Field Engineer Jobs in England

Field Engineer
UK > England

The median Field Engineer salary in England is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 603 734 918
Rank change year-on-year +131 +184 -165
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 228 192 257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.22% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.24% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 223 182 223
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.84% +12.73%
75th Percentile £38,750 £34,750 £33,750
90th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £38,750
UK median annual salary £30,000 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.84% +11.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 82,670 80,142 132,199
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.50% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 61,486 50,956 74,862
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in England

Field Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Field Engineer in England

Field Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Field Engineer in England

Field Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Field Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +37 58 £32,500 - 219
North of England +55 53 £32,500 +14.04% 168
South West +11 41 £30,000 +4.35% 81
Midlands +1 31 £28,000 -13.85% 146
North West +16 30 £28,000 +12.00% 60
London +69 29 £38,500 +16.67% 106
East of England +10 23 £28,000 -1.75% 123
Yorkshire +79 19 £33,500 +17.54% 76
East Midlands +7 19 £28,500 -12.31% 55
West Midlands +5 11 £28,000 -12.50% 91
North East -3 4 £27,750 -19.57% 35
Field Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, 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 job ads across the England region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 137 (60.09%) Windows
2 98 (42.98%) Social Skills
3 95 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 95 (41.67%) Active Directory
4 85 (37.28%) Problem-Solving
5 77 (33.77%) Customer Service
6 71 (31.14%) Driving Licence
7 58 (25.44%) HP
8 56 (24.56%) Microsoft 365
9 48 (21.05%) Dell
10 47 (20.61%) Azure
11 46 (20.18%) ITIL
12 43 (18.86%) Retail
13 42 (18.42%) EPoS
13 42 (18.42%) DBS Check
14 39 (17.11%) Self-Motivation
14 39 (17.11%) Onboarding
15 37 (16.23%) Microsoft Office
15 37 (16.23%) DNS
15 37 (16.23%) SLA
16 35 (15.35%) Wi-Fi
17 34 (14.91%) IBM
18 33 (14.47%) Windows Server
19 32 (14.04%) Entra ID
19 32 (14.04%) DHCP
20 31 (13.60%) Organisational Skills
20 31 (13.60%) Break/Fix
21 30 (13.16%) A+ Certification
21 30 (13.16%) Hyper-V
22 29 (12.72%) Degree

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 25 (10.96%) SharePoint
2 14 (6.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 37 (16.23%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 56 (24.56%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (20.61%) Azure
3 32 (14.04%) Entra ID
4 16 (7.02%) OneDrive
5 14 (6.14%) Power Automate
5 14 (6.14%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.14%) PowerApps
6 5 (2.19%) AWS
7 3 (1.32%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.88%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.44%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 37 (16.23%) DNS
2 35 (15.35%) Wi-Fi
3 32 (14.04%) DHCP
4 25 (10.96%) Network Security
5 20 (8.77%) Firewall
5 20 (8.77%) TCP/IP
6 16 (7.02%) Wireless
7 14 (6.14%) LAN
7 14 (6.14%) WAN
8 11 (4.82%) VLAN
8 11 (4.82%) VPN
9 10 (4.39%) 4G
10 7 (3.07%) DSL
10 7 (3.07%) LTE
11 5 (2.19%) SAN
12 3 (1.32%) 5G
12 3 (1.32%) IPsec
12 3 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.88%) SSH
13 2 (0.88%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.51%) Amazon RDS
General
1 98 (42.98%) Social Skills
2 43 (18.86%) Retail
3 31 (13.60%) Organisational Skills
4 28 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (3.95%) Legal
6 8 (3.51%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.51%) Telecoms
7 7 (3.07%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.63%) Military
9 4 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.75%) Law
10 3 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.32%) Electronics
11 2 (0.88%) Finance
11 2 (0.88%) Marketing
11 2 (0.88%) Publishing
12 1 (0.44%) Aviation
12 1 (0.44%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.44%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 71 (31.14%) Driving Licence
2 42 (18.42%) EPoS
3 39 (17.11%) Onboarding
3 39 (17.11%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (5.70%) CCTV
5 12 (5.26%) Smartphone
6 6 (2.63%) Analogue Electronics
6 6 (2.63%) IoT
7 5 (2.19%) Replication
8 4 (1.75%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.75%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.32%) iPad
9 3 (1.32%) PropTech
10 1 (0.44%) iPhone
10 1 (0.44%) NHS
10 1 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 137 (60.09%) Windows
2 33 (14.47%) Windows Server
3 24 (10.53%) Mac OS
4 21 (9.21%) Windows 10
4 21 (9.21%) Windows Server 2012
5 18 (7.89%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (7.89%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (5.26%) Android
7 10 (4.39%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.88%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (37.28%) Problem-Solving
2 77 (33.77%) Customer Service
3 46 (20.18%) ITIL
4 31 (13.60%) Break/Fix
5 28 (12.28%) Computer Science
5 28 (12.28%) Time Management
6 23 (10.09%) Innovative Thinking
7 14 (6.14%) Migration
7 14 (6.14%) Project Management
8 10 (4.39%) Asset Management
8 10 (4.39%) Hardware Maintenance
9 8 (3.51%) Customer Requirements
9 8 (3.51%) Proactive Maintenance
10 7 (3.07%) Logistics
10 7 (3.07%) Service Delivery
11 6 (2.63%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (2.63%) Incident Management
11 6 (2.63%) Project Delivery
12 5 (2.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 5 (2.19%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.02%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (18.42%) DBS Check
2 30 (13.16%) A+ Certification
3 29 (12.72%) BPSS Clearance
3 29 (12.72%) Degree
4 28 (12.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (10.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (10.53%) MCP
7 7 (3.07%) Security Cleared
8 5 (2.19%) CCNA
8 5 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.32%) MCSE
9 3 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.44%) CCNP
10 1 (0.44%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.44%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.44%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (16.23%) SLA
2 5 (2.19%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.44%) COSHH
3 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.44%) GDPR
System Software
1 95 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 30 (13.16%) Hyper-V
3 22 (9.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (7.89%) Firmware
5 5 (2.19%) KVM
6 3 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.44%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (11.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.19%) WSUS
3 1 (0.44%) Autotask
Vendors
1 95 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 58 (25.44%) HP
3 48 (21.05%) Dell
4 34 (14.91%) IBM
5 25 (10.96%) Citrix
6 23 (10.09%) VMware
7 18 (7.89%) NetApp
8 10 (4.39%) Apple
8 10 (4.39%) Veeam
9 5 (2.19%) Google
9 5 (2.19%) Sophos
9 5 (2.19%) Ubiquiti
10 4 (1.75%) Aruba
10 4 (1.75%) Cisco
11 3 (1.32%) Datto
11 3 (1.32%) Fortinet
11 3 (1.32%) Sun
12 2 (0.88%) Avaya
12 2 (0.88%) Ruckus Wireless
12 2 (0.88%) WatchGuard