Senior Field Engineer Contract Job Trends

Senior Field Engineer
UK

The median Senior Field Engineer daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 640 523 -
Rank change year-on-year -117 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Field Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.003% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.004% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 - -

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 46,221 27,241 40,562
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 92.30% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,120 17,531 26,073
10th Percentile £325 £290 £280
25th Percentile £413 £402 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -2.42%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,085 1,148 2,936
10th Percentile £15.24 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.79 £16.30
Median hourly rate £42.69 £27.70 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.10% -26.13% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £61.81
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +76.94% -37.13% -4.94%

Senior Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Field Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Senior Field Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Field Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Field Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Field Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Field Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Field Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Field Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Field Engineer
Top 2 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Field Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 June 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 - 1 £525 - 7
Scotland - 1 £525 - 1

Senior Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 June 2026, Senior 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 Senior Field Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Senior 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki