Field Engineer
UK
The median Field Engineer salary in the UK is £38,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 561 | 656 | 736 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +95 | +80 | +223 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer | 170 | 234 | 225 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.30% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.33% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 113 | 226 | 210 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,100 | £25,500 | £23,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £26,250 | £26,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £38,000 | £30,000 | £32,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +26.67% | -7.69% | +4.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £55,000 | £38,750 | £35,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £60,000 | £44,500 | £42,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,000 | £29,000 | £30,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +37.93% | -4.92% | -1.61% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 50,837 | 94,491 | 90,806 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.77% | 94.69% | 91.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,317 | 67,546 | 57,366 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Field Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Field Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer.
Field Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.
Field Engineer
Top 14 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 18 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 |
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| England | +37 | 127 | £39,500 | +31.67% | 315 |
| UK excluding London | +85 | 111 | £40,000 | +37.93% | 276 |
| South East | +91 | 58 | £55,000 | +69.23% | 87 |
| London | +109 | 24 | £32,600 | -13.64% | 68 |
| East of England | +32 | 17 | £55,000 | +96.43% | 35 |
| South West | +79 | 14 | £36,000 | +20.00% | 40 |
| Scotland | +117 | 9 | £28,750 | +4.55% | 13 |
| Work from Home | +116 | 8 | £37,500 | +8.70% | 60 |
| Midlands | +45 | 8 | £37,500 | +33.93% | 43 |
| West Midlands | +45 | 5 | £40,000 | +42.86% | 27 |
| North of England | 0 | 5 | £32,600 | +0.31% | 55 |
| Yorkshire | +52 | 3 | £45,500 | +13.75% | 20 |
| East Midlands | +8 | 3 | £35,000 | +25.00% | 15 |
| North West | -28 | 2 | £32,600 | +16.43% | 24 |
Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 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 featuring Field Engineer in the job title.
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Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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