Field Engineer Jobs

Field Engineer
UK

The median Field Engineer salary in the UK 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 679 728 992
Rank change year-on-year +49 +264 -205
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 233 222 271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.23% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.26% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 226 206 236
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £27,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.84% +10.71%
75th Percentile £38,563 £35,000 £33,750
90th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £38,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £31,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% - +12.73%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in the UK

Field Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Field Engineer in the UK

Field Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Field Engineer in the UK

Field 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 Engineer within the UK 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
England +66 223 £30,000 -7.69% 853
UK excluding London +35 204 £30,000 -3.23% 843
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
Work from Home +16 14 £42,000 +35.48% 147
West Midlands -13 13 £28,000 -12.50% 93
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 Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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 featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 138 (59.23%) Windows
2 97 (41.63%) Social Skills
3 91 (39.06%) Problem-Solving
3 91 (39.06%) Microsoft
4 89 (38.20%) Active Directory
5 81 (34.76%) Customer Service
6 73 (31.33%) Driving Licence
7 59 (25.32%) HP
8 52 (22.32%) ITIL
9 50 (21.46%) Dell
9 50 (21.46%) Retail
9 50 (21.46%) Microsoft 365
10 49 (21.03%) EPoS
11 43 (18.45%) Azure
11 43 (18.45%) Self-Motivation
12 41 (17.60%) DBS Check
12 41 (17.60%) SLA
13 39 (16.74%) IBM
13 39 (16.74%) Onboarding
14 37 (15.88%) Break/Fix
14 37 (15.88%) BPSS Clearance
15 36 (15.45%) DNS
16 34 (14.59%) Analytical Skills
16 34 (14.59%) Wi-Fi
17 33 (14.16%) Organisational Skills
18 32 (13.73%) DHCP
19 31 (13.30%) Microsoft Office
19 31 (13.30%) Time Management
19 31 (13.30%) Windows Server
20 30 (12.88%) Degree

Field 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 23 (9.87%) SharePoint
2 14 (6.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 31 (13.30%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 50 (21.46%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (18.45%) Azure
3 29 (12.45%) Entra ID
4 14 (6.01%) OneDrive
4 14 (6.01%) Power Automate
4 14 (6.01%) Power Platform
4 14 (6.01%) PowerApps
5 4 (1.72%) AWS
6 3 (1.29%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.43%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.43%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.45%) DNS
2 34 (14.59%) Wi-Fi
3 32 (13.73%) DHCP
4 26 (11.16%) Network Security
5 22 (9.44%) TCP/IP
6 19 (8.15%) Firewall
7 17 (7.30%) Wireless
8 14 (6.01%) LAN
8 14 (6.01%) WAN
9 11 (4.72%) 4G
9 11 (4.72%) VPN
10 9 (3.86%) VLAN
11 7 (3.00%) DSL
11 7 (3.00%) LTE
12 5 (2.15%) SAN
13 4 (1.72%) 5G
14 3 (1.29%) Remote Desktop
14 3 (1.29%) SSH
15 2 (0.86%) IPsec
16 1 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.43%) Amazon RDS
General
1 97 (41.63%) Social Skills
2 50 (21.46%) Retail
3 34 (14.59%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (14.16%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (3.86%) Legal
5 9 (3.86%) Telecoms
6 8 (3.43%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.00%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.00%) Military
8 3 (1.29%) Electronics
8 3 (1.29%) Marketing
9 2 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.86%) Finance
9 2 (0.86%) Police
9 2 (0.86%) Publishing
10 1 (0.43%) Aviation
10 1 (0.43%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.43%) Flash
1 1 (0.43%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 73 (31.33%) Driving Licence
2 49 (21.03%) EPoS
3 43 (18.45%) Self-Motivation
4 39 (16.74%) Onboarding
5 16 (6.87%) CCTV
6 11 (4.72%) Smartphone
7 7 (3.00%) Analogue Electronics
8 6 (2.58%) IoT
9 5 (2.15%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.15%) Replication
10 4 (1.72%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.29%) PropTech
12 1 (0.43%) EMC VMAX
12 1 (0.43%) iPad
12 1 (0.43%) iPhone
12 1 (0.43%) NHS
12 1 (0.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 138 (59.23%) Windows
2 31 (13.30%) Windows Server
3 24 (10.30%) Mac OS
4 20 (8.58%) Windows 10
4 20 (8.58%) Windows Server 2012
5 17 (7.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (7.30%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (5.15%) Android
7 8 (3.43%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.86%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (0.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (39.06%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (34.76%) Customer Service
3 52 (22.32%) ITIL
4 37 (15.88%) Break/Fix
5 31 (13.30%) Time Management
6 28 (12.02%) Computer Science
6 28 (12.02%) Innovative Thinking
7 14 (6.01%) Migration
7 14 (6.01%) Project Management
8 10 (4.29%) Hardware Maintenance
9 9 (3.86%) Proactive Maintenance
10 8 (3.43%) Asset Management
10 8 (3.43%) Customer Requirements
11 7 (3.00%) Logistics
11 7 (3.00%) Service Delivery
12 6 (2.58%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (2.58%) Incident Management
12 6 (2.58%) Project Delivery
13 5 (2.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 5 (2.15%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.44%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (17.60%) DBS Check
2 37 (15.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 30 (12.88%) Degree
4 29 (12.45%) A+ Certification
5 28 (12.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 25 (10.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (10.30%) MCP
8 9 (3.86%) Security Cleared
9 6 (2.58%) CCNA
9 6 (2.58%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.29%) MCSE
10 3 (1.29%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.86%) CCNP
11 2 (0.86%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.86%) SC Cleared
12 1 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.43%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (17.60%) SLA
2 6 (2.58%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.43%) COSHH
3 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.43%) GDPR
System Software
1 89 (38.20%) Active Directory
2 29 (12.45%) Hyper-V
3 24 (10.30%) Firmware
4 22 (9.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (2.58%) KVM
6 3 (1.29%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.43%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (9.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.15%) WSUS
3 2 (0.86%) SCCM
4 1 (0.43%) Autotask
4 1 (0.43%) Avamar
4 1 (0.43%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 91 (39.06%) Microsoft
2 59 (25.32%) HP
3 50 (21.46%) Dell
4 39 (16.74%) IBM
5 25 (10.73%) Citrix
6 24 (10.30%) NetApp
7 23 (9.87%) VMware
8 9 (3.86%) Veeam
9 8 (3.43%) Apple
10 5 (2.15%) Cisco
10 5 (2.15%) Google
10 5 (2.15%) Sophos
11 4 (1.72%) Aruba
11 4 (1.72%) Ubiquiti
12 3 (1.29%) Datto
12 3 (1.29%) Fortinet
13 2 (0.86%) Meraki
13 2 (0.86%) Palo Alto
13 2 (0.86%) Ruckus Wireless
13 2 (0.86%) WatchGuard