Field Support Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Field Support Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Field Support Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £165 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 471 616
Rank change year-on-year +135 +145 -
Contract jobs requiring a Field Support Engineer 8 3 3
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.053% 0.012% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.012% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £158 - £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £150 £213
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -29.41% -
75th Percentile £184 £294 £219
90th Percentile £218 £380 -
UK median daily rate £165 £200 £190
% change year-on-year -17.50% +5.26% +22.58%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,235 24,337 42,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 95.31% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,550 17,175 30,867
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 577 560 606
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.70 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.25 £25.71 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £54.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.10% +55.71% +42.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Field Support Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Field Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Field Support Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Field Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Field Support Engineer.

Field Support Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Field Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Field Support Engineer.

Field Support Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Field Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Field Support Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
1 6 (75.00%) SLA
1 6 (75.00%) BT
1 6 (75.00%) Telecoms
1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (75.00%) Line Management
1 6 (75.00%) Coaching
1 6 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (75.00%) Police
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (25.00%) Network Security
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) Firewall

Field Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 6 (75.00%) Police
1 6 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Coaching
1 6 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
1 6 (75.00%) Line Management
1 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) BT
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) Fortinet