Field Engineer Jobs in England

Field Engineer
UK > England

The median Field Engineer salary in England is £39,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 563 612 727
Rank change year-on-year +49 +115 +176
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 123 224 196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.26% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.27% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 90 217 185
10th Percentile £29,950 £25,500 £23,750
25th Percentile £31,425 £26,250 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £30,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -7.69% +4.84%
75th Percentile £56,875 £38,750 £34,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £45,000 £42,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £30,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -7.69% +4.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 44,992 81,767 80,747
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 94.55% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,381 60,882 51,425
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,320 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.37% -12.50% -

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 19 May 2025.

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 19 May 2025. 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 +93 55 £55,000 +69.23% 91
London +106 24 £32,600 -13.64% 73
East of England +32 17 £55,000 +96.43% 39
South West +74 13 £36,000 +20.00% 42
Midlands +51 8 £37,500 +33.93% 48
West Midlands +40 5 £40,000 +42.86% 31
North of England 0 5 £32,600 +0.31% 58
Yorkshire +49 3 £45,500 +13.75% 23
East Midlands +10 3 £35,000 +25.00% 16
North West -32 2 £32,600 +16.43% 24
Field Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, 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 57 (46.34%) Driving Licence
2 52 (42.28%) Security Cleared
3 34 (27.64%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (26.83%) Military
4 33 (26.83%) Degree
5 29 (23.58%) SC Cleared
6 27 (21.95%) Customer Service
7 22 (17.89%) Social Skills
8 20 (16.26%) Windows
9 19 (15.45%) Telecoms
10 17 (13.82%) Linux
11 16 (13.01%) Preventative Maintenance
12 15 (12.20%) Microsoft
13 14 (11.38%) HNC
13 14 (11.38%) Pharmaceutical
13 14 (11.38%) System Testing
14 13 (10.57%) Innovative Thinking
14 13 (10.57%) ATM
14 13 (10.57%) VoIP
15 12 (9.76%) HND
15 12 (9.76%) SCADA
15 12 (9.76%) VLAN
15 12 (9.76%) Network Design
15 12 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
16 11 (8.94%) WAN
17 10 (8.13%) CCNA
17 10 (8.13%) Cisco Certification
17 10 (8.13%) Broadband
17 10 (8.13%) Microsoft Office
17 10 (8.13%) Juniper

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 6 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (8.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.32%) Azure
1 9 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (3.25%) Entra ID
2 4 (3.25%) Google Workspace
3 1 (0.81%) Mimecast
3 1 (0.81%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.57%) ATM
1 13 (10.57%) VoIP
2 12 (9.76%) VLAN
3 11 (8.94%) WAN
4 10 (8.13%) Broadband
4 10 (8.13%) Firewall
5 9 (7.32%) Link 16
5 9 (7.32%) Tactical Data Link
5 9 (7.32%) Wireless
6 7 (5.69%) RS-232
6 7 (5.69%) RS-485
6 7 (5.69%) SNMP
6 7 (5.69%) TCP/IP
7 3 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.63%) DNS
9 1 (0.81%) BGP
9 1 (0.81%) DHCP
9 1 (0.81%) EIGRP
9 1 (0.81%) LAN
9 1 (0.81%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.44%) SQL Server
General
1 33 (26.83%) Military
2 22 (17.89%) Social Skills
3 19 (15.45%) Telecoms
4 14 (11.38%) Pharmaceutical
5 10 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.88%) Electronics
7 5 (4.07%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.44%) Retail
9 2 (1.63%) Law
9 2 (1.63%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.63%) Marketing
10 1 (0.81%) Banking
10 1 (0.81%) Finance
10 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.81%) Legal
10 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.81%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 57 (46.34%) Driving Licence
2 12 (9.76%) SCADA
3 10 (8.13%) CCTV
3 10 (8.13%) Data Centre
4 5 (4.07%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.25%) Analogue Electronics
5 4 (3.25%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.63%) EPoS
6 2 (1.63%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (1.63%) Life Science
7 1 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.81%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.81%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (0.81%) iPhone
7 1 (0.81%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.81%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (16.26%) Windows
2 17 (13.82%) Linux
3 6 (4.88%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.25%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.63%) Unix
6 1 (0.81%) Android
6 1 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.81%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (27.64%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (21.95%) Customer Service
3 16 (13.01%) Preventative Maintenance
4 14 (11.38%) System Testing
5 13 (10.57%) Innovative Thinking
6 12 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (9.76%) Network Design
7 9 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (6.50%) Break/Fix
8 8 (6.50%) Communications Security
9 7 (5.69%) Key Management
10 5 (4.07%) Control Theory
10 5 (4.07%) Server Management
11 4 (3.25%) Change Control
11 4 (3.25%) ITIL
11 4 (3.25%) Project Management
11 4 (3.25%) Service Delivery
12 3 (2.44%) Knowledge Management
12 3 (2.44%) Open Source
12 3 (2.44%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.13%) R
2 7 (5.69%) C
Qualifications
1 52 (42.28%) Security Cleared
2 33 (26.83%) Degree
3 29 (23.58%) SC Cleared
4 14 (11.38%) HNC
5 12 (9.76%) HND
6 10 (8.13%) CCNA
6 10 (8.13%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (6.50%) CCNP
7 8 (6.50%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (5.69%) GSEC
8 7 (5.69%) SSCP
9 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (3.25%) Master's Degree
11 3 (2.44%) A+ Certification
12 2 (1.63%) Azure Certification
12 2 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.63%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.81%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.81%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.69%) MIL-STD-1553
2 2 (1.63%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 2 (1.63%) GMP
3 1 (0.81%) COSHH
3 1 (0.81%) QA
3 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (5.69%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.44%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.81%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (2.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.13%) Juniper
3 8 (6.50%) Cisco
4 6 (4.88%) VMware
5 5 (4.07%) Virgin Media
6 4 (3.25%) Apple
6 4 (3.25%) Citrix
6 4 (3.25%) Google
7 3 (2.44%) Dell
8 2 (1.63%) Avaya
8 2 (1.63%) BMC
8 2 (1.63%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.81%) Canon
9 1 (0.81%) HP
9 1 (0.81%) Meraki
9 1 (0.81%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.81%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.81%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.81%) SonicWALL