Field Engineer Jobs in Preston

Field Engineer
Lancashire > Preston

The median Field Engineer salary in Preston is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 July 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 5 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 1.94% - 2.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.00% - 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - £24,500
75th Percentile - - £25,250
90th Percentile - - £32,000
Lancashire median annual salary £30,000 - £24,500

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 250 200 238
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.90% 88.50% 85.30%
Number of salaries quoted 207 162 171
10th Percentile - £25,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £47,683 £35,000 £29,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £49,250 £43,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +12.44% +23.38%
75th Percentile £54,793 £58,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,998 £63,750 £70,000
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% - +11.76%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in Preston

Field Engineer
Salary Trend in Preston

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

Salary trend for Field Engineer in Preston

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 20 July 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 Preston region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (40.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Avaya

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (40.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Avaya
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft