Senior Field Service Engineer Job Trends
Senior Field Services Engineer
UK
The median Senior Field Services Engineer salary in the UK is £57,933 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 805 | 669 | 736 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -136 | +67 | +8 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Field Service Engineer | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.003% | 0.002% | 0.019% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.003% | 0.002% | 0.020% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £55,600 | - | £27,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,933 | - | £28,000 |
| 75th Percentile | £60,266 | - | £28,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | - | £28,000 |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
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.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 110,370 | 44,004 | 66,431 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 92.35% | 89.88% | 95.35% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 74,737 | 25,905 | 38,039 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,250 | £28,000 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £35,000 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,750 | £52,500 | £56,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.90% | -6.25% | -6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £73,750 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,750 | £95,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £45,390 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +21.17% | -9.22% | -4.76% |
Senior Field Service Engineer Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Field Service Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Senior Field Service Engineer Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for Senior Field Service Engineer job vacancies in the UK.
Senior Field Service Engineer Top 5 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Field Service Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 October 2026. 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 | -151 | 3 | £57,933 | - | 7 |
| UK excluding London | -131 | 2 | - | - | 5 |
| North of England | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| North West | - | 2 | - | - | |
| London | - | 1 | £57,933 | - | 3 |
Senior Field Service Engineer Skill Set Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, Senior Field Service Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Field Service Engineer in the job title.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Customer Requirements | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | Customer Service | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | DBS Check | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | HNC | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | Microsoft | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | Microsoft Office | 66.7% | 2 |
| 1 | Windows | 66.7% | 2 |
| 8 | Ansible | 33.3% | 1 |
| 8 | Arista | 33.3% | 1 |
| 8 | Bash | 33.3% | 1 |
| 8 | BGP | 33.3% | 1 |
| 8 | Cisco | 33.3% | 1 |
| 8 | Firewall | 33.3% | 1 |
| 8 | Infrastructure Engineering | 33.3% | 1 |
| 8 | Internet | 33.3% | 1 |
| 8 | Juniper | 33.3% | 1 |
| 8 | Linux | 33.3% | 1 |
| 8 | Network Design | 33.3% | 1 |
| 8 | Problem-Solving | 33.3% | 1 |
| 8 | Python | 33.3% | 1 |
| 8 | Red Hat | 33.3% | 1 |
| 8 | VPN | 33.3% | 1 |
Senior Field Service Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Project Engineer | 66.7% | 2 |
| 2 | Infrastructure Security Engineer | 33.3% | 1 |
| 2 | Infrastructure Services Engineer | 33.3% | 1 |
| 2 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 33.3% | 1 |
| 2 | Senior Security Engineer | 33.3% | 1 |