Field Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Field Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £39,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 462 560 615
Rank change year-on-year +98 +55 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 117 206 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.28% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.29% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 90 204 124
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,150 £23,750
25th Percentile £30,800 £26,250 £26,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £29,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.48% -6.45% +3.33%
75th Percentile £56,875 £33,750 £34,188
90th Percentile £60,000 £42,500 £38,375
UK median annual salary £37,500 £30,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,806 71,101 51,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.94% 89.01%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 50,103 29,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Field Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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 +80 60 £55,000 +69.23% 83
East of England +42 16 £55,000 +96.43% 30
South West +85 12 £36,000 +24.14% 41
Scotland +129 11 £30,000 +9.09% 13
North of England -4 10 £30,000 -7.69% 58
Midlands +42 8 £37,500 +33.93% 43
North West -21 6 £30,000 +7.14% 26
West Midlands +49 5 £40,000 +42.86% 16
Yorkshire +39 3 £45,500 +37.88% 21
East Midlands +28 3 £35,000 +22.81% 25
North East +48 1 - - 11
Field Engineer
UK

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 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 UK excluding London region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 59 (50.43%) Driving Licence
2 46 (39.32%) Security Cleared
3 33 (28.21%) SC Cleared
4 31 (26.50%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (25.64%) Customer Service
5 30 (25.64%) Military
6 29 (24.79%) Degree
7 24 (20.51%) Social Skills
8 19 (16.24%) System Testing
9 18 (15.38%) ATM
9 18 (15.38%) VoIP
9 18 (15.38%) Innovative Thinking
10 16 (13.68%) Windows
11 14 (11.97%) HNC
11 14 (11.97%) Pharmaceutical
12 13 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
12 13 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (10.26%) SCADA
13 12 (10.26%) HND
13 12 (10.26%) Data Centre
14 11 (9.40%) Cybersecurity
14 11 (9.40%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (9.40%) Microsoft
15 10 (8.55%) Wireless
15 10 (8.55%) CCTV
15 10 (8.55%) Preventative Maintenance
16 9 (7.69%) Telecoms
16 9 (7.69%) WAN
16 9 (7.69%) SNMP
17 8 (6.84%) Cisco

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (9.40%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (6.84%) Azure
3 3 (2.56%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.71%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.38%) ATM
1 18 (15.38%) VoIP
2 10 (8.55%) Wireless
3 9 (7.69%) SNMP
3 9 (7.69%) WAN
4 5 (4.27%) Firewall
5 4 (3.42%) Broadband
6 3 (2.56%) DHCP
6 3 (2.56%) DNS
7 2 (1.71%) LAN
7 2 (1.71%) Network Security
7 2 (1.71%) SAN
7 2 (1.71%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.71%) VPN
8 1 (0.85%) 4G
8 1 (0.85%) 5G
8 1 (0.85%) NGN
8 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.85%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.85%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.71%) SQL Server
General
1 30 (25.64%) Military
2 24 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 14 (11.97%) Pharmaceutical
4 9 (7.69%) Telecoms
5 8 (6.84%) Electronics
6 4 (3.42%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.56%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.56%) Marketing
7 3 (2.56%) Retail
8 2 (1.71%) Finance
8 2 (1.71%) Law
8 2 (1.71%) Legal
9 1 (0.85%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.85%) Banking
9 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 59 (50.43%) Driving Licence
2 12 (10.26%) Data Centre
2 12 (10.26%) SCADA
3 10 (8.55%) CCTV
4 6 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (4.27%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (3.42%) Analogue Electronics
7 3 (2.56%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.71%) EPoS
8 2 (1.71%) Life Science
8 2 (1.71%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.85%) Acoustics
9 1 (0.85%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.68%) Windows
2 6 (5.13%) Linux
3 4 (3.42%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.71%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.85%) Android
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (26.50%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (25.64%) Customer Service
3 19 (16.24%) System Testing
4 18 (15.38%) Innovative Thinking
5 13 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (9.40%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (8.55%) Preventative Maintenance
8 6 (5.13%) Network Design
9 5 (4.27%) Break/Fix
9 5 (4.27%) Control Theory
9 5 (4.27%) ITIL
9 5 (4.27%) Service Delivery
10 4 (3.42%) Change Control
10 4 (3.42%) Project Management
11 3 (2.56%) Coaching
11 3 (2.56%) Open Source
11 3 (2.56%) Server Management
11 3 (2.56%) Software Engineering
11 3 (2.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 3 (2.56%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 46 (39.32%) Security Cleared
2 33 (28.21%) SC Cleared
3 29 (24.79%) Degree
4 14 (11.97%) HNC
5 12 (10.26%) HND
6 6 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (4.27%) CCNA
7 5 (4.27%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.42%) A+ Certification
9 3 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.71%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.71%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.71%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.71%) MCSE
11 1 (0.85%) CCNP
11 1 (0.85%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.85%) JNCIA
11 1 (0.85%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.71%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 2 (1.71%) COSHH
1 2 (1.71%) GMP
2 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.85%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (4.27%) Active Directory
1 5 (4.27%) Hyper-V
1 5 (4.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.71%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (9.40%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.84%) Cisco
3 7 (5.98%) Juniper
4 6 (5.13%) VMware
5 3 (2.56%) Apple
5 3 (2.56%) Citrix
5 3 (2.56%) Dell
6 2 (1.71%) Draytek
6 2 (1.71%) Google
6 2 (1.71%) NETGEAR
6 2 (1.71%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.71%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (0.85%) Aruba
7 1 (0.85%) Avaya
7 1 (0.85%) Canon
7 1 (0.85%) Fujitsu
7 1 (0.85%) Hitachi
7 1 (0.85%) Meraki
7 1 (0.85%) NetApp
7 1 (0.85%) Virgin Media