Field Support Engineer Job Trends in the North West

Field Support Engineer
England > North West

The median Field Support Engineer salary in the North West is £29,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 October 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 221 230 204
Rank change year-on-year +9 -26 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Support Engineer 1 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.021% 0.071% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.075% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - £26,150 -
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,375 £22,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £31,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +29.17% -
75th Percentile £29,500 £32,000 £25,500
90th Percentile - £35,600 -
England median annual salary £35,000 £32,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% -5.88% +4.62%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 4,267 6,686 4,012
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.88% 95.27% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,368 3,772 3,078
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,990 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,750 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.52% -4.17% -

Field Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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 the North West.

Field Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the North West

Field Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

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

Field Support 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 Support Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 October 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
Cumbria - 1 £29,000 -
Field Support Engineer
England

Field Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 24 October 2025, 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 North West region featuring Field Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019

Field Support 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware