Field Engineer Job Trends in the West Midlands

Field Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Field Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £32,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 177 154
Rank change year-on-year +24 -23 +126
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 27 21 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.51% 0.48% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.52% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 24 12 18
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £26,100
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £26,366
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £31,500 £30,340
Median % change year-on-year +1.59% +3.82% -20.68%
75th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £33,750
90th Percentile £40,000 £41,833 £34,875
England median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £31,750
% change year-on-year -12.50% +25.98% -2.31%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 4,705 4,048 3,130
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.45% 93.34% 93.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,705 1,962 2,659
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £75,154
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Field Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Field Engineer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Field Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Field Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Field Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Field Engineer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Field Engineer in the West Midlands

Field Engineer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Field Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Birmingham +30 10 £28,750 -23.33% 2
Staffordshire - 7 £30,000 -
Worcestershire -9 4 £37,500 - 1
Coventry 0 1 £35,000 +12.90%
Wolverhampton - 1 £40,000 -
Field Engineer
England

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Field 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (22.22%) Customer Service
1 6 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
1 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (22.22%) Programme Management
1 6 (22.22%) SAP
1 6 (22.22%) Security Cleared
1 6 (22.22%) Service Delivery
1 6 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 3 (11.11%) Break/Fix
2 3 (11.11%) Canon
2 3 (11.11%) HP
2 3 (11.11%) SLA
3 2 (7.41%) VMware
3 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
4 1 (3.70%) Aruba
4 1 (3.70%) Azure
4 1 (3.70%) CCNA
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.70%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (3.70%) Dell
4 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.70%) Firewall
4 1 (3.70%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.70%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.70%) LAN
4 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) Azure
1 1 (3.70%) Entra ID
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) LAN
1 1 (3.70%) Network Security
1 1 (3.70%) VPN
1 1 (3.70%) WAN
1 1 (3.70%) Wireless
General
1 7 (25.93%) Manufacturing
1 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Electronics
2 6 (22.22%) Finance
2 6 (22.22%) Marketing
2 6 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 6 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 4 (14.81%) Local Government
4 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 8 (29.63%) Driving Licence
2 6 (22.22%) PDA
3 4 (14.81%) EPoS
4 1 (3.70%) CCTV
4 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (22.22%) Customer Service
1 6 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
1 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (22.22%) Programme Management
1 6 (22.22%) Service Delivery
2 3 (11.11%) Break/Fix
3 1 (3.70%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (3.70%) Patch Management
3 1 (3.70%) Presales
3 1 (3.70%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (3.70%) Server Management
3 1 (3.70%) Technical Discovery
3 1 (3.70%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) CCNA
2 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) SAP
2 3 (11.11%) Canon
2 3 (11.11%) HP
3 2 (7.41%) VMware
4 1 (3.70%) Aruba
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco
4 1 (3.70%) Dell
4 1 (3.70%) Fortinet