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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 643 709 933
Rank change year-on-year +66 +224 -160
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 223 192 256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.23% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.25% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 217 182 222
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £27,000 £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 £34,938 £33,750
90th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £38,750
UK median annual salary £30,000 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.84% +10.71%

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 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +21 59 £32,500 - 234
North of England +48 52 £32,500 +14.04% 154
South West -3 39 £29,000 -3.33% 136
Midlands -1 30 £28,000 -14.66% 156
North West +11 29 £28,000 +14.29% 49
London +68 28 £39,000 +18.18% 88
East of England -3 22 £28,000 -8.94% 120
Yorkshire +61 20 £33,000 +15.79% 81
East Midlands -6 17 £28,500 -12.31% 63
West Midlands -13 13 £28,000 -12.50% 93
North East -8 3 £27,500 -20.29% 29
Field Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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.

1 128 (57.40%) Windows
2 92 (41.26%) Social Skills
3 90 (40.36%) Microsoft
4 89 (39.91%) Active Directory
5 86 (38.57%) Problem-Solving
6 75 (33.63%) Customer Service
7 67 (30.04%) Driving Licence
8 54 (24.22%) HP
9 50 (22.42%) Microsoft 365
10 47 (21.08%) ITIL
11 43 (19.28%) Dell
11 43 (19.28%) Retail
11 43 (19.28%) Azure
12 42 (18.83%) EPoS
13 41 (18.39%) DBS Check
14 39 (17.49%) Onboarding
15 38 (17.04%) Self-Motivation
16 36 (16.14%) DNS
17 35 (15.70%) SLA
18 34 (15.25%) IBM
19 33 (14.80%) Wi-Fi
20 32 (14.35%) DHCP
21 31 (13.90%) BPSS Clearance
21 31 (13.90%) Windows Server
21 31 (13.90%) Break/Fix
22 30 (13.45%) Microsoft Office
23 29 (13.00%) A+ Certification
23 29 (13.00%) Hyper-V
23 29 (13.00%) Degree
23 29 (13.00%) Entra ID

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 23 (10.31%) SharePoint
2 14 (6.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 30 (13.45%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 50 (22.42%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (19.28%) Azure
3 29 (13.00%) Entra ID
4 14 (6.28%) OneDrive
4 14 (6.28%) Power Automate
4 14 (6.28%) Power Platform
4 14 (6.28%) PowerApps
5 4 (1.79%) AWS
6 3 (1.35%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.45%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 36 (16.14%) DNS
2 33 (14.80%) Wi-Fi
3 32 (14.35%) DHCP
4 26 (11.66%) Network Security
5 21 (9.42%) TCP/IP
6 19 (8.52%) Firewall
7 17 (7.62%) Wireless
8 14 (6.28%) LAN
8 14 (6.28%) WAN
9 11 (4.93%) 4G
9 11 (4.93%) VPN
10 9 (4.04%) VLAN
11 7 (3.14%) DSL
11 7 (3.14%) LTE
12 5 (2.24%) SAN
13 4 (1.79%) 5G
14 3 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
14 3 (1.35%) SSH
15 2 (0.90%) IPsec
16 1 (0.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.59%) Amazon RDS
General
1 92 (41.26%) Social Skills
2 43 (19.28%) Retail
3 28 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (12.56%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (4.04%) Legal
4 9 (4.04%) Telecoms
5 8 (3.59%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.14%) Manufacturing
6 7 (3.14%) Military
7 6 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.35%) Electronics
8 3 (1.35%) Marketing
9 2 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.90%) Finance
9 2 (0.90%) Police
9 2 (0.90%) Publishing
10 1 (0.45%) Aviation
10 1 (0.45%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.45%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 67 (30.04%) Driving Licence
2 42 (18.83%) EPoS
3 39 (17.49%) Onboarding
4 38 (17.04%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (7.17%) CCTV
6 11 (4.93%) Smartphone
7 7 (3.14%) Analogue Electronics
8 6 (2.69%) IoT
9 5 (2.24%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.24%) Replication
10 4 (1.79%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.35%) PropTech
12 1 (0.45%) iPad
12 1 (0.45%) iPhone
12 1 (0.45%) NHS
12 1 (0.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 128 (57.40%) Windows
2 31 (13.90%) Windows Server
3 24 (10.76%) Mac OS
4 20 (8.97%) Windows 10
4 20 (8.97%) Windows Server 2012
5 17 (7.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (7.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (5.38%) Android
7 8 (3.59%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.90%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (38.57%) Problem-Solving
2 75 (33.63%) Customer Service
3 47 (21.08%) ITIL
4 31 (13.90%) Break/Fix
5 28 (12.56%) Computer Science
6 26 (11.66%) Time Management
7 23 (10.31%) Innovative Thinking
8 14 (6.28%) Migration
8 14 (6.28%) Project Management
9 10 (4.48%) Hardware Maintenance
10 8 (3.59%) Customer Requirements
10 8 (3.59%) Proactive Maintenance
11 7 (3.14%) Asset Management
11 7 (3.14%) Logistics
11 7 (3.14%) Service Delivery
12 6 (2.69%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (2.69%) Incident Management
12 6 (2.69%) Project Delivery
13 5 (2.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 4 (1.79%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.73%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (18.39%) DBS Check
2 31 (13.90%) BPSS Clearance
3 29 (13.00%) A+ Certification
3 29 (13.00%) Degree
4 28 (12.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (11.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (10.76%) MCP
7 8 (3.59%) Security Cleared
8 6 (2.69%) CCNA
8 6 (2.69%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.35%) MCSE
9 3 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.90%) CCNP
10 2 (0.90%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.90%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.45%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.45%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (15.70%) SLA
2 5 (2.24%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.45%) COSHH
3 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.45%) GDPR
System Software
1 89 (39.91%) Active Directory
2 29 (13.00%) Hyper-V
3 22 (9.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (8.52%) Firmware
5 5 (2.24%) KVM
6 3 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.45%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (10.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.24%) WSUS
3 2 (0.90%) SCCM
4 1 (0.45%) Autotask
Vendors
1 90 (40.36%) Microsoft
2 54 (24.22%) HP
3 43 (19.28%) Dell
4 34 (15.25%) IBM
5 25 (11.21%) Citrix
6 23 (10.31%) VMware
7 19 (8.52%) NetApp
8 9 (4.04%) Veeam
9 8 (3.59%) Apple
10 5 (2.24%) Google
10 5 (2.24%) Sophos
11 4 (1.79%) Aruba
11 4 (1.79%) Cisco
11 4 (1.79%) Ubiquiti
12 3 (1.35%) Datto
12 3 (1.35%) Fortinet
13 2 (0.90%) Meraki
13 2 (0.90%) Palo Alto
13 2 (0.90%) Ruckus Wireless
13 2 (0.90%) WatchGuard