Field Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Field Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Field Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 560 625
Rank change year-on-year +172 +65 +167
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 9 32 48
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.060% 0.095% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.099% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7 30 45
10th Percentile £31,250 - £27,750
25th Percentile £31,625 £25,750 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 £44,000 £35,000
90th Percentile £43,250 £55,125 £43,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £30,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -7.69% +4.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Field Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Field Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Field Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Field Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Field Engineer.

Field Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Field Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Field Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Field Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) Windows
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (44.44%) Driving Licence
1 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 3 (33.33%) SCCM
2 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (33.33%) Firewall
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (22.22%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 2 (22.22%) GMP
3 2 (22.22%) Salesforce
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Validation
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Product Management
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
3 2 (22.22%) Knowledge Management
3 2 (22.22%) Marketing

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Driving Licence
2 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
2 2 (22.22%) Life Science
2 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Biotechnology
2 2 (22.22%) Break/Fix
2 2 (22.22%) Change Management
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (22.22%) Product Management
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
2 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 2 (22.22%) GMP
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Salesforce