Field Support Engineer Job Trends in England

Field Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Field Support Engineer salary in England is £34,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 569 646 625
Rank change year-on-year +77 -21 +308
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Support Engineer 33 16 58
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.062% 0.033% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.036% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 33 14 50
10th Percentile £26,050 £29,450 £24,250
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,438 £28,073
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £33,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% -2.94% +4.62%
75th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,750
90th Percentile £40,000 £39,625 £38,875
UK median annual salary £30,000 £33,000 £33,605
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.80% +3.40%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 48,271 44,715 46,672
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.92% 92.72% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 30,563 23,396 36,518
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,419
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Field Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Field Support Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Field Support Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Field Support Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Field Support Engineer job vacancies in England

Field Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Field Support Engineer in England over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Field Support Engineer in England

Field Support 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 Support Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +18 10 £30,000 -6.25% 5
East of England - 8 £35,000 - 2
South West - 7 £34,000 -
South East +29 6 £40,000 +14.29% 3
Yorkshire -7 6 £30,000 -9.09%
North West +24 4 £27,750 -11.90% 5
London +63 1 £45,000 - 1
Midlands +19 1 £27,500 -26.67% 1
West Midlands +19 1 £27,500 -29.35% 1
Field Support Engineer
UK

Field Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, Field Support Engineer 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring Field Support Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (42.42%) Customer Service
1 14 (42.42%) Microsoft
2 10 (30.30%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (27.27%) Windows
4 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (24.24%) SharePoint
5 7 (21.21%) Firewall
6 6 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (18.18%) ConnectWise
6 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (18.18%) Sophos
7 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (9.09%) Active Directory
9 2 (6.06%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (6.06%) Digital Marketing
9 2 (6.06%) Entra ID
9 2 (6.06%) Programme Management
9 2 (6.06%) SAP
9 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
9 2 (6.06%) Service Delivery
9 2 (6.06%) Windows 10
10 1 (3.03%) A+ Certification
10 1 (3.03%) Agile
10 1 (3.03%) Apple
10 1 (3.03%) Aruba
10 1 (3.03%) Azure
10 1 (3.03%) CCNA
10 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (3.03%) DBS Check
10 1 (3.03%) Degree

Field Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (24.24%) SharePoint
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (30.30%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.06%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.03%) Azure
3 1 (3.03%) Google Workspace
3 1 (3.03%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.21%) Firewall
2 1 (3.03%) LAN
2 1 (3.03%) WAN
General
1 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
1 3 (9.09%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.06%) Electronics
2 2 (6.06%) Finance
2 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
2 2 (6.06%) Marketing
2 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.03%) Fire and Rescue
3 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.03%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 11 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.03%) Educational Technology
2 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.03%) PDA
2 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (27.27%) Windows
2 2 (6.06%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.03%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) Customer Service
2 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (6.06%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (6.06%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (6.06%) Programme Management
3 2 (6.06%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.03%) Agile
4 1 (3.03%) ITSM
4 1 (3.03%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.03%) A+ Certification
4 1 (3.03%) CCNA
4 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.03%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (42.42%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.18%) ConnectWise
2 6 (18.18%) Sophos
3 2 (6.06%) SAP
4 1 (3.03%) Apple
4 1 (3.03%) Aruba
4 1 (3.03%) Google
4 1 (3.03%) HP
4 1 (3.03%) VMware