Field Support Engineer Contracts

Field Support Engineer
UK

The median Field Support Engineer daily rate in the UK is £165 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 707 787
Rank change year-on-year +133 +80 -113
Contract jobs requiring a Field Support Engineer 12 15 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.025% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.026% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 31
10th Percentile - £150 £141
25th Percentile £158 £165 £151
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £219 £178
Median % change year-on-year -24.57% +23.24% +10.94%
75th Percentile £200 £350 £195
90th Percentile £218 - £238
UK excluding London median daily rate £165 £206 £174
% change year-on-year -20.00% +18.71% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 8
10th Percentile - £15.84 -
25th Percentile - £16.45 -
Median hourly rate - £18.24 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year - +40.29% -31.58%
75th Percentile - £20.36 £15.69
90th Percentile - £21.17 £17.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £18.24 £13.00
% change year-on-year - +40.29% -31.58%

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 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £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 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Field Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Support Engineer in the UK

Field Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Field Support Engineer in the UK

Field Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Field Support Engineer in the UK

Field Support Engineer
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Field Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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
England +119 12 £165 -20.00% 8
UK excluding London +70 12 £165 -20.00% 8
Work from Home +131 8 £165 +10.00% 1
South West +27 7 £165 +10.00%
North of England +34 3 £205 +10.81% 1
Yorkshire +29 3 £205 +2.50%
Midlands +25 1 £200 -5.88% 2
South East +9 1 - - 4
West Midlands - 1 £200 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Field Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (58.33%) SLA
3 6 (50.00%) ITIL
3 6 (50.00%) BT
3 6 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (50.00%) Police
3 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (50.00%) Line Management
3 6 (50.00%) Coaching
3 6 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (33.33%) Firewall
5 2 (16.67%) LAN
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco
5 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
5 2 (16.67%) Network Security
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
5 2 (16.67%) SD-WAN
6 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
6 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
6 1 (8.33%) Xerox
6 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
6 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
6 1 (8.33%) Windows 10

Field Support 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 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (16.67%) LAN
2 2 (16.67%) Network Security
2 2 (16.67%) SD-WAN
3 1 (8.33%) DHCP
3 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 6 (50.00%) Police
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 6 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) CMDB
1 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Android
1 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
1 1 (8.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (50.00%) Coaching
2 6 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (50.00%) ITIL
2 6 (50.00%) Line Management
3 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
4 1 (8.33%) Asset Management
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 1 (8.33%) ITSM
4 1 (8.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) BT
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) Fortinet
3 1 (8.33%) Dell
3 1 (8.33%) HP
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (8.33%) Toshiba
3 1 (8.33%) Xerox