Field Engineer Jobs in England

Field Engineer
UK > England

The median Field Engineer salary in England is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 609 720 857
Rank change year-on-year +111 +137 -108
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 233 208 268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.23% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.25% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 226 199 229
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +3.17% +14.55%
75th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £34,000
90th Percentile £43,875 £42,500 £38,750
UK median annual salary £30,000 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.84% +12.73%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,599 84,573 127,334
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.53% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 60,280 53,577 75,684
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in England

Field Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Field Engineer in England

Field Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Field Engineer in England

Field Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Field Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +31 57 £32,500 - 236
North of England +64 50 £32,500 +14.04% 149
South West +7 47 £30,000 - 134
Midlands +24 31 £27,500 -15.38% 157
London +68 29 £37,500 +13.64% 97
North West +19 28 £28,000 +14.29% 67
East of England +16 26 £27,500 -3.51% 120
East Midlands +8 20 £27,500 -15.38% 62
Yorkshire +75 16 £40,000 +40.35% 67
West Midlands +14 10 £27,500 -20.29% 96
North East +1 6 £28,000 -18.84% 16
Field Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Field Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 145 (62.23%) Windows
2 107 (45.92%) Microsoft
3 103 (44.21%) Social Skills
4 98 (42.06%) Active Directory
5 83 (35.62%) Problem-Solving
6 73 (31.33%) Customer Service
7 70 (30.04%) Driving Licence
8 63 (27.04%) Microsoft 365
8 63 (27.04%) HP
9 51 (21.89%) Dell
10 49 (21.03%) Azure
11 47 (20.17%) Microsoft Office
12 45 (19.31%) ITIL
12 45 (19.31%) DBS Check
13 41 (17.60%) EPoS
13 41 (17.60%) Retail
14 40 (17.17%) SLA
15 39 (16.74%) DNS
15 39 (16.74%) Self-Motivation
16 38 (16.31%) Onboarding
17 37 (15.88%) Windows Server
18 34 (14.59%) Microsoft Intune
18 34 (14.59%) Wi-Fi
19 33 (14.16%) DHCP
20 32 (13.73%) Entra ID
20 32 (13.73%) Organisational Skills
21 31 (13.30%) Hyper-V
21 31 (13.30%) IBM
21 31 (13.30%) A+ Certification
21 31 (13.30%) Time Management

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 21 (9.01%) SharePoint
2 12 (5.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.43%) Apache
3 1 (0.43%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 47 (20.17%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 63 (27.04%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (21.03%) Azure
3 32 (13.73%) Entra ID
4 15 (6.44%) OneDrive
5 14 (6.01%) Power Automate
5 14 (6.01%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.01%) PowerApps
6 6 (2.58%) AWS
7 4 (1.72%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.86%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.43%) GCP
9 1 (0.43%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 39 (16.74%) DNS
2 34 (14.59%) Wi-Fi
3 33 (14.16%) DHCP
4 25 (10.73%) Network Security
5 20 (8.58%) Firewall
5 20 (8.58%) TCP/IP
6 17 (7.30%) Wireless
7 15 (6.44%) LAN
7 15 (6.44%) WAN
8 11 (4.72%) VLAN
8 11 (4.72%) VPN
9 7 (3.00%) 4G
10 6 (2.58%) DSL
10 6 (2.58%) LTE
11 5 (2.15%) SAN
12 3 (1.29%) IPsec
12 3 (1.29%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.86%) ATM
13 2 (0.86%) VoIP
14 1 (0.43%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.00%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.43%) Big Data
2 1 (0.43%) Hadoop
General
1 103 (44.21%) Social Skills
2 41 (17.60%) Retail
3 32 (13.73%) Organisational Skills
4 26 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.43%) Law
5 8 (3.43%) Legal
5 8 (3.43%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.58%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.15%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.29%) Electronics
8 3 (1.29%) Finance
8 3 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.29%) Military
9 2 (0.86%) Publishing
10 1 (0.43%) Aviation
10 1 (0.43%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 70 (30.04%) Driving Licence
2 41 (17.60%) EPoS
3 39 (16.74%) Self-Motivation
4 38 (16.31%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.72%) Smartphone
6 7 (3.00%) CCTV
6 7 (3.00%) iPad
7 6 (2.58%) IoT
8 5 (2.15%) Replication
9 4 (1.72%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.72%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.29%) Analogue Electronics
10 3 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.86%) PropTech
12 1 (0.43%) Distributed Architecture
12 1 (0.43%) iPhone
12 1 (0.43%) NHS
12 1 (0.43%) Public Cloud
12 1 (0.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 145 (62.23%) Windows
2 37 (15.88%) Windows Server
3 25 (10.73%) Mac OS
4 22 (9.44%) Windows Server 2012
5 21 (9.01%) Windows Server 2019
6 19 (8.15%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (7.30%) Windows 10
8 12 (5.15%) Apple iOS
9 10 (4.29%) Android
10 1 (0.43%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (35.62%) Problem-Solving
2 73 (31.33%) Customer Service
3 45 (19.31%) ITIL
4 31 (13.30%) Time Management
5 28 (12.02%) Break/Fix
6 27 (11.59%) Computer Science
7 20 (8.58%) Innovative Thinking
8 15 (6.44%) Asset Management
9 14 (6.01%) Migration
9 14 (6.01%) Project Management
10 10 (4.29%) Proactive Maintenance
11 9 (3.86%) Hardware Maintenance
12 7 (3.00%) Customer Requirements
12 7 (3.00%) Project Delivery
12 7 (3.00%) Service Delivery
13 6 (2.58%) Incident Management
13 6 (2.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 6 (2.58%) Logistics
14 5 (2.15%) Email Filtering
14 5 (2.15%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.30%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.72%) SQL
3 1 (0.43%) Bash
3 1 (0.43%) Java
3 1 (0.43%) Python
3 1 (0.43%) R
3 1 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 45 (19.31%) DBS Check
2 31 (13.30%) A+ Certification
3 30 (12.88%) Degree
4 29 (12.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (10.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (10.30%) MCP
7 21 (9.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (3.86%) Security Cleared
9 6 (2.58%) CCNA
9 6 (2.58%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.29%) MCSE
10 3 (1.29%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.43%) CCNP
11 1 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.43%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.43%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (17.17%) SLA
2 5 (2.15%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.43%) COSHH
3 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.43%) GDPR
System Software
1 98 (42.06%) Active Directory
2 31 (13.30%) Hyper-V
3 22 (9.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.86%) Firmware
5 5 (2.15%) KVM
6 3 (1.29%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.43%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (14.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.15%) WSUS
3 2 (0.86%) SCCM
4 1 (0.43%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.43%) Autotask
4 1 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.43%) SCOM
Vendors
1 107 (45.92%) Microsoft
2 63 (27.04%) HP
3 51 (21.89%) Dell
4 31 (13.30%) IBM
5 23 (9.87%) Citrix
6 22 (9.44%) VMware
7 12 (5.15%) Apple
8 10 (4.29%) Veeam
9 9 (3.86%) NetApp
10 6 (2.58%) Cisco
10 6 (2.58%) Google
10 6 (2.58%) Sun
11 5 (2.15%) Sophos
11 5 (2.15%) Ubiquiti
12 4 (1.72%) Aruba
13 3 (1.29%) Datto
13 3 (1.29%) Fortinet
13 3 (1.29%) Meraki
13 3 (1.29%) WatchGuard
14 2 (0.86%) Ruckus Wireless