Field Service Engineer Contracts

Field Services Engineer
UK

The median Field Services Engineer daily rate in the UK is £128, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 449 514 676
Rank change year-on-year +65 +162 +135
Contract jobs requiring a Field Service Engineer 71 68 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.16% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.17% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 22 38
10th Percentile £116 £102 £104
25th Percentile £123 £105 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £128 £110 £110
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% - -26.67%
75th Percentile £138 £149 £133
90th Percentile £160 £343 £183
UK excluding London median daily rate £128 £110 £110
% change year-on-year +15.91% - -22.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 45 3
10th Percentile - £11.75 £20.04
25th Percentile £18.51 £13.25 £20.11
Median hourly rate £18.87 £17.50 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year +7.83% -15.48% +59.27%
75th Percentile £27.00 £19.50 £21.22
90th Percentile - £24.65 £21.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.51 £16.50 £20.63
% change year-on-year +12.18% -20.02% +58.69%

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Field Service Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Field Service Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Field Service Engineer in the UK

Field Service Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Field Service Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Field Service Engineer in the UK

Field Service Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Field Service Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Field Service Engineer in the UK

Field Service Engineer
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Field Service Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +75 60 £128 +15.91% 279
England +69 56 £125 +13.64% 291
South West +59 21 £125 +16.82% 29
Wales +7 11 £130 - 5
South East +52 10 £125 +16.82% 87
Midlands +28 10 £128 +19.44% 59
West Midlands +20 7 £130 +18.18% 34
North of England +19 6 £160 +45.45% 60
London +26 4 £135 -62.50% 39
East Midlands +10 3 £125 +20.77% 22
Yorkshire +8 3 £160 +45.45% 34
North East 0 2 £120 - 8
North West +17 1 £160 - 19
Scotland -2 1 £133 +20.45% 13
Work from Home - 1 £200 - 25
Northern Ireland - 1 £134 - 2

Field Service Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Field Service Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Field Service Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (15.49%) Public Sector
2 10 (14.08%) LAN
2 10 (14.08%) WAN
3 9 (12.68%) Customer Service
4 8 (11.27%) Driving Licence
4 8 (11.27%) DBS Check
4 8 (11.27%) Break/Fix
5 7 (9.86%) CCTV
5 7 (9.86%) ATM
5 7 (9.86%) EPoS
5 7 (9.86%) Social Skills
6 6 (8.45%) Migration
6 6 (8.45%) IT Audit
7 4 (5.63%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (5.63%) Ticket Management
7 4 (5.63%) SC Cleared
7 4 (5.63%) Security Cleared
7 4 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (5.63%) SLA
8 3 (4.23%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (4.23%) HP
8 3 (4.23%) Dell
8 3 (4.23%) Asset Management
9 2 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 2 (2.82%) Incident Management
9 2 (2.82%) Electronics
9 2 (2.82%) Retail
9 2 (2.82%) .NET Framework
9 2 (2.82%) Degree
9 2 (2.82%) Mathematics

Field Service Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.82%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.08%) LAN
1 10 (14.08%) WAN
2 7 (9.86%) ATM
3 3 (4.23%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (2.82%) 3G
4 2 (2.82%) DHCP
4 2 (2.82%) DNS
4 2 (2.82%) Firewall
4 2 (2.82%) GPRS
4 2 (2.82%) Skype
4 2 (2.82%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.82%) VoIP
4 2 (2.82%) VPN
4 2 (2.82%) Wireless
5 1 (1.41%) 4G
General
1 11 (15.49%) Public Sector
2 7 (9.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (2.82%) Electronics
3 2 (2.82%) Retail
4 1 (1.41%) Back Office
4 1 (1.41%) Banking
4 1 (1.41%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) .NET
1 2 (2.82%) .NET Framework
1 2 (2.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.27%) Driving Licence
2 7 (9.86%) CCTV
2 7 (9.86%) EPoS
3 2 (2.82%) Anti-Spyware
3 2 (2.82%) IoT
3 2 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.82%) Linux
1 2 (2.82%) Windows
1 2 (2.82%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (12.68%) Customer Service
2 8 (11.27%) Break/Fix
3 6 (8.45%) IT Audit
3 6 (8.45%) Migration
4 4 (5.63%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (5.63%) Ticket Management
5 3 (4.23%) Asset Management
6 2 (2.82%) Incident Management
6 2 (2.82%) Mathematics
6 2 (2.82%) Preventative Maintenance
7 1 (1.41%) Commercial Awareness
7 1 (1.41%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.82%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (11.27%) DBS Check
2 4 (5.63%) SC Cleared
2 4 (5.63%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.82%) A+ Certification
3 2 (2.82%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.63%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.82%) AirWatch
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.82%) SCCM
1 2 (2.82%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 3 (4.23%) Dell
1 3 (4.23%) HP
2 2 (2.82%) Adobe
2 2 (2.82%) Apple
2 2 (2.82%) Ivanti
2 2 (2.82%) MobileIron
2 2 (2.82%) Remedy
2 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.41%) Cisco
3 1 (1.41%) NCR
3 1 (1.41%) VMware
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