Field Engineer Contract Job Trends

Field Engineer
UK

The median Field Engineer daily rate in the UK is £188, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
20 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 463 417 467
Rank change year-on-year -46 +50 +45
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 207 136 98
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.41% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.45% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 97 62
10th Percentile £126 £123 £130
25th Percentile £150 £126 £152
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £160 £180
Median % change year-on-year +17.19% -11.11% +9.09%
75th Percentile £250 £250 £220
90th Percentile £338 £336 £365
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £160 £180
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% +10.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 17
10th Percentile £15.87 £18.51 -
25th Percentile £16.17 £18.60 £11.75
Median hourly rate £18.67 £20.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.68% +48.15% -56.10%
75th Percentile £26.50 £25.15 £16.50
90th Percentile £32.50 £26.45 £21.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.25 £18.87 £13.50
% change year-on-year -13.88% +39.78% -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 49,489 29,958 36,053
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 91.24% 92.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,683 18,934 23,125
10th Percentile £325 £280 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,498 1,546 1,979
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.63 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.62 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.94% -41.51% +2.38%
75th Percentile £67.84 £53.99 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.90
% change year-on-year +68.99% -42.71% +17.07%

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 20 August 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 20 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Field Engineer 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 20 August 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 -72 149 £200 +25.00% 232
England -116 114 £169 +7.37% 230
Scotland +13 47 £225 -2.17% 30
South East -44 34 £163 +22.64% 61
London -70 24 £167 -1.76% 43
South West -37 21 £123 -5.77% 28
Work from Home -53 16 £400 +21.21% 34
North of England -53 16 £155 -3.13% 39
Wales -7 14 £200 +25.00% 6
North West -28 11 £155 -3.13% 18
East of England -18 8 £192 -45.59% 25
West Midlands -52 8 £190 -16.48% 25
Midlands -64 8 £190 +49.02% 48
Yorkshire -42 4 £170 +6.41% 12
Northern Ireland +7 2 £196 -14.89% 5
North East -41 1 - - 9

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

For the 6 months to 20 August 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 63 (30.43%) Customer Service
2 53 (25.60%) Break/Fix
3 52 (25.12%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (23.19%) Cisco Certification
5 47 (22.71%) CCNA
6 44 (21.26%) Dell
7 42 (20.29%) Cisco
8 40 (19.32%) A+ Certification
8 40 (19.32%) SAN
9 39 (18.84%) MCSE
9 39 (18.84%) Microsoft Certification
9 39 (18.84%) Network+ Certification
10 38 (18.36%) Windows
11 25 (12.08%) LAN
11 25 (12.08%) SLA
12 24 (11.59%) SDH
12 24 (11.59%) WAN
13 20 (9.66%) Security Cleared
14 17 (8.21%) MPLS
14 17 (8.21%) Structured Cabling
15 15 (7.25%) Microsoft
16 14 (6.76%) Migration
17 13 (6.28%) SC Cleared
18 12 (5.80%) Nokia
19 11 (5.31%) Azure
19 11 (5.31%) HP
19 11 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
20 10 (4.83%) Active Directory
21 9 (4.35%) Customer Experience
21 9 (4.35%) Windows 10

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 (1.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.45%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 11 (5.31%) Azure
1 11 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (2.42%) Entra ID
3 2 (0.97%) AWS
3 2 (0.97%) OneDrive
4 1 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.48%) Power Automate
4 1 (0.48%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.48%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 40 (19.32%) SAN
2 25 (12.08%) LAN
3 24 (11.59%) SDH
3 24 (11.59%) WAN
4 17 (8.21%) MPLS
4 17 (8.21%) Structured Cabling
5 7 (3.38%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (2.90%) SD-WAN
6 6 (2.90%) Wireless
7 5 (2.42%) IP Telephony
7 5 (2.42%) Radio Access Network
7 5 (2.42%) VPN
8 3 (1.45%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (1.45%) Ethernet
8 3 (1.45%) Firewall
8 3 (1.45%) VLAN
9 2 (0.97%) DHCP
9 2 (0.97%) DNS
10 1 (0.48%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.48%) VoIP
General
1 51 (24.64%) Telecoms
2 47 (22.71%) Social Skills
3 41 (19.81%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (7.73%) Public Sector
5 13 (6.28%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (3.86%) Police
7 7 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.38%) Retail
8 5 (2.42%) Legal
9 3 (1.45%) Dutch Language
9 3 (1.45%) Finance
9 3 (1.45%) French Language
9 3 (1.45%) German Language
9 3 (1.45%) Italian Language
9 3 (1.45%) Spanish Language
10 2 (0.97%) Back Office
10 2 (0.97%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.48%) Environmental Health
11 1 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.45%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 47 (22.71%) Data Centre
2 42 (20.29%) Driving Licence
3 38 (18.36%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (3.86%) EPoS
5 6 (2.90%) Chip and PIN
5 6 (2.90%) Handset
5 6 (2.90%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.45%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.45%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (1.45%) Photography
7 3 (1.45%) Smartphone
8 2 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.97%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.97%) PACS
8 2 (0.97%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.48%) ASTM
9 1 (0.48%) iPhone
9 1 (0.48%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.48%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 38 (18.36%) Windows
2 9 (4.35%) Windows 10
3 5 (2.42%) Linux
3 5 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.45%) Android
5 2 (0.97%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.97%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (30.43%) Customer Service
2 53 (25.60%) Break/Fix
3 52 (25.12%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (6.76%) Migration
5 9 (4.35%) Customer Experience
6 8 (3.86%) Project Delivery
7 7 (3.38%) Service Management
8 6 (2.90%) Customer Requirements
8 6 (2.90%) Data Protection
8 6 (2.90%) Proactive Maintenance
8 6 (2.90%) Roadmaps
8 6 (2.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (2.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (2.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 4 (1.93%) AI
10 4 (1.93%) Computer Science
10 4 (1.93%) Data Privacy
10 4 (1.93%) Service Delivery
10 4 (1.93%) Validation
10 4 (1.93%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (23.19%) Cisco Certification
2 47 (22.71%) CCNA
3 40 (19.32%) A+ Certification
4 39 (18.84%) MCSE
4 39 (18.84%) Microsoft Certification
4 39 (18.84%) Network+ Certification
5 20 (9.66%) Security Cleared
6 13 (6.28%) SC Cleared
7 8 (3.86%) Degree
8 6 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.93%) CCNP
9 4 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.97%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.97%) JNCIA
11 1 (0.48%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.48%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.48%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (12.08%) SLA
2 3 (1.45%) GDPR
3 1 (0.48%) DICOM
3 1 (0.48%) HL7
System Software
1 10 (4.83%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.42%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.97%) Firmware
3 2 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 44 (21.26%) Dell
2 42 (20.29%) Cisco
3 15 (7.25%) Microsoft
4 12 (5.80%) Nokia
5 11 (5.31%) HP
6 6 (2.90%) Huawei
7 5 (2.42%) Ericsson
8 4 (1.93%) BT
9 3 (1.45%) Adobe
9 3 (1.45%) Canon
9 3 (1.45%) F5
9 3 (1.45%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.97%) Aruba
10 2 (0.97%) Hitachi
10 2 (0.97%) Juniper
10 2 (0.97%) Meraki
10 2 (0.97%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.48%) Qualys
11 1 (0.48%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.48%) VMware
275 Field Engineer jobs Nationwide