Field Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Field Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £29,000 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 559 638 632
Rank change year-on-year +79 -6 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 208 132 223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.22% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.25% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 206 123 197
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,750 £24,900
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £30,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.92% -1.61% +12.73%
75th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £33,750
90th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £37,350
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
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 68,862 52,395 69,656
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.16% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 48,635 29,827 42,609
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Field Engineer in the UK excluding London

Field Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Field Engineer within the UK excluding London 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
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
Northern Ireland +29 5 £28,000 -8.20% 13
North East -3 4 £27,750 -19.57% 35
Scotland -69 4 £27,500 -16.67% 68
Field Engineer
UK

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

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 UK excluding London region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 137 (65.87%) Windows
2 92 (44.23%) Active Directory
2 92 (44.23%) Social Skills
3 90 (43.27%) Microsoft
4 80 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (38.46%) Customer Service
5 74 (35.58%) Driving Licence
6 55 (26.44%) HP
7 51 (24.52%) ITIL
8 50 (24.04%) Retail
8 50 (24.04%) Microsoft 365
9 48 (23.08%) EPoS
10 46 (22.12%) Dell
11 44 (21.15%) Self-Motivation
12 43 (20.67%) Azure
13 42 (20.19%) DBS Check
14 41 (19.71%) SLA
15 39 (18.75%) Onboarding
16 36 (17.31%) Organisational Skills
16 36 (17.31%) DNS
17 35 (16.83%) Microsoft Office
18 33 (15.87%) Analytical Skills
19 32 (15.38%) Entra ID
19 32 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
19 32 (15.38%) Windows Server
19 32 (15.38%) Break/Fix
20 31 (14.90%) DHCP
20 31 (14.90%) IBM
20 31 (14.90%) Time Management
21 30 (14.42%) A+ Certification

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 23 (11.06%) SharePoint
2 14 (6.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 35 (16.83%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 50 (24.04%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (20.67%) Azure
3 32 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 16 (7.69%) OneDrive
5 14 (6.73%) Power Automate
5 14 (6.73%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.73%) PowerApps
6 5 (2.40%) AWS
7 3 (1.44%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.96%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 36 (17.31%) DNS
2 31 (14.90%) DHCP
3 27 (12.98%) Wi-Fi
4 25 (12.02%) Network Security
5 21 (10.10%) TCP/IP
6 18 (8.65%) Firewall
7 15 (7.21%) Wireless
8 13 (6.25%) LAN
8 13 (6.25%) WAN
9 11 (5.29%) VLAN
9 11 (5.29%) VPN
10 9 (4.33%) 4G
11 7 (3.37%) DSL
11 7 (3.37%) LTE
12 5 (2.40%) SAN
13 3 (1.44%) IPsec
14 2 (0.96%) 5G
14 2 (0.96%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (0.96%) SSH
14 2 (0.96%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.37%) Amazon RDS
General
1 92 (44.23%) Social Skills
2 50 (24.04%) Retail
3 36 (17.31%) Organisational Skills
4 33 (15.87%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.33%) Legal
6 8 (3.85%) Telecoms
7 7 (3.37%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.88%) Military
8 6 (2.88%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.92%) Law
10 3 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.44%) Electronics
11 2 (0.96%) Finance
11 2 (0.96%) Marketing
11 2 (0.96%) Publishing
12 1 (0.48%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.48%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 74 (35.58%) Driving Licence
2 48 (23.08%) EPoS
3 44 (21.15%) Self-Motivation
4 39 (18.75%) Onboarding
5 11 (5.29%) Smartphone
6 10 (4.81%) CCTV
7 6 (2.88%) Analogue Electronics
7 6 (2.88%) IoT
8 5 (2.40%) Replication
9 4 (1.92%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.44%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.48%) iPad
11 1 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 137 (65.87%) Windows
2 32 (15.38%) Windows Server
3 24 (11.54%) Mac OS
4 21 (10.10%) Windows Server 2012
5 20 (9.62%) Windows 10
6 18 (8.65%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (8.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (4.81%) Android
9 7 (3.37%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.96%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (38.46%) Customer Service
1 80 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (24.52%) ITIL
3 32 (15.38%) Break/Fix
4 31 (14.90%) Time Management
5 28 (13.46%) Innovative Thinking
6 25 (12.02%) Computer Science
7 14 (6.73%) Migration
7 14 (6.73%) Project Management
8 9 (4.33%) Asset Management
9 8 (3.85%) Proactive Maintenance
10 7 (3.37%) Logistics
10 7 (3.37%) Service Delivery
11 6 (2.88%) Incident Management
12 5 (2.40%) Customer Requirements
12 5 (2.40%) Email Filtering
12 5 (2.40%) Kalman Filter
12 5 (2.40%) Project Delivery
12 5 (2.40%) Service Management
13 4 (1.92%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (20.19%) DBS Check
2 32 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 30 (14.42%) A+ Certification
4 29 (13.94%) Degree
5 28 (13.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 25 (12.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (11.54%) MCP
8 7 (3.37%) Security Cleared
9 5 (2.40%) CCNA
9 5 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.44%) MCSE
10 3 (1.44%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.48%) CCNP
11 1 (0.48%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.48%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (19.71%) SLA
2 6 (2.88%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.48%) COSHH
3 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.48%) GDPR
System Software
1 92 (44.23%) Active Directory
2 29 (13.94%) Hyper-V
3 23 (11.06%) Firmware
4 21 (10.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (2.88%) KVM
6 2 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.48%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.48%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (11.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.40%) WSUS
3 1 (0.48%) Autotask
Vendors
1 90 (43.27%) Microsoft
2 55 (26.44%) HP
3 46 (22.12%) Dell
4 31 (14.90%) IBM
5 25 (12.02%) Citrix
6 23 (11.06%) NetApp
7 22 (10.58%) VMware
8 9 (4.33%) Veeam
9 7 (3.37%) Apple
10 5 (2.40%) Cisco
10 5 (2.40%) Google
10 5 (2.40%) Sophos
11 4 (1.92%) Aruba
11 4 (1.92%) Ubiquiti
12 3 (1.44%) Fortinet
13 2 (0.96%) Avaya
13 2 (0.96%) Datto
13 2 (0.96%) Meraki
13 2 (0.96%) Ruckus Wireless
13 2 (0.96%) WatchGuard