Field Support Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Field Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Field Support Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £37,500 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 577 721 714
Rank change year-on-year +144 -7 +60
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Support Engineer 5 50 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.013% 0.070% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.073% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 5 50 19
10th Percentile £29,400 £24,250 £23,949
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,813 £27,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £29,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.31% -10.77% -
75th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £35,500
90th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 -
UK median annual salary £37,500 £29,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year +29.31% -12.12% +1.54%

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 Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Field Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Field Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Field Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Support 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 Support 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
Midlands +52 3 £37,500 +15.38%
East Midlands +24 2 £34,750 +6.92%
South East +85 1 £45,000 +38.46% 3
West Midlands - 1 £37,500 -
Scotland - 1 £30,000 - 2
Field Support Engineer
UK

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

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

1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) SCCM
3 2 (40.00%) Azure
3 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (40.00%) Driving Licence
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (20.00%) Virtual Environments
4 1 (20.00%) Hardware Maintenance
4 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
4 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management
4 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (20.00%) VLAN
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System

Field Support 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Hardware Maintenance
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) VMware