Field Services Engineer
UK

The median Field Services Engineer salary in the UK is £28,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 807 853 1141
Rank change year-on-year +46 +288 -307
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Service Engineer 89 117 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.091% 0.11% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.12% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 88 113 79
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% - +18.18%
75th Percentile £30,250 £33,750 £33,750
90th Percentile £42,875 £42,500 £38,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,000 £30,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% -7.69% +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Field Service Engineer in the UK

Field Service Engineer
Top 16 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 27 April 2024. 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 +85 83 £28,500 -12.31% 592
UK excluding London +26 74 £28,000 -6.67% 595
Work from Home +85 20 £29,000 -5.69% 154
South West +14 18 £30,000 -3.23% 84
East of England +16 17 £28,000 -4.27% 88
North of England +45 15 £28,000 +14.29% 108
London +92 14 £37,500 +13.64% 66
Midlands +18 12 £26,500 -17.19% 107
North West +9 8 £28,000 +14.29% 54
East Midlands -8 8 £26,500 -17.19% 42
South East +20 7 £25,500 -21.54% 170
Northern Ireland +32 4 £28,000 -8.20% 12
North East +1 4 £28,000 -18.84% 14
West Midlands - 4 £27,000 - 65
Yorkshire +87 3 £40,000 +40.35% 42
Scotland -64 1 £24,240 -1.06% 44

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 66 (74.16%) Windows
2 60 (67.42%) HP
2 60 (67.42%) Social Skills
3 59 (66.29%) Driving Licence
4 53 (59.55%) Dell
5 42 (47.19%) Self-Motivation
6 37 (41.57%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (40.45%) Customer Service
7 36 (40.45%) SLA
8 35 (39.33%) IBM
9 34 (38.20%) Organisational Skills
10 32 (35.96%) Break/Fix
11 31 (34.83%) Time Management
12 30 (33.71%) Microsoft
13 29 (32.58%) Analytical Skills
14 28 (31.46%) ITIL
15 27 (30.34%) EPoS
16 24 (26.97%) Innovative Thinking
16 24 (26.97%) Retail
16 24 (26.97%) Active Directory
17 21 (23.60%) BPSS Clearance
18 17 (19.10%) DBS Check
19 16 (17.98%) Windows Server
19 16 (17.98%) DNS
19 16 (17.98%) DHCP
19 16 (17.98%) Microsoft Office
20 15 (16.85%) TCP/IP
20 15 (16.85%) Windows Server 2016
20 15 (16.85%) Windows Server 2019
20 15 (16.85%) Windows Server 2012

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 (3.37%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (3.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (17.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 8 (8.99%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (5.62%) Azure
3 4 (4.49%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.25%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.12%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (17.98%) DHCP
1 16 (17.98%) DNS
2 15 (16.85%) TCP/IP
3 11 (12.36%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (3.37%) SAN
5 2 (2.25%) 4G
5 2 (2.25%) DSL
5 2 (2.25%) LTE
5 2 (2.25%) VoIP
6 1 (1.12%) ATM
6 1 (1.12%) Bluetooth
6 1 (1.12%) Firewall
6 1 (1.12%) LAN
6 1 (1.12%) VLAN
6 1 (1.12%) VPN
6 1 (1.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
General
1 60 (67.42%) Social Skills
2 34 (38.20%) Organisational Skills
3 29 (32.58%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (26.97%) Retail
5 8 (8.99%) Law
6 3 (3.37%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.25%) Legal
7 2 (2.25%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.12%) Aviation
8 1 (1.12%) Finance
8 1 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.12%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 59 (66.29%) Driving Licence
2 42 (47.19%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (30.34%) EPoS
4 7 (7.87%) iPad
5 4 (4.49%) Smartphone
6 3 (3.37%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (3.37%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.12%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 66 (74.16%) Windows
2 16 (17.98%) Windows Server
3 15 (16.85%) Windows Server 2012
3 15 (16.85%) Windows Server 2016
3 15 (16.85%) Windows Server 2019
4 7 (7.87%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.25%) Android
5 2 (2.25%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.12%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (41.57%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (40.45%) Customer Service
3 32 (35.96%) Break/Fix
4 31 (34.83%) Time Management
5 28 (31.46%) ITIL
6 24 (26.97%) Innovative Thinking
7 11 (12.36%) Asset Management
8 9 (10.11%) Hardware Maintenance
9 4 (4.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (4.49%) Customer Requirements
9 4 (4.49%) Proactive Maintenance
10 3 (3.37%) Proactive Management
11 2 (2.25%) Coaching
11 2 (2.25%) Collaborative Working
11 2 (2.25%) ITSM
11 2 (2.25%) Logistics
11 2 (2.25%) Server Management
11 2 (2.25%) Service Management
12 1 (1.12%) Disaster Recovery
12 1 (1.12%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (23.60%) BPSS Clearance
2 17 (19.10%) DBS Check
3 5 (5.62%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.37%) A+ Certification
4 3 (3.37%) CCNA
4 3 (3.37%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.37%) Degree
4 3 (3.37%) MCSE
4 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.37%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.12%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (40.45%) SLA
2 4 (4.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (26.97%) Active Directory
2 13 (14.61%) Firmware
3 4 (4.49%) KVM
4 2 (2.25%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.12%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (6.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.12%) Avamar
2 1 (1.12%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 60 (67.42%) HP
2 53 (59.55%) Dell
3 35 (39.33%) IBM
4 30 (33.71%) Microsoft
5 13 (14.61%) NetApp
6 5 (5.62%) Apple
6 5 (5.62%) Sun
7 3 (3.37%) Citrix
8 1 (1.12%) Adobe
8 1 (1.12%) EMC
8 1 (1.12%) Isilon
8 1 (1.12%) VMware