Field Services Engineer
UK

The median Field Services Engineer salary in the UK is £28,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 802 864 1160
Rank change year-on-year +62 +296 -297
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Service Engineer 82 111 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.11% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.12% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 81 107 76
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £27,625 £27,275
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% - +18.18%
75th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £34,250
90th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £39,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,000 £31,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -9.68% -4.62% +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Field Service Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Service Engineer in the UK

Field Service Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Field Service Engineer in the UK

Field Service Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Field Service Engineer over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Field Service Engineer in the UK

Field Service Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Field Service Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
England +57 75 £28,001 -13.84% 684
UK excluding London +3 69 £28,000 -9.68% 670
South West -7 16 £30,000 -3.23% 82
Work from Home +73 14 £37,500 +22.95% 148
North of England +30 14 £28,000 +14.29% 146
East of England +8 14 £28,000 -1.75% 100
London +69 12 £38,750 +17.42% 80
Midlands +3 12 £28,000 -12.50% 141
North West -2 10 £28,000 +14.29% 47
South East +2 7 £25,500 -21.54% 180
East Midlands -14 6 £27,500 -14.06% 59
West Midlands - 6 £28,000 - 82
Northern Ireland +33 5 £28,000 -8.20% 13
Yorkshire +76 2 £42,500 +49.12% 77
North East 0 2 £28,000 -18.84% 24
Scotland -67 1 £24,240 -46.13% 47

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Field Service 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 featuring Field Service Engineer in the job title.

1 59 (71.95%) Windows
2 56 (68.29%) HP
2 56 (68.29%) Driving Licence
3 55 (67.07%) Social Skills
4 51 (62.20%) Dell
5 41 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
6 38 (46.34%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (46.34%) Customer Service
6 38 (46.34%) IBM
7 36 (43.90%) SLA
8 35 (42.68%) Break/Fix
9 32 (39.02%) Organisational Skills
10 31 (37.80%) Analytical Skills
10 31 (37.80%) Time Management
11 30 (36.59%) ITIL
12 29 (35.37%) BPSS Clearance
13 28 (34.15%) EPoS
14 26 (31.71%) Microsoft
14 26 (31.71%) Retail
14 26 (31.71%) Innovative Thinking
15 20 (24.39%) Firmware
15 20 (24.39%) NetApp
15 20 (24.39%) Active Directory
16 14 (17.07%) DNS
16 14 (17.07%) DHCP
16 14 (17.07%) Windows Server
16 14 (17.07%) DBS Check
17 13 (15.85%) Windows Server 2016
17 13 (15.85%) Windows Server 2019
17 13 (15.85%) Windows Server 2012

Field Service Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (3.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (10.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.10%) Azure
3 4 (4.88%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.44%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.22%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (17.07%) DHCP
1 14 (17.07%) DNS
2 13 (15.85%) TCP/IP
3 11 (13.41%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (3.66%) SAN
5 2 (2.44%) 4G
5 2 (2.44%) DSL
5 2 (2.44%) LTE
6 1 (1.22%) Bluetooth
6 1 (1.22%) Firewall
6 1 (1.22%) LAN
6 1 (1.22%) VLAN
6 1 (1.22%) VoIP
6 1 (1.22%) VPN
6 1 (1.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
General
1 55 (67.07%) Social Skills
2 32 (39.02%) Organisational Skills
3 31 (37.80%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (31.71%) Retail
5 4 (4.88%) Law
6 3 (3.66%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.44%) Legal
7 2 (2.44%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.22%) Aviation
8 1 (1.22%) Finance
8 1 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.22%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 56 (68.29%) Driving Licence
2 41 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (34.15%) EPoS
4 5 (6.10%) iPad
5 4 (4.88%) Smartphone
6 3 (3.66%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (3.66%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.22%) EMC VMAX
Operating Systems
1 59 (71.95%) Windows
2 14 (17.07%) Windows Server
3 13 (15.85%) Windows Server 2012
3 13 (15.85%) Windows Server 2016
3 13 (15.85%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (6.10%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.44%) Android
5 2 (2.44%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (46.34%) Customer Service
1 38 (46.34%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (42.68%) Break/Fix
3 31 (37.80%) Time Management
4 30 (36.59%) ITIL
5 26 (31.71%) Innovative Thinking
6 10 (12.20%) Hardware Maintenance
7 9 (10.98%) Asset Management
8 5 (6.10%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (6.10%) Customer Requirements
9 4 (4.88%) Proactive Maintenance
10 3 (3.66%) Proactive Management
11 2 (2.44%) Coaching
11 2 (2.44%) Collaborative Working
11 2 (2.44%) ITSM
11 2 (2.44%) Logistics
11 2 (2.44%) Server Management
11 2 (2.44%) Service Management
12 1 (1.22%) Disaster Recovery
12 1 (1.22%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (35.37%) BPSS Clearance
2 14 (17.07%) DBS Check
3 5 (6.10%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.66%) A+ Certification
4 3 (3.66%) CCNA
4 3 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.66%) Degree
4 3 (3.66%) MCSE
4 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.66%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (43.90%) SLA
2 4 (4.88%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (24.39%) Active Directory
1 20 (24.39%) Firmware
2 4 (4.88%) KVM
3 2 (2.44%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.22%) Terminal Services
4 1 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.22%) Avamar
2 1 (1.22%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 56 (68.29%) HP
2 51 (62.20%) Dell
3 38 (46.34%) IBM
4 26 (31.71%) Microsoft
5 20 (24.39%) NetApp
6 3 (3.66%) Apple
6 3 (3.66%) Citrix
6 3 (3.66%) Sun
7 1 (1.22%) Adobe
7 1 (1.22%) EMC
7 1 (1.22%) Isilon
7 1 (1.22%) VMware