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 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 654 752 966
Rank change year-on-year +98 +214 -178
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 234 225 280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.23% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.25% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 226 210 242
10th Percentile £25,500 £23,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.84% +12.73%
75th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £33,750
90th Percentile £44,500 £42,500 £38,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,000 £30,250 £31,000
% change year-on-year -4.13% -2.42% +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 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 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 20 May 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 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 +113 224 £30,000 -7.69% 837
UK excluding London +57 204 £29,000 -4.13% 815
South East +36 58 £32,500 - 217
North of England +50 50 £32,500 +14.04% 180
South West +7 44 £30,000 +4.35% 94
London +59 29 £37,750 +14.39% 105
North West +13 29 £28,000 +12.00% 64
Midlands -1 27 £28,000 -13.85% 166
East of England +7 23 £28,000 -1.75% 125
Work from Home +61 20 £35,000 +7.69% 178
East Midlands -6 18 £28,000 -13.85% 64
Yorkshire +79 17 £40,000 +40.35% 89
West Midlands +7 8 £28,000 -12.50% 102
Northern Ireland +33 5 £28,000 -8.20% 14
North East +2 4 £27,750 -19.57% 29
Scotland -75 4 £27,500 -16.67% 59

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 147 (62.82%) Windows
2 102 (43.59%) Social Skills
3 97 (41.45%) Microsoft
4 95 (40.60%) Active Directory
5 89 (38.03%) Problem-Solving
6 81 (34.62%) Customer Service
7 75 (32.05%) Driving Licence
8 62 (26.50%) HP
9 57 (24.36%) Microsoft 365
10 54 (23.08%) Dell
11 50 (21.37%) ITIL
12 49 (20.94%) EPoS
13 47 (20.09%) Retail
13 47 (20.09%) Azure
14 43 (18.38%) SLA
15 42 (17.95%) DBS Check
15 42 (17.95%) Self-Motivation
16 39 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
17 38 (16.24%) IBM
17 38 (16.24%) Onboarding
18 37 (15.81%) Wi-Fi
19 36 (15.38%) DNS
19 36 (15.38%) Break/Fix
20 34 (14.53%) Organisational Skills
20 34 (14.53%) Windows Server
20 34 (14.53%) Time Management
21 32 (13.68%) BPSS Clearance
21 32 (13.68%) Entra ID
22 31 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
22 31 (13.25%) 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 25 (10.68%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 39 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 57 (24.36%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (20.09%) Azure
3 32 (13.68%) Entra ID
4 16 (6.84%) OneDrive
5 14 (5.98%) Power Automate
5 14 (5.98%) Power Platform
5 14 (5.98%) PowerApps
6 5 (2.14%) AWS
7 3 (1.28%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.85%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.43%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 37 (15.81%) Wi-Fi
2 36 (15.38%) DNS
3 31 (13.25%) DHCP
4 25 (10.68%) Network Security
5 20 (8.55%) TCP/IP
6 19 (8.12%) Firewall
7 15 (6.41%) Wireless
8 14 (5.98%) LAN
8 14 (5.98%) WAN
9 10 (4.27%) VLAN
9 10 (4.27%) VPN
10 9 (3.85%) 4G
11 7 (2.99%) DSL
11 7 (2.99%) LTE
12 5 (2.14%) SAN
13 3 (1.28%) IPsec
13 3 (1.28%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (0.85%) 5G
15 1 (0.43%) SSH
15 1 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
General
1 102 (43.59%) Social Skills
2 47 (20.09%) Retail
3 34 (14.53%) Organisational Skills
4 31 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (3.85%) Legal
6 8 (3.42%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.99%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.99%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.14%) Military
9 4 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.71%) Law
10 3 (1.28%) Electronics
11 2 (0.85%) Finance
11 2 (0.85%) Publishing
12 1 (0.43%) Aviation
12 1 (0.43%) Games
12 1 (0.43%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.43%) Flash
1 1 (0.43%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 75 (32.05%) Driving Licence
2 49 (20.94%) EPoS
3 42 (17.95%) Self-Motivation
4 38 (16.24%) Onboarding
5 12 (5.13%) Smartphone
6 11 (4.70%) CCTV
7 6 (2.56%) IoT
8 5 (2.14%) Analogue Electronics
8 5 (2.14%) iPad
8 5 (2.14%) Replication
9 4 (1.71%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.71%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.28%) PropTech
11 1 (0.43%) EMC VMAX
11 1 (0.43%) iPhone
11 1 (0.43%) NHS
11 1 (0.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 147 (62.82%) Windows
2 34 (14.53%) Windows Server
3 24 (10.26%) Mac OS
4 21 (8.97%) Windows Server 2012
5 20 (8.55%) Windows 10
6 18 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 18 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (5.13%) Android
8 11 (4.70%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.85%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (38.03%) Problem-Solving
2 81 (34.62%) Customer Service
3 50 (21.37%) ITIL
4 36 (15.38%) Break/Fix
5 34 (14.53%) Time Management
6 28 (11.97%) Computer Science
7 26 (11.11%) Innovative Thinking
8 14 (5.98%) Migration
8 14 (5.98%) Project Management
9 12 (5.13%) Asset Management
10 10 (4.27%) Hardware Maintenance
11 9 (3.85%) Proactive Maintenance
12 8 (3.42%) Customer Requirements
13 7 (2.99%) Logistics
13 7 (2.99%) Service Delivery
14 6 (2.56%) Continuous Improvement
14 6 (2.56%) Incident Management
14 6 (2.56%) Mentoring
14 6 (2.56%) Project Delivery
15 5 (2.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.84%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (17.95%) DBS Check
2 32 (13.68%) BPSS Clearance
3 31 (13.25%) Degree
4 30 (12.82%) A+ Certification
5 28 (11.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 25 (10.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (10.26%) MCP
8 8 (3.42%) Security Cleared
9 5 (2.14%) CCNA
9 5 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.28%) MCSE
10 3 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.43%) CCNP
11 1 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.43%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.43%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (18.38%) SLA
2 6 (2.56%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.43%) COSHH
3 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.43%) GDPR
System Software
1 95 (40.60%) Active Directory
2 29 (12.39%) Hyper-V
3 21 (8.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (8.55%) Firmware
5 6 (2.56%) KVM
6 3 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.43%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (11.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.14%) WSUS
3 1 (0.43%) Autotask
3 1 (0.43%) Avamar
3 1 (0.43%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 97 (41.45%) Microsoft
2 62 (26.50%) HP
3 54 (23.08%) Dell
4 38 (16.24%) IBM
5 24 (10.26%) Citrix
6 22 (9.40%) VMware
7 20 (8.55%) NetApp
8 10 (4.27%) Apple
8 10 (4.27%) Veeam
9 5 (2.14%) Cisco
9 5 (2.14%) Google
9 5 (2.14%) Sophos
9 5 (2.14%) Ubiquiti
10 4 (1.71%) Aruba
10 4 (1.71%) Sun
11 3 (1.28%) Datto
11 3 (1.28%) Fortinet
12 2 (0.85%) Avaya
12 2 (0.85%) Ruckus Wireless
12 2 (0.85%) WatchGuard