Field Engineer Contract Job Trends

Field Engineer
UK

The median Field Engineer daily rate in the UK is £183, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026.

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

 6 months to
18 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 490 430 451
Rank change year-on-year -60 +21 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 197 128 111
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.39% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.43% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 98 76
10th Percentile £126 £123 £132
25th Percentile £150 £126 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £183 £160 £180
Median % change year-on-year +14.06% -11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £238 £238 £232
90th Percentile £338 £310 £295
UK excluding London median daily rate £192 £160 £180
% change year-on-year +19.88% -11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 14
10th Percentile £15.91 £18.87 -
25th Percentile £17.20 £20.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £22.33 £22.58 £13.75
Median % change year-on-year -1.07% +64.18% -55.28%
75th Percentile £31.00 £25.15 £20.44
90th Percentile £32.50 £27.00 £21.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.74 £20.00 £13.50
% change year-on-year -11.29% +48.15% -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 50,223 30,015 35,830
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 91.09% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,737 18,953 22,040
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £626 £623 £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 3,829 1,585 1,681
10th Percentile £14.56 £13.75 £14.73
25th Percentile £20.25 £17.30 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.84 £52.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +2.86%

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 18 September 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 18 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Field Engineer 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 18 September 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 -75 134 £192 +19.88% 259
England -101 104 £167 +4.38% 289
Scotland +10 49 £225 -2.17% 25
London -70 26 £167 -1.76% 71
South East -56 22 £131 +2.35% 82
South West -40 18 £133 -5.36% 24
North of England -59 16 £160 - 40
Work from Home -52 14 £403 -10.44% 40
North West -40 11 £160 - 22
Wales -6 10 £200 +25.00% 7
East of England -25 9 £192 -48.85% 26
Midlands -58 9 £190 +49.02% 47
West Midlands -44 8 £190 -9.52% 27
Yorkshire -40 3 £170 +6.41% 15
Northern Ireland +4 2 £196 -14.89% 9
North East -47 2 - - 3
East Midlands -27 1 - - 20

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 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 50 (25.38%) Customer Service
2 43 (21.83%) Break/Fix
2 43 (21.83%) Cisco
3 41 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (18.78%) CCNA
4 37 (18.78%) Cisco Certification
5 33 (16.75%) Windows
6 31 (15.74%) Dell
7 30 (15.23%) A+ Certification
8 29 (14.72%) MCSE
8 29 (14.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (14.72%) Network+ Certification
8 29 (14.72%) SAN
9 26 (13.20%) LAN
9 26 (13.20%) SDH
9 26 (13.20%) SLA
10 24 (12.18%) WAN
11 19 (9.64%) Structured Cabling
12 17 (8.63%) Microsoft
12 17 (8.63%) Security Cleared
13 16 (8.12%) MPLS
14 14 (7.11%) Nokia
15 12 (6.09%) Microsoft 365
15 12 (6.09%) Migration
16 11 (5.58%) SC Cleared
17 9 (4.57%) Azure
17 9 (4.57%) Customer Experience
17 9 (4.57%) Project Delivery
18 8 (4.06%) Active Directory
18 8 (4.06%) Microsoft Intune

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 4 (2.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.03%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 12 (6.09%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (4.57%) Azure
3 3 (1.52%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.02%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.51%) AWS
5 1 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.51%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.51%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.51%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (14.72%) SAN
2 26 (13.20%) LAN
2 26 (13.20%) SDH
3 24 (12.18%) WAN
4 19 (9.64%) Structured Cabling
5 16 (8.12%) MPLS
6 6 (3.05%) SD-WAN
6 6 (3.05%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (3.05%) Wireless
7 5 (2.54%) IP Telephony
7 5 (2.54%) Radio Access Network
8 4 (2.03%) Firewall
9 3 (1.52%) Ethernet
9 3 (1.52%) VPN
10 2 (1.02%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.51%) DHCP
11 1 (0.51%) DNS
11 1 (0.51%) FTP
11 1 (0.51%) PBX
11 1 (0.51%) VoIP
General
1 56 (28.43%) Telecoms
2 45 (22.84%) Social Skills
3 30 (15.23%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.61%) Public Sector
5 14 (7.11%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (4.06%) Retail
7 7 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.03%) Dutch Language
8 4 (2.03%) Finance
8 4 (2.03%) French Language
8 4 (2.03%) German Language
8 4 (2.03%) Italian Language
8 4 (2.03%) Spanish Language
9 2 (1.02%) Back Office
9 2 (1.02%) Legal
9 2 (1.02%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.51%) Electronics
10 1 (0.51%) Local Government
10 1 (0.51%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.52%) Java RMI
2 1 (0.51%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 41 (20.81%) Driving Licence
2 35 (17.77%) Data Centre
3 28 (14.21%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (4.06%) EPoS
5 6 (3.05%) Chip and PIN
5 6 (3.05%) Handset
6 4 (2.03%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.03%) Fibre Optics
6 4 (2.03%) Smartphone
7 3 (1.52%) Photography
7 3 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.52%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.02%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.51%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.51%) iPhone
9 1 (0.51%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.51%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 33 (16.75%) Windows
2 8 (4.06%) Windows 10
3 5 (2.54%) Linux
3 5 (2.54%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.52%) Android
5 2 (1.02%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.02%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.51%) OS/2
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (25.38%) Customer Service
2 43 (21.83%) Break/Fix
3 41 (20.81%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (6.09%) Migration
5 9 (4.57%) Customer Experience
5 9 (4.57%) Project Delivery
6 8 (4.06%) Proactive Maintenance
7 7 (3.55%) Customer Requirements
8 6 (3.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (3.05%) Roadmaps
8 6 (3.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (2.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (2.54%) Data Privacy
9 5 (2.54%) Data Protection
10 4 (2.03%) Analytics
10 4 (2.03%) Business Transformation
10 4 (2.03%) Computer Science
10 4 (2.03%) Customer Engagement
10 4 (2.03%) Data Governance
10 4 (2.03%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.05%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (18.78%) CCNA
1 37 (18.78%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (15.23%) A+ Certification
3 29 (14.72%) MCSE
3 29 (14.72%) Microsoft Certification
3 29 (14.72%) Network+ Certification
4 17 (8.63%) Security Cleared
5 11 (5.58%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (3.05%) Degree
7 4 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.02%) CCNP
8 2 (1.02%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.51%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.51%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.51%) City & Guilds
9 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (13.20%) SLA
2 4 (2.03%) GDPR
3 1 (0.51%) DICOM
3 1 (0.51%) HL7
System Software
1 8 (4.06%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.54%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.02%) Firmware
3 2 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (4.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.51%) SCCM
Vendors
1 43 (21.83%) Cisco
2 31 (15.74%) Dell
3 17 (8.63%) Microsoft
4 14 (7.11%) Nokia
5 7 (3.55%) HP
6 6 (3.05%) Ericsson
6 6 (3.05%) Huawei
7 4 (2.03%) Adobe
7 4 (2.03%) BT
8 3 (1.52%) Juniper
8 3 (1.52%) Meraki
8 3 (1.52%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.02%) Aruba
9 2 (1.02%) F5
9 2 (1.02%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.02%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.51%) EMC
10 1 (0.51%) Hitachi
10 1 (0.51%) Splunk
10 1 (0.51%) VMware
346 Field Engineer jobs Nationwide