Field Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Field Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

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

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 283 339 362
Rank change year-on-year +56 +23 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Field Engineer 102 108 143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.50% 0.47% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.50% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 85 94
10th Percentile £105 £105 £120
25th Percentile £154 £107 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £150 £173
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -13.04% +23.21%
75th Percentile £238 £208 £215
90th Percentile £425 £250 £238
UK median daily rate £200 £150 £188
% change year-on-year +33.33% -20.00% +33.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 7 17
10th Percentile - £17.58 -
25th Percentile £11.75 £19.07 £13.00
Median hourly rate £14.50 £20.00 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% +18.69% +2.12%
75th Percentile £18.42 £21.49 £18.75
90th Percentile £19.50 £23.43 £19.93
UK median hourly rate £16.50 £20.71 £16.68
% change year-on-year -20.31% +24.17% +1.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,796 21,663 29,128
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.29% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,463 15,116 20,427
10th Percentile £213 £225 £203
25th Percentile £363 £393 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,267 1,107 1,446
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.73 £18.02 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.92
90th Percentile £73.85 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Field Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Scotland +60 26 £200 +81.82% 55
South West +14 22 £165 +3.13% 98
South East +6 16 £185 -7.50% 206
East of England +17 11 £400 +263.64% 119
North of England +12 11 £200 +64.95% 162
Midlands +16 10 £200 +26.58% 166
Wales +23 7 £220 +112.56% 15
Yorkshire +7 7 £200 +76.21% 81
East Midlands +5 7 £142 -10.69% 67
West Midlands +21 3 £200 +61.29% 100
North East +12 2 - - 24
North West +11 2 - - 58
Northern Ireland +3 1 - - 12
Field Engineer
UK

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Field Engineer contract 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 contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 41 (40.20%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (39.22%) Break/Fix
3 33 (32.35%) Customer Service
4 31 (30.39%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (28.43%) Analytical Mindset
6 27 (26.47%) Public Sector
7 18 (17.65%) Social Skills
8 15 (14.71%) Firewall
9 14 (13.73%) Microsoft
10 13 (12.75%) SLA
11 12 (11.76%) Cisco
11 12 (11.76%) LAN
11 12 (11.76%) Active Directory
12 11 (10.78%) Security Cleared
12 11 (10.78%) Dell
12 11 (10.78%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (10.78%) CCNA
12 11 (10.78%) ITIL
13 10 (9.80%) Windows
13 10 (9.80%) MCSE
13 10 (9.80%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (9.80%) A+ Certification
13 10 (9.80%) Telecoms
13 10 (9.80%) SC Cleared
13 10 (9.80%) Data Centre
14 9 (8.82%) Network+ Certification
14 9 (8.82%) SAN
15 8 (7.84%) WAN
15 8 (7.84%) Wireless
15 8 (7.84%) Driving Licence

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.98%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.84%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (5.88%) Azure
3 3 (2.94%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (14.71%) Firewall
2 12 (11.76%) LAN
3 9 (8.82%) SAN
4 8 (7.84%) WAN
4 8 (7.84%) Wireless
5 7 (6.86%) SD-WAN
6 6 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (3.92%) DHCP
8 3 (2.94%) DNS
8 3 (2.94%) PBX
8 3 (2.94%) VPN
9 2 (1.96%) ATM
9 2 (1.96%) BGP
9 2 (1.96%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (1.96%) MPLS
9 2 (1.96%) Network Security
9 2 (1.96%) WLAN
10 1 (0.98%) HSRP
10 1 (0.98%) Radio Access Network
10 1 (0.98%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Hudson
General
1 31 (30.39%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (26.47%) Public Sector
3 18 (17.65%) Social Skills
4 10 (9.80%) Telecoms
5 7 (6.86%) Legal
6 6 (5.88%) Police
7 1 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 29 (28.43%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (9.80%) Data Centre
3 8 (7.84%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.96%) CMDB
4 2 (1.96%) EPoS
4 2 (1.96%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.98%) Handset
5 1 (0.98%) iPad
5 1 (0.98%) iPhone
5 1 (0.98%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.80%) Windows
2 7 (6.86%) Windows 10
3 6 (5.88%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.90%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (2.94%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.96%) Android
6 2 (1.96%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.98%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.98%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (40.20%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (39.22%) Break/Fix
3 33 (32.35%) Customer Service
4 11 (10.78%) ITIL
5 7 (6.86%) Migration
6 6 (5.88%) Coaching
6 6 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (5.88%) Line Management
7 4 (3.92%) Data Protection
7 4 (3.92%) Decision-Making
8 3 (2.94%) ITSM
8 3 (2.94%) Mobile Device Management
8 3 (2.94%) Service Management
8 3 (2.94%) Time Management
9 2 (1.96%) Incident Response
9 2 (1.96%) Virtual Infrastructure
10 1 (0.98%) Asset Management
10 1 (0.98%) Change Control
10 1 (0.98%) Pay per click
10 1 (0.98%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.98%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (10.78%) CCNA
1 11 (10.78%) Cisco Certification
1 11 (10.78%) Security Cleared
2 10 (9.80%) A+ Certification
2 10 (9.80%) MCSE
2 10 (9.80%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (9.80%) SC Cleared
3 9 (8.82%) Network+ Certification
4 8 (7.84%) DBS Check
5 6 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (4.90%) Degree
7 2 (1.96%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.98%) CCNP
8 1 (0.98%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.75%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.90%) Hyper-V
2 5 (4.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.96%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (4.90%) SCCM
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.98%) Observium
Vendors
1 14 (13.73%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.76%) Cisco
3 11 (10.78%) Dell
4 6 (5.88%) BT
5 5 (4.90%) VMware
6 4 (3.92%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.94%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.96%) Meraki
8 2 (1.96%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.96%) SonicWALL
8 2 (1.96%) WatchGuard
9 1 (0.98%) Avaya
9 1 (0.98%) Ericsson
9 1 (0.98%) Huawei
9 1 (0.98%) Nokia
9 1 (0.98%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.98%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.98%) Zscaler