 11 (6.04%) SC Cleared
16 10 (5.49%) Azure
16 10 (5.49%) Migration
17 9 (4.95%) Active Directory
17 9 (4.95%) Customer Experience
17 9 (4.95%) Microsoft Intune
17 9 (4.95%) Proactive Maintenance

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (2.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.20%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 13 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (5.49%) Azure
3 3 (1.65%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.10%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.55%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.55%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.55%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.55%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 26 (14.29%) SDH
2 25 (13.74%) LAN
3 23 (12.64%) WAN
4 19 (10.44%) SAN
4 19 (10.44%) Structured Cabling
5 16 (8.79%) MPLS
6 7 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (3.30%) Radio Access Network
8 5 (2.75%) IP Telephony
8 5 (2.75%) SD-WAN
8 5 (2.75%) Wireless
9 4 (2.20%) Firewall
10 3 (1.65%) Ethernet
10 3 (1.65%) VPN
11 2 (1.10%) 2G
11 2 (1.10%) 3G
11 2 (1.10%) DHCP
11 2 (1.10%) DNS
11 2 (1.10%) TCP/IP
11 2 (1.10%) VoIP
General
1 58 (31.87%) Telecoms
2 43 (23.63%) Social Skills
3 19 (10.44%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (8.24%) Public Sector
5 13 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (4.40%) Retail
7 4 (2.20%) Dutch Language
7 4 (2.20%) Finance
7 4 (2.20%) French Language
7 4 (2.20%) German Language
7 4 (2.20%) Italian Language
7 4 (2.20%) Spanish Language
8 2 (1.10%) Back Office
8 2 (1.10%) Legal
8 2 (1.10%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.55%) Aviation
9 1 (0.55%) Electronics
9 1 (0.55%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.65%) Java RMI
2 1 (0.55%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 42 (23.08%) Driving Licence
2 25 (13.74%) Data Centre
3 17 (9.34%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (4.40%) EPoS
5 7 (3.85%) Handset
6 6 (3.30%) Chip and PIN
7 4 (2.20%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.20%) Fibre Optics
7 4 (2.20%) Smartphone
8 3 (1.65%) Photography
8 3 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.65%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.10%) Device Driver
9 2 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.10%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.55%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.55%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.55%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.55%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 34 (18.68%) Windows
2 9 (4.95%) Windows 10
3 5 (2.75%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.65%) Android
4 3 (1.65%) Linux
5 2 (1.10%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.10%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.55%) OS/2
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (20.88%) Customer Service
2 29 (15.93%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (14.29%) Break/Fix
4 10 (5.49%) Migration
5 9 (4.95%) Customer Experience
5 9 (4.95%) Proactive Maintenance
5 9 (4.95%) Project Delivery
6 7 (3.85%) Customer Requirements
7 6 (3.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (3.30%) Service Management
7 6 (3.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (2.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (2.75%) Data Privacy
8 5 (2.75%) Data Protection
8 5 (2.75%) Roadmaps
9 4 (2.20%) Data Governance
9 4 (2.20%) Data Ingestion
9 4 (2.20%) Inventory Management
9 4 (2.20%) Preventative Maintenance
9 4 (2.20%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (14.84%) CCNA
1 27 (14.84%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (10.99%) A+ Certification
3 19 (10.44%) MCSE
3 19 (10.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (10.44%) Network+ Certification
4 18 (9.89%) Security Cleared
5 11 (6.04%) SC Cleared
6 7 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.75%) Degree
8 3 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.10%) CCNP
9 2 (1.10%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.55%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.55%) City & Guilds
10 1 (0.55%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (14.29%) SLA
2 4 (2.20%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (4.95%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.75%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.20%) Firmware
4 2 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (4.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.10%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (23.08%) Cisco
2 21 (11.54%) Dell
3 20 (10.99%) Microsoft
4 16 (8.79%) Nokia
5 8 (4.40%) Ericsson
6 7 (3.85%) HP
6 7 (3.85%) Huawei
7 4 (2.20%) Adobe
7 4 (2.20%) BT
8 3 (1.65%) Juniper
8 3 (1.65%) Meraki
8 3 (1.65%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.10%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.55%) Aruba
10 1 (0.55%) Avaya
10 1 (0.55%) EMC
10 1 (0.55%) F5
10 1 (0.55%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.55%) Splunk
10 1 (0.55%) VMware
657 Field Engineer jobs Nationwide