Field Engineer Job Trends in the North West

Field Engineer
England > North West

The median Field Engineer salary in the North West is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 196 187
Rank change year-on-year +33 -9 +99
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 23 9 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.36% 0.18% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.19% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 17 8 13
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,263 £22,850
25th Percentile £29,500 £31,063 £24,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,250 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +11.21% -3.33%
75th Percentile £31,500 £35,313 £32,500
90th Percentile £52,000 £40,000 £33,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +33.33% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 5,478 4,660 4,269
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.98% 92.20% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,043 2,452 3,359
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -5.87%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,113 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Field Engineer job vacancy trend in the North West

Field Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for Field Engineer job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for Field Engineer job vacancies in the North West

Field Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Field Engineer in the North West

Field Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Field Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Manchester +35 13 £30,000 -7.69% 1
Cheshire - 6 £30,500 - 6
Merseyside -7 3 £30,000 -6.25% 2
Cumbria - 1 £29,000 - 1
Field Engineer
England

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Field 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 North West region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (21.74%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (17.39%) Windows
3 3 (13.04%) DBS Check
3 3 (13.04%) Degree
3 3 (13.04%) HP
3 3 (13.04%) ITSM
3 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
3 3 (13.04%) SLA
4 2 (8.70%) Android
4 2 (8.70%) ATM
4 2 (8.70%) Azure
4 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (8.70%) Break/Fix
4 2 (8.70%) Coaching
4 2 (8.70%) Dell
4 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
4 2 (8.70%) Firewall
4 2 (8.70%) Hardware Maintenance
4 2 (8.70%) HNC
4 2 (8.70%) HND
4 2 (8.70%) Hyper-V
4 2 (8.70%) IBM
4 2 (8.70%) Information Security
4 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (8.70%) Project Delivery
4 2 (8.70%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (8.70%) VMware

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.35%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (8.70%) ATM
2 2 (8.70%) Firewall
3 1 (4.35%) LAN
3 1 (4.35%) WAN
General
1 3 (13.04%) Finance
1 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
2 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Electronics
3 1 (4.35%) Fire and Rescue
3 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.35%) Marketing
3 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Police
3 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Driving Licence
2 5 (21.74%) EPoS
3 3 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
4 2 (8.70%) SCADA
5 1 (4.35%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
2 2 (8.70%) Android
3 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.04%) ITSM
1 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
2 2 (8.70%) Break/Fix
2 2 (8.70%) Coaching
2 2 (8.70%) Hardware Maintenance
2 2 (8.70%) Information Security
2 2 (8.70%) Project Delivery
2 2 (8.70%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (4.35%) Agile
3 1 (4.35%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (4.35%) Customer Service
3 1 (4.35%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (4.35%) Mentoring
3 1 (4.35%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) DBS Check
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (8.70%) HNC
2 2 (8.70%) HND
3 1 (4.35%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.35%) CCNA
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Hyper-V
1 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) HP
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Dell
2 2 (8.70%) IBM
2 2 (8.70%) VMware
3 1 (4.35%) Apple
3 1 (4.35%) Aruba
3 1 (4.35%) Google
3 1 (4.35%) SAP