Field Service Engineer Contracts

Field Services Engineer
UK

The median Field Services Engineer daily rate in the UK is £110 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 525 649 810
Rank change year-on-year +124 +161 -125
Contract jobs requiring a Field Service Engineer 61 44 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.076% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.080% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 40 24
10th Percentile £102 £105 £100
25th Percentile £105 £105 £115
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £110 £110 £150
Median % change year-on-year - -26.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £150 £133 £198
90th Percentile £360 £178 £378
UK excluding London median daily rate £110 £110 £120
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 3 6
10th Percentile £11.75 £20.04 -
25th Percentile £12.00 £20.11 -
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.71 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.48% +59.27% -20.00%
75th Percentile £19.50 £21.22 -
90th Percentile £23.55 £21.25 £14.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.00 £20.63 £13.00
% change year-on-year -27.29% +58.69% -20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,991 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,011 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,675 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.28 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

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
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Field Service Engineer over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram 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 14 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 8 May 2024. 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 +78 42 £110 - 681
England +95 39 £110 - 684
London +107 15 £360 +227.27% 76
Scotland +52 15 £110 -46.34% 53
South West +25 7 £107 -0.23% 88
North of England +23 6 £110 +1.38% 122
Wales +20 4 - - 20
East of England +6 4 £144 +30.91% 104
Midlands +28 3 £104 -21.52% 137
Yorkshire +22 3 £110 +2.80% 56
East Midlands +18 3 £104 -23.26% 57
South East +9 3 £107 -46.63% 195
North East +15 2 - - 17
North West +24 1 - - 50

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, 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 53 (86.89%) Break/Fix
2 45 (73.77%) Customer Service
3 43 (70.49%) Analytical Mindset
3 43 (70.49%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (70.49%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (37.70%) Public Sector
5 8 (13.11%) Data Centre
5 8 (13.11%) Network+ Certification
5 8 (13.11%) Dell
5 8 (13.11%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (13.11%) A+ Certification
5 8 (13.11%) SAN
5 8 (13.11%) MCSE
5 8 (13.11%) CCNA
6 4 (6.56%) Windows
7 3 (4.92%) Active Directory
7 3 (4.92%) SharePoint
7 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (4.92%) Apple
7 3 (4.92%) Driving Licence
7 3 (4.92%) Windows 10
7 3 (4.92%) Microsoft
7 3 (4.92%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (4.92%) Entra ID
7 3 (4.92%) French Language
7 3 (4.92%) Android
7 3 (4.92%) Azure
7 3 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Intune

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (4.92%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.92%) Azure
1 3 (4.92%) Entra ID
1 3 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (13.11%) SAN
2 1 (1.64%) ATM
General
1 43 (70.49%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (37.70%) Public Sector
3 3 (4.92%) French Language
4 1 (1.64%) Legal
4 1 (1.64%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 43 (70.49%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (13.11%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.92%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.28%) Handset
5 1 (1.64%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.56%) Windows
2 3 (4.92%) Android
2 3 (4.92%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (86.89%) Break/Fix
2 45 (73.77%) Customer Service
3 43 (70.49%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (1.64%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (1.64%) Pay per click
Qualifications
1 8 (13.11%) A+ Certification
1 8 (13.11%) CCNA
1 8 (13.11%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (13.11%) MCSE
1 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (13.11%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 3 (4.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.92%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.64%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (13.11%) Dell
2 3 (4.92%) Apple
2 3 (4.92%) Microsoft