Field Engineer Contract Job Trends

Field Engineer
UK

The median Field Engineer daily rate in the UK is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
1 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 453 374 429
Rank change year-on-year -79 +55 +141
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 179 153 154
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.52% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.56% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 109 88
10th Percentile £126 £123 £105
25th Percentile £150 £124 £149
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £135 £200
Median % change year-on-year +48.15% -32.50% +26.58%
75th Percentile £238 £220 £250
90th Percentile £338 £335 £400
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £135 £200
% change year-on-year +48.15% -32.50% +31.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 9 48
10th Percentile £15.99 - £11.75
25th Percentile £16.11 - £12.94
Median hourly rate £16.25 £18.51 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.21% +5.77% -12.50%
75th Percentile £17.02 £18.87 £19.69
90th Percentile £21.04 £27.00 £24.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.25 £18.51 £16.50
% change year-on-year -12.21% +12.18% -17.50%

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 43,629 27,082 40,416
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.55% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,928 17,690 26,310
10th Percentile £315 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £492
% change year-on-year +3.16% -3.46% -1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,807 1,034 2,664
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.15 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.50 £16.30
Median hourly rate £44.00 £29.00 £36.42
Median % change year-on-year +51.72% -20.37% -19.07%
75th Percentile £66.00 £62.50 £60.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.46 £28.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year +62.36% -29.20% -6.94%

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 1 May 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
Top 16 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 1 May 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 -59 158 £200 +48.15% 109
England -56 148 £200 +48.15% 96
South East -37 42 £210 +29.23% 21
Midlands -63 31 £210 +40.00% 15
North of England -55 25 £170 +6.25% 21
Scotland +3 21 £215 -18.10% 10
London -45 20 £200 +37.93% 16
South West -38 18 £123 -2.00% 17
East Midlands -16 17 £200 +60.00% 7
North West -28 17 £155 -13.89% 7
West Midlands -63 14 £210 +40.00% 8
East of England -21 11 £170 -54.67% 14
Wales -10 10 - - 7
Work from Home -35 7 £173 -47.73% 19
Yorkshire -52 5 £209 +30.63% 13
North East -21 3 - - 4

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 93 (51.96%) Customer Service
2 67 (37.43%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (36.87%) Dell
4 61 (34.08%) Break/Fix
5 49 (27.37%) Cisco Certification
6 48 (26.82%) HP
7 47 (26.26%) CCNA
7 47 (26.26%) SAN
8 46 (25.70%) A+ Certification
8 46 (25.70%) MCSE
8 46 (25.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 46 (25.70%) Network+ Certification
9 34 (18.99%) Security Cleared
10 33 (18.44%) Windows
11 30 (16.76%) SC Cleared
12 26 (14.53%) Time Management
13 24 (13.41%) Service Management
14 16 (8.94%) Cisco
15 15 (8.38%) Canon
16 11 (6.15%) Windows 10
17 9 (5.03%) DV Cleared
17 9 (5.03%) SCCM
17 9 (5.03%) Wi-Fi
18 8 (4.47%) Degree
18 8 (4.47%) LAN
18 8 (4.47%) Microsoft 365
18 8 (4.47%) ServiceNow
18 8 (4.47%) WAN
19 7 (3.91%) ITSM
19 7 (3.91%) Palo Alto

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 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.12%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.79%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (4.47%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (1.68%) Azure
2 3 (1.68%) Entra ID
3 2 (1.12%) AWS
4 1 (0.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 47 (26.26%) SAN
2 9 (5.03%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (4.47%) LAN
3 8 (4.47%) WAN
4 7 (3.91%) VPN
4 7 (3.91%) Wireless
5 4 (2.23%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (2.23%) SD-WAN
5 4 (2.23%) VLAN
6 3 (1.68%) DHCP
6 3 (1.68%) DNS
6 3 (1.68%) MPLS
7 2 (1.12%) Ethernet
7 2 (1.12%) SDH
7 2 (1.12%) Skype
7 2 (1.12%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.56%) 4G
8 1 (0.56%) Firewall
8 1 (0.56%) IPsec
8 1 (0.56%) Network Security
General
1 49 (27.37%) Analytical Skills
2 32 (17.88%) Social Skills
3 24 (13.41%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (8.38%) Legal
5 9 (5.03%) Banking
6 8 (4.47%) Police
6 8 (4.47%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.35%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.68%) Finance
9 2 (1.12%) Environmental Health
10 1 (0.56%) Electronics
10 1 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.56%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.56%) Marketing
10 1 (0.56%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 51 (28.49%) Data Centre
2 46 (25.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 31 (17.32%) Driving Licence
4 17 (9.50%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.23%) EPoS
6 3 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.12%) PACS
7 2 (1.12%) Photography
8 1 (0.56%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.56%) ASTM
8 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.56%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.56%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.56%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.56%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 33 (18.44%) Windows
2 11 (6.15%) Windows 10
3 6 (3.35%) Android
4 5 (2.79%) Linux
4 5 (2.79%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.12%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.12%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (51.96%) Customer Service
2 67 (37.43%) Problem-Solving
3 61 (34.08%) Break/Fix
4 26 (14.53%) Time Management
5 24 (13.41%) Service Management
6 7 (3.91%) ITSM
7 6 (3.35%) Migration
7 6 (3.35%) Service Delivery
8 5 (2.79%) Coaching
8 5 (2.79%) High Availability
8 5 (2.79%) Logistics
9 4 (2.23%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (2.23%) Load Balancing
9 4 (2.23%) Network Management
9 4 (2.23%) Preventative Maintenance
9 4 (2.23%) Roadmaps
10 3 (1.68%) Computer Science
10 3 (1.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (1.68%) Data Protection
10 3 (1.68%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.12%) PowerShell
1 2 (1.12%) VB
1 2 (1.12%) VBScript
2 1 (0.56%) Korn
2 1 (0.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (27.37%) Cisco Certification
2 47 (26.26%) CCNA
3 46 (25.70%) A+ Certification
3 46 (25.70%) MCSE
3 46 (25.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 46 (25.70%) Network+ Certification
4 34 (18.99%) Security Cleared
5 30 (16.76%) SC Cleared
6 9 (5.03%) DV Cleared
7 8 (4.47%) Degree
8 3 (1.68%) CCNP
8 3 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.56%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.79%) SLA
2 1 (0.56%) DICOM
2 1 (0.56%) HL7
System Software
1 6 (3.35%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.12%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 9 (5.03%) SCCM
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 66 (36.87%) Dell
2 48 (26.82%) HP
3 16 (8.94%) Cisco
4 15 (8.38%) Canon
5 8 (4.47%) ServiceNow
6 7 (3.91%) Palo Alto
7 6 (3.35%) Apple
7 6 (3.35%) Microsoft
8 5 (2.79%) Remedy
9 4 (2.23%) F5
10 3 (1.68%) Meraki
11 2 (1.12%) Aruba
11 2 (1.12%) Hitachi
11 2 (1.12%) SolarWinds
12 1 (0.56%) Computacenter
12 1 (0.56%) Ericsson
12 1 (0.56%) Huawei
12 1 (0.56%) Nokia
12 1 (0.56%) Qualys
12 1 (0.56%) SAP
126 Field Engineer jobs Nationwide