Field Service Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Field Services Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Field Services Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £39,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 703 680
Rank change year-on-year +191 -23 +102
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Service Engineer 70 68 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.095% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.100% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 49 68 56
10th Percentile £27,650 £25,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £34,500 £26,750 £26,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £28,000 £30,750
Median % change year-on-year +39.29% -8.94% -5.38%
75th Percentile £55,000 £30,000 £33,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £34,650 £36,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £28,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +33.93% -13.85% -

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 35,201 68,043 52,511
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.45% 94.85% 89.20%
Number of salaries quoted 17,750 48,018 29,945
10th Percentile £26,929 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,325
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -6.24% +6.65%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Field Service Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Service Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Service Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Field Service Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Service Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Field Service Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Field Service Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Service 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 Service Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 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 +122 37 £37,500 +47.06% 76
East of England +39 12 £55,000 +96.43% 37
South West +95 9 £36,000 +20.00% 20
Scotland +131 6 £32,600 +34.49% 5
West Midlands +66 4 £40,000 +42.86% 16
Midlands +49 4 £40,000 +42.86% 45
North of England +40 2 £32,600 +16.43% 44
North West -8 2 £32,600 +16.43% 17
Field Service Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, Field Service 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 Service Engineer in the job title.

1 38 (54.29%) Driving Licence
2 33 (47.14%) Security Cleared
3 30 (42.86%) SC Cleared
4 21 (30.00%) Degree
4 21 (30.00%) Military
4 21 (30.00%) Customer Service
5 19 (27.14%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (24.29%) Social Skills
7 15 (21.43%) Innovative Thinking
7 15 (21.43%) System Testing
7 15 (21.43%) ATM
7 15 (21.43%) VoIP
8 12 (17.14%) HNC
8 12 (17.14%) HND
8 12 (17.14%) Pharmaceutical
8 12 (17.14%) SCADA
9 10 (14.29%) Data Centre
10 9 (12.86%) Microsoft Office
11 8 (11.43%) SNMP
11 8 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (11.43%) Preventative Maintenance
12 7 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (10.00%) Windows
12 7 (10.00%) Electronics
13 6 (8.57%) Linux
13 6 (8.57%) Wireless
13 6 (8.57%) Public Sector
14 5 (7.14%) Break/Fix
14 5 (7.14%) Control Theory
15 4 (5.71%) Broadband

Field Service 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 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (12.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.29%) Azure
1 3 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (21.43%) ATM
1 15 (21.43%) VoIP
2 8 (11.43%) SNMP
3 6 (8.57%) Wireless
4 4 (5.71%) Broadband
5 2 (2.86%) SAN
6 1 (1.43%) 4G
6 1 (1.43%) 5G
General
1 21 (30.00%) Military
2 17 (24.29%) Social Skills
3 12 (17.14%) Pharmaceutical
4 7 (10.00%) Electronics
5 6 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.29%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.86%) Legal
8 1 (1.43%) Agriculture
8 1 (1.43%) Finance
8 1 (1.43%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.43%) Marketing
8 1 (1.43%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 38 (54.29%) Driving Licence
2 12 (17.14%) SCADA
3 10 (14.29%) Data Centre
4 3 (4.29%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.86%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.43%) Acoustics
6 1 (1.43%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.00%) Windows
2 6 (8.57%) Linux
3 3 (4.29%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.43%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (30.00%) Customer Service
2 19 (27.14%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (21.43%) Innovative Thinking
3 15 (21.43%) System Testing
4 8 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (11.43%) Preventative Maintenance
5 7 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (7.14%) Break/Fix
6 5 (7.14%) Control Theory
7 3 (4.29%) Collaborative Culture
7 3 (4.29%) Open Source
7 3 (4.29%) Server Management
8 2 (2.86%) Coaching
8 2 (2.86%) ITIL
8 2 (2.86%) PRINCE2
8 2 (2.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 1 (1.43%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (1.43%) Digital Marketing
9 1 (1.43%) Programme Management
9 1 (1.43%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 33 (47.14%) Security Cleared
2 30 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 21 (30.00%) Degree
4 12 (17.14%) HNC
4 12 (17.14%) HND
5 2 (2.86%) A+ Certification
5 2 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.86%) CCNA
5 2 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.86%) MCSE
5 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.86%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 3 (4.29%) Hyper-V
1 3 (4.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (5.71%) Cisco
2 3 (4.29%) Apple
2 3 (4.29%) Citrix
2 3 (4.29%) Dell
2 3 (4.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.29%) VMware
3 1 (1.43%) EMC
3 1 (1.43%) Fujitsu
3 1 (1.43%) Hitachi
3 1 (1.43%) HP
3 1 (1.43%) IBM
3 1 (1.43%) Meraki
3 1 (1.43%) NetApp
3 1 (1.43%) SAP
3 1 (1.43%) Sun
3 1 (1.43%) Virgin Media