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 £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 567 602 627
Rank change year-on-year +35 +25 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 204 134 221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.24% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.27% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 201 125 195
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £26,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% - +12.73%
75th Percentile £34,500 £34,750 £33,750
90th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £37,150
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
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 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
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 1 June 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 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 - 232
North of England +48 52 £32,500 +14.04% 156
South West -3 39 £29,000 -3.33% 135
Midlands -1 30 £28,000 -14.66% 159
North West +11 29 £28,000 +14.29% 51
East of England -3 22 £28,000 -8.94% 121
Yorkshire +61 20 £33,000 +15.79% 81
East Midlands -6 17 £28,500 -12.31% 62
West Midlands -13 13 £28,000 -12.50% 97
Northern Ireland +23 5 £28,000 -8.20% 12
Scotland -77 4 £27,500 -16.67% 67
North East -8 3 £27,500 -20.29% 29
Field Engineer
UK

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

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

1 130 (63.73%) Windows
2 88 (43.14%) Active Directory
3 87 (42.65%) Microsoft
4 86 (42.16%) Social Skills
5 81 (39.71%) Problem-Solving
6 78 (38.24%) Customer Service
7 70 (34.31%) Driving Licence
8 52 (25.49%) ITIL
9 51 (25.00%) HP
10 50 (24.51%) Retail
11 48 (23.53%) EPoS
12 46 (22.55%) Microsoft 365
13 43 (21.08%) Self-Motivation
14 41 (20.10%) DBS Check
14 41 (20.10%) Dell
14 41 (20.10%) SLA
15 39 (19.12%) Azure
15 39 (19.12%) Onboarding
16 35 (17.16%) DNS
17 34 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
18 33 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
18 33 (16.18%) Organisational Skills
19 32 (15.69%) Break/Fix
20 31 (15.20%) IBM
20 31 (15.20%) DHCP
20 31 (15.20%) Time Management
21 30 (14.71%) Microsoft Office
21 30 (14.71%) Windows Server
22 29 (14.22%) Entra ID
22 29 (14.22%) 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 21 (10.29%) SharePoint
2 14 (6.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 30 (14.71%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 46 (22.55%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (19.12%) Azure
3 29 (14.22%) Entra ID
4 14 (6.86%) OneDrive
4 14 (6.86%) Power Automate
4 14 (6.86%) Power Platform
4 14 (6.86%) PowerApps
5 4 (1.96%) AWS
6 3 (1.47%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.49%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 35 (17.16%) DNS
2 31 (15.20%) DHCP
3 26 (12.75%) Network Security
4 25 (12.25%) Wi-Fi
5 22 (10.78%) TCP/IP
6 17 (8.33%) Firewall
7 16 (7.84%) Wireless
8 13 (6.37%) LAN
8 13 (6.37%) WAN
9 11 (5.39%) VPN
10 10 (4.90%) 4G
11 9 (4.41%) VLAN
12 7 (3.43%) DSL
12 7 (3.43%) LTE
13 5 (2.45%) SAN
14 3 (1.47%) 5G
14 3 (1.47%) SSH
15 2 (0.98%) IPsec
15 2 (0.98%) Remote Desktop
16 1 (0.49%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.43%) Amazon RDS
General
1 86 (42.16%) Social Skills
2 50 (24.51%) Retail
3 33 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (16.18%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (4.41%) Legal
4 9 (4.41%) Telecoms
5 7 (3.43%) Manufacturing
5 7 (3.43%) Military
6 6 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.94%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.47%) Electronics
7 3 (1.47%) Marketing
8 2 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.98%) Finance
8 2 (0.98%) Police
8 2 (0.98%) Publishing
9 1 (0.49%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.49%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 70 (34.31%) Driving Licence
2 48 (23.53%) EPoS
3 43 (21.08%) Self-Motivation
4 39 (19.12%) Onboarding
5 11 (5.39%) CCTV
6 10 (4.90%) Smartphone
7 7 (3.43%) Analogue Electronics
8 6 (2.94%) IoT
9 5 (2.45%) Replication
10 4 (1.96%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.96%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.49%) iPad
12 1 (0.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 130 (63.73%) Windows
2 30 (14.71%) Windows Server
3 24 (11.76%) Mac OS
4 20 (9.80%) Windows Server 2012
5 19 (9.31%) Windows 10
6 17 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (7.84%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (4.90%) Android
9 7 (3.43%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.98%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (39.71%) Problem-Solving
2 78 (38.24%) Customer Service
3 52 (25.49%) ITIL
4 32 (15.69%) Break/Fix
5 31 (15.20%) Time Management
6 28 (13.73%) Innovative Thinking
7 25 (12.25%) Computer Science
8 14 (6.86%) Migration
8 14 (6.86%) Project Management
9 8 (3.92%) Asset Management
9 8 (3.92%) Proactive Maintenance
10 7 (3.43%) Logistics
10 7 (3.43%) Service Delivery
11 6 (2.94%) Incident Management
12 5 (2.45%) Customer Requirements
12 5 (2.45%) Project Delivery
13 4 (1.96%) Change Control
13 4 (1.96%) Coaching
13 4 (1.96%) Email Filtering
13 4 (1.96%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.35%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (20.10%) DBS Check
2 34 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 29 (14.22%) A+ Certification
3 29 (14.22%) Degree
4 28 (13.73%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (12.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (11.76%) MCP
7 9 (4.41%) Security Cleared
8 6 (2.94%) CCNA
8 6 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.47%) MCSE
9 3 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.98%) CCNP
10 2 (0.98%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.98%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.49%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.49%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (20.10%) SLA
2 6 (2.94%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.49%) COSHH
3 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.49%) GDPR
System Software
1 88 (43.14%) Active Directory
2 28 (13.73%) Hyper-V
3 24 (11.76%) Firmware
4 21 (10.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (2.94%) KVM
6 2 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.49%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.49%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (10.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.45%) WSUS
3 2 (0.98%) SCCM
4 1 (0.49%) Autotask
Vendors
1 87 (42.65%) Microsoft
2 51 (25.00%) HP
3 41 (20.10%) Dell
4 31 (15.20%) IBM
5 25 (12.25%) Citrix
6 24 (11.76%) NetApp
7 22 (10.78%) VMware
8 8 (3.92%) Veeam
9 7 (3.43%) Apple
10 5 (2.45%) Cisco
10 5 (2.45%) Google
10 5 (2.45%) Sophos
11 4 (1.96%) Aruba
12 3 (1.47%) Fortinet
12 3 (1.47%) Ubiquiti
13 2 (0.98%) Datto
13 2 (0.98%) Meraki
13 2 (0.98%) Palo Alto
13 2 (0.98%) Ruckus Wireless
13 2 (0.98%) WatchGuard