Field Engineer Contract Job Trends

Field Engineer
UK

The median Field Engineer daily rate in the UK is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
1 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 496 385 485
Rank change year-on-year -111 +100 +56
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 160 150 106
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.49% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.53% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 101 60
10th Percentile £126 £123 £105
25th Percentile £150 £126 £149
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £157 £170
Median % change year-on-year +11.51% -7.69% +3.03%
75th Percentile £250 £220 £223
90th Percentile £402 £335 £378
UK excluding London median daily rate £170 £150 £173
% change year-on-year +13.33% -13.04% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 31
10th Percentile £15.82 - -
25th Percentile £16.09 £18.51 £11.75
Median hourly rate £16.25 £20.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +37.93% -31.80%
75th Percentile £16.33 £25.15 £18.75
90th Percentile £21.13 £26.63 £21.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.25 £18.87 £14.00
% change year-on-year -13.88% +34.79% -32.04%

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 47,495 28,303 40,138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 92.03% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,760 18,119 25,771
10th Percentile £325 £288 £283
25th Percentile £415 £401 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,210 1,268 2,866
10th Percentile £15.72 £13.77 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.41 £16.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £26.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.26% -29.33% -12.79%
75th Percentile £67.50 £56.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -

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 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 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 1 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 -81 128 £170 +13.33% 117
England -109 113 £169 +16.21% 106
South East -50 34 £163 +22.64% 32
Scotland +5 29 £200 -27.27% 12
London -62 24 £180 +24.14% 21
North of England -70 22 £155 -3.13% 17
South West -32 18 £123 -7.55% 18
North West -27 16 £155 -13.89% 12
Wales -12 10 £230 +75.24% 8
Work from Home -50 8 £400 +21.21% 27
East of England -20 7 £150 -57.45% 17
Midlands -68 7 £200 +52.38% 12
West Midlands -56 5 £225 +50.00% 8
North East -34 3 - - 1
Yorkshire -55 3 £208 +30.00% 4
Northern Ireland +1 2 £196 +45.29% 4
East Midlands -18 2 £200 +56.86% 4

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 69 (43.13%) Customer Service
2 65 (40.63%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (38.75%) Break/Fix
4 58 (36.25%) Dell
5 54 (33.75%) Cisco Certification
6 53 (33.13%) CCNA
7 48 (30.00%) A+ Certification
7 48 (30.00%) SAN
8 47 (29.38%) MCSE
8 47 (29.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 47 (29.38%) Network+ Certification
9 25 (15.63%) Cisco
10 24 (15.00%) Security Cleared
11 23 (14.38%) Windows
12 20 (12.50%) SC Cleared
13 19 (11.88%) HP
14 16 (10.00%) LAN
15 15 (9.38%) WAN
16 11 (6.88%) MPLS
17 10 (6.25%) Canon
17 10 (6.25%) Migration
17 10 (6.25%) SDH
17 10 (6.25%) Service Management
18 9 (5.63%) Degree
19 8 (5.00%) Structured Cabling
20 7 (4.38%) SLA
21 6 (3.75%) Data Protection
21 6 (3.75%) Palo Alto
21 6 (3.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
21 6 (3.75%) Time Management

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 (1.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 3 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.25%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.13%) Azure
2 4 (2.50%) Entra ID
3 3 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.25%) AWS
5 1 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.63%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.63%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.63%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.63%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 48 (30.00%) SAN
2 16 (10.00%) LAN
3 15 (9.38%) WAN
4 11 (6.88%) MPLS
5 10 (6.25%) SDH
6 8 (5.00%) Structured Cabling
7 6 (3.75%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (3.75%) Wireless
8 5 (3.13%) SD-WAN
8 5 (3.13%) VPN
9 3 (1.88%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (1.88%) Ethernet
10 2 (1.25%) IP Telephony
10 2 (1.25%) Radio Access Network
10 2 (1.25%) VLAN
11 1 (0.63%) 4G
11 1 (0.63%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.63%) IPsec
11 1 (0.63%) Network Security
11 1 (0.63%) VPLS
General
1 51 (31.88%) Analytical Skills
2 36 (22.50%) Social Skills
3 18 (11.25%) Telecoms
4 12 (7.50%) Legal
5 9 (5.63%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (5.00%) Police
7 7 (4.38%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.75%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.50%) Banking
10 3 (1.88%) Finance
11 2 (1.25%) Dutch Language
11 2 (1.25%) Environmental Health
11 2 (1.25%) French Language
11 2 (1.25%) German Language
11 2 (1.25%) Italian Language
11 2 (1.25%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.63%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.63%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 53 (33.13%) Data Centre
2 47 (29.38%) Analytical Mindset
3 25 (15.63%) Driving Licence
4 13 (8.13%) Virtual Team
5 6 (3.75%) Handset
6 5 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.50%) EPoS
8 3 (1.88%) Photography
9 2 (1.25%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.25%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.25%) PACS
10 1 (0.63%) ASTM
10 1 (0.63%) CCTV
10 1 (0.63%) iPhone
10 1 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.63%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.63%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.63%) SCADA
10 1 (0.63%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (14.38%) Windows
2 4 (2.50%) Linux
2 4 (2.50%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.88%) Android
4 2 (1.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (43.13%) Customer Service
2 65 (40.63%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (38.75%) Break/Fix
4 10 (6.25%) Migration
4 10 (6.25%) Service Management
5 6 (3.75%) Data Protection
5 6 (3.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (3.75%) Time Management
6 5 (3.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (3.13%) Customer Requirements
6 5 (3.13%) Preventative Maintenance
6 5 (3.13%) Roadmaps
7 4 (2.50%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (2.50%) Computer Science
7 4 (2.50%) Customer Experience
7 4 (2.50%) High Availability
7 4 (2.50%) Project Delivery
7 4 (2.50%) Service Delivery
8 3 (1.88%) AI
8 3 (1.88%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.25%) SQL
2 1 (0.63%) Korn
Qualifications
1 54 (33.75%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (33.13%) CCNA
3 48 (30.00%) A+ Certification
4 47 (29.38%) MCSE
4 47 (29.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 47 (29.38%) Network+ Certification
5 24 (15.00%) Security Cleared
6 20 (12.50%) SC Cleared
7 9 (5.63%) Degree
8 4 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.50%) CCNP
8 4 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.25%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.63%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.63%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.38%) SLA
2 2 (1.25%) GDPR
3 1 (0.63%) DICOM
3 1 (0.63%) HL7
System Software
1 4 (2.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.88%) SCCM
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 58 (36.25%) Dell
2 25 (15.63%) Cisco
3 19 (11.88%) HP
4 10 (6.25%) Canon
5 6 (3.75%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.13%) Meraki
6 5 (3.13%) Microsoft
7 4 (2.50%) BT
8 3 (1.88%) F5
8 3 (1.88%) Huawei
8 3 (1.88%) Nokia
8 3 (1.88%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.25%) Adobe
9 2 (1.25%) Aruba
9 2 (1.25%) Ericsson
9 2 (1.25%) Hitachi
10 1 (0.63%) Computacenter
10 1 (0.63%) Qualys
10 1 (0.63%) ServiceNow
138 Field Engineer jobs Nationwide