Field Engineer Contract Job Trends

Field Engineer
UK

The median Field Engineer daily rate in the UK is £170, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 435 430 462
Rank change year-on-year -5 +32 +149
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 130 133 180
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.35% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.38% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 98 127
10th Percentile £123 £130 £105
25th Percentile £126 £145 £129
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 £180 £175
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +2.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £238 £229 £210
90th Percentile £294 £296 £270
UK excluding London median daily rate £170 £180 £175
% change year-on-year -5.56% +2.86% +18.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 6
10th Percentile £18.87 - £18.13
25th Percentile - £11.75 £22.59
Median hourly rate £20.00 £14.00 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -54.47% +75.11%
75th Percentile £25.15 £21.75 £31.13
90th Percentile £25.52 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.00 £13.75 £16.50
% change year-on-year +45.45% -16.67% -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 30,238 34,964 44,820
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.89% 92.96% 93.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,083 21,110 30,627
10th Percentile £277 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,669 1,427 1,528
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.05 £14.60
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.66% -8.89% +69.81%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £41.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -39.76% -6.74% +97.78%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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
UK excluding London -23 104 £170 -5.56% 197
England +12 95 £160 -11.11% 182
Scotland +16 29 £223 +23.61% 37
South West +18 26 £165 -8.33% 22
Midlands -20 21 £128 -29.17% 30
London +26 20 £170 +3.03% 33
East Midlands -3 14 £127 -33.32% 14
South East +1 13 £128 -35.85% 52
North of England -31 9 £170 -5.56% 44
West Midlands -22 7 £243 +34.72% 15
East of England -1 4 £165 -31.25% 17
Work from Home +15 3 £450 +97.80% 26
North East -7 3 £135 +12.50% 9
North West -21 3 £170 -5.56% 16
Yorkshire -31 3 £240 +33.07% 21
Wales -1 1 £128 -5.18% 2
Northern Ireland -6 1 £230 -8.00%

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

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, 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 29 (22.31%) Customer Service
2 28 (21.54%) Windows
3 21 (16.15%) Security Cleared
4 18 (13.85%) Microsoft
5 17 (13.08%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (12.31%) LAN
6 16 (12.31%) WAN
7 14 (10.77%) Cisco
8 13 (10.00%) Active Directory
9 12 (9.23%) DBS Check
9 12 (9.23%) Windows 10
10 10 (7.69%) A+ Certification
10 10 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (6.15%) ATM
11 8 (6.15%) Break/Fix
11 8 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
11 8 (6.15%) SDH
11 8 (6.15%) VPN
12 7 (5.38%) CCNA
12 7 (5.38%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (5.38%) SC Cleared
13 6 (4.62%) Dell
13 6 (4.62%) SLA
13 6 (4.62%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (3.85%) Android
14 5 (3.85%) Apple
14 5 (3.85%) Asset Management
14 5 (3.85%) MPLS
14 5 (3.85%) Project Delivery

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 (1.54%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (1.54%) Azure
2 2 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (1.54%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.77%) OneDrive
3 1 (0.77%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (12.31%) LAN
1 16 (12.31%) WAN
2 8 (6.15%) ATM
2 8 (6.15%) SDH
2 8 (6.15%) VPN
3 6 (4.62%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (3.85%) MPLS
4 5 (3.85%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.08%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (3.08%) DHCP
5 4 (3.08%) DNS
5 4 (3.08%) Firewall
5 4 (3.08%) IPsec
5 4 (3.08%) SAN
5 4 (3.08%) SD-WAN
6 3 (2.31%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (2.31%) Unified Communications
6 3 (2.31%) Wireless
7 2 (1.54%) PBX
8 1 (0.77%) PSTN
Development Applications
1 1 (0.77%) Hudson
General
1 21 (16.15%) Social Skills
2 13 (10.00%) Retail
3 12 (9.23%) Telecoms
4 11 (8.46%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.08%) Banking
8 3 (2.31%) Mandarin Language
9 2 (1.54%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.54%) Finance
9 2 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.77%) Back Office
10 1 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.77%) Legal
10 1 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.31%) .NET
2 2 (1.54%) CSS
2 2 (1.54%) HTML
2 2 (1.54%) HTML5
3 1 (0.77%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.77%) Java RMI
3 1 (0.77%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (25.38%) Driving Licence
2 19 (14.62%) EPoS
3 10 (7.69%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.54%) CCTV
6 2 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.54%) IoT
6 2 (1.54%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.54%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.54%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.77%) FPGA
7 1 (0.77%) NB-IoT
7 1 (0.77%) Spread Betting
7 1 (0.77%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 28 (21.54%) Windows
2 12 (9.23%) Windows 10
3 5 (3.85%) Android
4 3 (2.31%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.54%) Linux
6 1 (0.77%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.77%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.77%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (22.31%) Customer Service
2 17 (13.08%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (6.15%) Break/Fix
4 5 (3.85%) Asset Management
4 5 (3.85%) Project Delivery
5 4 (3.08%) High Availability
5 4 (3.08%) ITSM
5 4 (3.08%) Load Balancing
5 4 (3.08%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (2.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (2.31%) Mathematics
6 3 (2.31%) Mentoring
6 3 (2.31%) Network Management
6 3 (2.31%) Resource Allocation
6 3 (2.31%) Service Delivery
6 3 (2.31%) Validation
7 2 (1.54%) Data Protection
7 2 (1.54%) Mechatronics
7 2 (1.54%) Migration
7 2 (1.54%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.54%) SQL
2 1 (0.77%) C#
2 1 (0.77%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (16.15%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.23%) DBS Check
3 10 (7.69%) A+ Certification
3 10 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (5.38%) CCNA
4 7 (5.38%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (5.38%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.31%) Degree
6 3 (2.31%) MCSE
6 3 (2.31%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.54%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.77%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.62%) SLA
2 2 (1.54%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.77%) QA
System Software
1 13 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (2.31%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (13.85%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.77%) Cisco
3 6 (4.62%) Dell
4 5 (3.85%) Apple
4 5 (3.85%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.08%) F5
5 4 (3.08%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.31%) HP
6 3 (2.31%) NCR
7 1 (0.77%) Aruba
7 1 (0.77%) Brocade
7 1 (0.77%) Google
7 1 (0.77%) Hitachi
7 1 (0.77%) Nokia
7 1 (0.77%) Openreach
7 1 (0.77%) Salesforce