Field Service Engineer Jobs

Field Services Engineer
UK

The median Field Services Engineer salary in the UK 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 620 831 853
Rank change year-on-year +211 +22 +299
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Service Engineer 94 80 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.080% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.084% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 66 79 106
10th Percentile £29,900 £25,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £27,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £28,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.93% -13.85% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £30,000 £33,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £44,000 £42,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £28,000 £30,750
% change year-on-year +39.29% -8.94% -5.38%

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 49,668 94,676 90,476
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.49% 94.69% 91.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,895 67,575 57,131
10th Percentile £29,250 £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 £73,750 £70,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,325
% change year-on-year +3.29% -6.24% +6.65%

Field Service Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Service Engineer in the UK

Field Service Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Field Service Engineer in the UK

Field Service Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Field Service Engineer in the UK

Field Service Engineer
Top 12 Job Locations

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 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
England +161 74 £37,500 +33.93% 253
UK excluding London +191 70 £39,000 +39.29% 220
South East +122 37 £37,500 +47.06% 65
East of England +39 12 £55,000 +96.43% 33
London +117 10 £32,600 -18.50% 56
South West +95 9 £36,000 +20.00% 17
Scotland +131 6 £32,600 +34.49% 4
West Midlands +66 4 £40,000 +42.86% 16
Midlands +49 4 £40,000 +42.86% 42
Work from Home +127 2 £32,500 -18.75% 26
North of England +40 2 £32,600 +16.43% 42
North West -8 2 £32,600 +16.43% 17

Field Service Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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 featuring Field Service Engineer in the job title.

1 54 (57.45%) Driving Licence
2 36 (38.30%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (37.23%) Security Cleared
4 32 (34.04%) SC Cleared
5 29 (30.85%) Customer Service
6 24 (25.53%) Degree
7 23 (24.47%) Military
8 22 (23.40%) Social Skills
9 17 (18.09%) Innovative Thinking
9 17 (18.09%) System Testing
9 17 (18.09%) ATM
9 17 (18.09%) VoIP
10 15 (15.96%) HNC
10 15 (15.96%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (12.77%) SCADA
11 12 (12.77%) HND
11 12 (12.77%) Windows
11 12 (12.77%) Broadband
11 12 (12.77%) Data Centre
12 11 (11.70%) Analytical Skills
13 10 (10.64%) Electronics
14 9 (9.57%) Microsoft Office
15 8 (8.51%) SNMP
15 8 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
15 8 (8.51%) Preventative Maintenance
16 7 (7.45%) Break/Fix
16 7 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
16 7 (7.45%) Virgin Media
17 6 (6.38%) Wireless
17 6 (6.38%) Linux

Field Service 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (9.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.19%) Azure
1 3 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (18.09%) ATM
1 17 (18.09%) VoIP
2 12 (12.77%) Broadband
3 8 (8.51%) SNMP
4 6 (6.38%) Wireless
5 2 (2.13%) RFID
5 2 (2.13%) SAN
5 2 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.06%) 4G
6 1 (1.06%) 5G
General
1 23 (24.47%) Military
2 22 (23.40%) Social Skills
3 15 (15.96%) Pharmaceutical
4 11 (11.70%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (10.64%) Electronics
6 6 (6.38%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.19%) Finance
7 3 (3.19%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.13%) Legal
8 2 (2.13%) Retail
9 1 (1.06%) Agriculture
9 1 (1.06%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.06%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 54 (57.45%) Driving Licence
2 12 (12.77%) Data Centre
2 12 (12.77%) SCADA
3 5 (5.32%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.19%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.13%) NHS
5 2 (2.13%) Robotics
5 2 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.13%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.06%) Acoustics
6 1 (1.06%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.77%) Windows
2 6 (6.38%) Linux
3 3 (3.19%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.06%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (38.30%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (30.85%) Customer Service
3 17 (18.09%) Innovative Thinking
3 17 (18.09%) System Testing
4 8 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (8.51%) Preventative Maintenance
5 7 (7.45%) Break/Fix
5 7 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (5.32%) Control Theory
7 3 (3.19%) Biotechnology
7 3 (3.19%) Collaborative Culture
7 3 (3.19%) Open Source
7 3 (3.19%) Server Management
8 2 (2.13%) Coaching
8 2 (2.13%) ITIL
8 2 (2.13%) PRINCE2
8 2 (2.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 1 (1.06%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (1.06%) Collaborative Working
9 1 (1.06%) Hardware Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.13%) R
Qualifications
1 35 (37.23%) Security Cleared
2 32 (34.04%) SC Cleared
3 24 (25.53%) Degree
4 15 (15.96%) HNC
5 12 (12.77%) HND
6 2 (2.13%) A+ Certification
6 2 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.13%) CCNA
6 2 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.13%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.13%) MCSE
6 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.13%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.19%) Hyper-V
1 3 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (7.45%) Virgin Media
2 5 (5.32%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.26%) Cisco
4 3 (3.19%) Apple
4 3 (3.19%) Citrix
4 3 (3.19%) Dell
4 3 (3.19%) VMware
5 2 (2.13%) Oracle
6 1 (1.06%) EMC
6 1 (1.06%) Fujitsu
6 1 (1.06%) Hitachi
6 1 (1.06%) HP
6 1 (1.06%) IBM
6 1 (1.06%) Meraki
6 1 (1.06%) NetApp
6 1 (1.06%) SAP
6 1 (1.06%) Sun