Field Engineer Contract Job Trends

Field Engineer
UK

The median Field Engineer daily rate in the UK is £180, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
21 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 498 400 476
Rank change year-on-year -98 +76 +68
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 167 154 95
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.47% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.52% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 102 55
10th Percentile £126 £123 £107
25th Percentile £150 £126 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £160 £175
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -8.57% +6.06%
75th Percentile £250 £240 £220
90th Percentile £338 £335 £325
UK excluding London median daily rate £175 £160 £178
% change year-on-year +9.38% -9.86% +18.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 14 25
10th Percentile £15.78 £18.51 -
25th Percentile £16.09 £18.60 £11.75
Median hourly rate £16.25 £20.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +42.86% -34.15%
75th Percentile £16.56 £25.15 £16.50
90th Percentile £21.62 £26.45 £21.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.25 £18.87 £13.50
% change year-on-year -13.88% +39.78% -34.47%

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 48,798 29,864 38,453
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 91.64% 93.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,431 18,992 24,873
10th Percentile £325 £285 £293
25th Percentile £420 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £735 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,294 1,429 2,439
10th Percentile £15.81 £13.75 £13.49
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.30 £18.00
Median hourly rate £44.10 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.33% -37.13% -6.98%
75th Percentile £67.84 £55.00 £64.25
90th Percentile £80.17 £73.75 £74.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £41.81
% change year-on-year +78.93% -39.85% +5.65%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 -96 126 £175 +9.38% 136
England -91 107 £167 +11.33% 119
Scotland 0 36 £225 -10.89% 17
South East -59 34 £163 +22.64% 35
London -56 25 £167 +4.38% 23
South West -39 18 £123 -5.77% 16
North of England -71 17 £155 -13.89% 17
North West -38 13 £155 -13.89% 12
Work from Home -57 10 £400 +21.21% 17
Wales -13 9 £230 +60.00% 14
East of England -23 6 £150 -57.45% 15
West Midlands -58 5 £225 +28.57% 11
Midlands -62 5 £225 +76.47% 22
Yorkshire -57 3 £208 +30.00% 2
Northern Ireland +2 2 £196 +45.29% 4
North East -45 1 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 21 July 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 62 (37.13%) Customer Service
2 61 (36.53%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (35.33%) Break/Fix
4 53 (31.74%) Dell
5 51 (30.54%) Cisco Certification
6 50 (29.94%) CCNA
7 45 (26.95%) A+ Certification
7 45 (26.95%) SAN
8 44 (26.35%) MCSE
8 44 (26.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 44 (26.35%) Network+ Certification
9 29 (17.37%) Cisco
10 23 (13.77%) Security Cleared
11 21 (12.57%) LAN
11 21 (12.57%) Windows
12 20 (11.98%) WAN
13 17 (10.18%) SC Cleared
14 16 (9.58%) MPLS
14 16 (9.58%) SDH
14 16 (9.58%) SLA
15 15 (8.98%) HP
16 11 (6.59%) Migration
17 9 (5.39%) Degree
18 8 (4.79%) Canon
18 8 (4.79%) Service Management
18 8 (4.79%) Structured Cabling
19 7 (4.19%) Nokia
19 7 (4.19%) Project Delivery
20 6 (3.59%) Customer Requirements
20 6 (3.59%) Data Protection

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 3 (1.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.80%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.99%) Azure
2 4 (2.40%) Entra ID
3 3 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.20%) AWS
5 1 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.60%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.60%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.60%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 45 (26.95%) SAN
2 21 (12.57%) LAN
3 20 (11.98%) WAN
4 16 (9.58%) MPLS
4 16 (9.58%) SDH
5 8 (4.79%) Structured Cabling
6 6 (3.59%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (3.59%) Wireless
7 5 (2.99%) IP Telephony
7 5 (2.99%) SD-WAN
7 5 (2.99%) VPN
8 4 (2.40%) Radio Access Network
9 3 (1.80%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (1.80%) Ethernet
10 2 (1.20%) VLAN
11 1 (0.60%) 4G
11 1 (0.60%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.60%) MIMO
11 1 (0.60%) Network Security
11 1 (0.60%) VPLS
General
1 48 (28.74%) Analytical Skills
2 39 (23.35%) Social Skills
3 30 (17.96%) Telecoms
4 11 (6.59%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (5.99%) Legal
6 8 (4.79%) Police
7 6 (3.59%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.40%) Banking
10 3 (1.80%) Dutch Language
10 3 (1.80%) Finance
10 3 (1.80%) French Language
10 3 (1.80%) German Language
10 3 (1.80%) Italian Language
10 3 (1.80%) Spanish Language
11 2 (1.20%) Environmental Health
12 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.60%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.80%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 49 (29.34%) Data Centre
2 44 (26.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 27 (16.17%) Driving Licence
4 11 (6.59%) Virtual Team
5 6 (3.59%) Handset
6 5 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.40%) EPoS
8 3 (1.80%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.80%) Photography
9 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.20%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.20%) PACS
10 1 (0.60%) ASTM
10 1 (0.60%) CCTV
10 1 (0.60%) iPhone
10 1 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.60%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.60%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.60%) SCADA
10 1 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (12.57%) Windows
2 4 (2.40%) Linux
2 4 (2.40%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.80%) Android
4 2 (1.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (37.13%) Customer Service
2 61 (36.53%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (35.33%) Break/Fix
4 11 (6.59%) Migration
5 8 (4.79%) Service Management
6 7 (4.19%) Project Delivery
7 6 (3.59%) Customer Requirements
7 6 (3.59%) Data Protection
7 6 (3.59%) Roadmaps
7 6 (3.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (2.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (2.99%) Customer Experience
8 5 (2.99%) Preventative Maintenance
9 4 (2.40%) AI
9 4 (2.40%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (2.40%) Computer Science
9 4 (2.40%) Data Privacy
9 4 (2.40%) Service Delivery
9 4 (2.40%) Time Management
9 4 (2.40%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.20%) SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (30.54%) Cisco Certification
2 50 (29.94%) CCNA
3 45 (26.95%) A+ Certification
4 44 (26.35%) MCSE
4 44 (26.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 44 (26.35%) Network+ Certification
5 23 (13.77%) Security Cleared
6 17 (10.18%) SC Cleared
7 9 (5.39%) Degree
8 5 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (2.40%) CCNP
9 4 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.20%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.60%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.60%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.58%) SLA
2 3 (1.80%) GDPR
3 1 (0.60%) DICOM
3 1 (0.60%) HL7
System Software
1 4 (2.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.80%) SCCM
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 53 (31.74%) Dell
2 29 (17.37%) Cisco
3 15 (8.98%) HP
4 8 (4.79%) Canon
5 7 (4.19%) Nokia
6 6 (3.59%) Microsoft
7 5 (2.99%) Huawei
8 4 (2.40%) BT
8 4 (2.40%) Ericsson
9 3 (1.80%) Adobe
9 3 (1.80%) F5
9 3 (1.80%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.20%) Aruba
10 2 (1.20%) Hitachi
10 2 (1.20%) Meraki
11 1 (0.60%) Computacenter
11 1 (0.60%) EMC
11 1 (0.60%) Qualys
11 1 (0.60%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.60%) SolarWinds
166 Field Engineer jobs Nationwide