Field Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

Field Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Field Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £28,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 241 251 280
Rank change year-on-year +10 +29 -45
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 12 12 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.15% 0.20% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.22% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 12 12 9
10th Percentile £25,500 £24,254 £22,225
25th Percentile £25,875 £27,000 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £32,000 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +18.52% -28.00%
75th Percentile £29,031 £36,688 £29,375
90th Percentile £30,963 £42,950 £31,900
England median annual salary £30,000 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.84% +12.73%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,380 5,467 7,179
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.43% 90.01% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 5,485 3,231 4,819
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in the West Midlands

Field Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Field Engineer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Field Engineer in the West Midlands

Field Engineer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Field Engineer in the West Midlands

Field Engineer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Field Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
Staffordshire -17 5 £28,000 -30.00% 19
Birmingham -22 4 £26,500 -10.17% 38
Field Engineer
England

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 28 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 West Midlands region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) IBM
1 7 (58.33%) HP
1 7 (58.33%) Dell
1 7 (58.33%) Driving Licence
1 7 (58.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 7 (58.33%) Break/Fix
1 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Retail
2 6 (50.00%) EPoS
2 6 (50.00%) ITIL
2 6 (50.00%) Windows
3 5 (41.67%) SLA
3 5 (41.67%) Firmware
3 5 (41.67%) Time Management
3 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 5 (41.67%) Customer Service
3 5 (41.67%) Innovative Thinking
3 5 (41.67%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (41.67%) NetApp
3 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (16.67%) Hardware Maintenance
6 1 (8.33%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
6 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
6 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
6 1 (8.33%) Nutanix

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (8.33%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) DHCP
1 1 (8.33%) DNS
1 1 (8.33%) VoIP
1 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 6 (50.00%) Retail
2 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (8.33%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Driving Licence
2 6 (50.00%) EPoS
3 5 (41.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Break/Fix
1 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (50.00%) ITIL
3 5 (41.67%) Customer Service
3 5 (41.67%) Innovative Thinking
3 5 (41.67%) Time Management
4 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (16.67%) Hardware Maintenance
5 1 (8.33%) Agile
5 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Firmware
2 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (8.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Dell
1 7 (58.33%) HP
1 7 (58.33%) IBM
2 5 (41.67%) NetApp
3 1 (8.33%) Avaya
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) Ubiquiti
3 1 (8.33%) Veeam