Field Engineer Jobs in England

Field Engineer
UK > England

The median Field Engineer salary in England is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 640 703 936
Rank change year-on-year +63 +233 -146
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 225 192 252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.24% 0.23% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.26% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 217 181 220
10th Percentile £25,300 £23,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,750 £26,750 £27,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.84% +11.71%
75th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £33,750
90th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £38,750
UK median annual salary £30,000 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.84% +11.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in England

Field Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Field Engineer in England

Field Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Field Engineer in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Field Engineer in England

Field Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Field Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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 +2 59 £32,500 - 225
North of England +24 50 £32,375 +13.60% 140
South West -16 38 £29,000 +5.45% 93
Midlands -20 35 £28,250 -13.90% 178
North West -8 29 £28,000 +14.29% 55
London +46 27 £40,750 +23.48% 77
East of England -14 23 £28,000 -6.67% 117
Yorkshire +63 19 £32,500 +14.04% 69
East Midlands -16 18 £28,500 -12.31% 62
West Midlands -5 17 £28,000 -12.50% 116
North East -16 2 £27,500 -20.29% 22
Field Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 England region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 126 (56.00%) Windows
2 91 (40.44%) Active Directory
3 89 (39.56%) Microsoft
3 89 (39.56%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (39.56%) Social Skills
4 74 (32.89%) Customer Service
5 63 (28.00%) Driving Licence
6 52 (23.11%) HP
7 51 (22.67%) Microsoft 365
8 48 (21.33%) ITIL
9 43 (19.11%) Retail
10 42 (18.67%) Azure
10 42 (18.67%) Dell
11 40 (17.78%) EPoS
11 40 (17.78%) DBS Check
12 39 (17.33%) Onboarding
13 37 (16.44%) Self-Motivation
14 34 (15.11%) Wi-Fi
14 34 (15.11%) DNS
14 34 (15.11%) SLA
15 33 (14.67%) IBM
16 32 (14.22%) Hyper-V
17 31 (13.78%) BPSS Clearance
17 31 (13.78%) Entra ID
18 30 (13.33%) Windows Server
18 30 (13.33%) Break/Fix
18 30 (13.33%) Degree
18 30 (13.33%) DHCP
18 30 (13.33%) A+ Certification
19 29 (12.89%) Microsoft Office

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 15 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.89%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 29 (12.89%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.78%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 51 (22.67%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (18.67%) Azure
3 31 (13.78%) Entra ID
4 16 (7.11%) OneDrive
5 14 (6.22%) Power Automate
5 14 (6.22%) Power Platform
5 14 (6.22%) PowerApps
6 4 (1.78%) AWS
6 4 (1.78%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.44%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.44%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 34 (15.11%) DNS
1 34 (15.11%) Wi-Fi
2 30 (13.33%) DHCP
3 26 (11.56%) Network Security
4 20 (8.89%) TCP/IP
5 19 (8.44%) Firewall
5 19 (8.44%) Wireless
6 13 (5.78%) LAN
6 13 (5.78%) WAN
7 12 (5.33%) 4G
8 10 (4.44%) VPN
9 8 (3.56%) DSL
9 8 (3.56%) LTE
10 7 (3.11%) VLAN
11 5 (2.22%) SAN
12 4 (1.78%) 5G
13 3 (1.33%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (1.33%) SSH
13 3 (1.33%) VoIP
14 2 (0.89%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.56%) Amazon RDS
General
1 89 (39.56%) Social Skills
2 43 (19.11%) Retail
3 28 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (12.44%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (4.44%) Legal
5 9 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (4.00%) Telecoms
6 8 (3.56%) Manufacturing
6 8 (3.56%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.11%) Military
8 3 (1.33%) Electronics
8 3 (1.33%) Marketing
8 3 (1.33%) Police
9 2 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.89%) Publishing
10 1 (0.44%) Aviation
10 1 (0.44%) Finance
10 1 (0.44%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.44%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 63 (28.00%) Driving Licence
2 40 (17.78%) EPoS
3 39 (17.33%) Onboarding
4 37 (16.44%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (7.11%) CCTV
6 13 (5.78%) Smartphone
7 7 (3.11%) Analogue Electronics
8 5 (2.22%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.22%) IoT
8 5 (2.22%) Replication
9 4 (1.78%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.33%) PropTech
11 1 (0.44%) iPad
11 1 (0.44%) iPhone
11 1 (0.44%) NHS
11 1 (0.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 126 (56.00%) Windows
2 30 (13.33%) Windows Server
3 24 (10.67%) Mac OS
4 21 (9.33%) Windows 10
5 19 (8.44%) Windows Server 2012
6 16 (7.11%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (7.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (5.78%) Android
8 8 (3.56%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.89%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (39.56%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (32.89%) Customer Service
3 48 (21.33%) ITIL
4 30 (13.33%) Break/Fix
5 28 (12.44%) Computer Science
6 25 (11.11%) Time Management
7 22 (9.78%) Innovative Thinking
8 14 (6.22%) Migration
8 14 (6.22%) Project Management
9 10 (4.44%) Hardware Maintenance
10 8 (3.56%) Customer Requirements
10 8 (3.56%) Logistics
10 8 (3.56%) Proactive Maintenance
11 7 (3.11%) Asset Management
11 7 (3.11%) Service Delivery
12 6 (2.67%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (2.67%) Incident Management
12 6 (2.67%) Project Delivery
13 5 (2.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 4 (1.78%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (17.78%) DBS Check
2 31 (13.78%) BPSS Clearance
3 30 (13.33%) A+ Certification
3 30 (13.33%) Degree
4 28 (12.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (11.11%) MCP
6 9 (4.00%) Security Cleared
7 6 (2.67%) CCNA
7 6 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.33%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.33%) MCSE
8 3 (1.33%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (1.33%) SC Cleared
9 2 (0.89%) CCNP
10 1 (0.44%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.44%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (15.11%) SLA
2 5 (2.22%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.44%) COSHH
4 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.44%) GDPR
System Software
1 91 (40.44%) Active Directory
2 32 (14.22%) Hyper-V
3 23 (10.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (8.44%) Firmware
5 5 (2.22%) KVM
6 3 (1.33%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.89%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (9.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.22%) WSUS
3 3 (1.33%) SCCM
4 1 (0.44%) Autotask
Vendors
1 89 (39.56%) Microsoft
2 52 (23.11%) HP
3 42 (18.67%) Dell
4 33 (14.67%) IBM
5 25 (11.11%) Citrix
6 24 (10.67%) VMware
7 19 (8.44%) NetApp
8 9 (4.00%) Apple
8 9 (4.00%) Veeam
9 6 (2.67%) Google
10 5 (2.22%) Sophos
11 4 (1.78%) Aruba
11 4 (1.78%) Cisco
11 4 (1.78%) Ubiquiti
12 3 (1.33%) Datto
12 3 (1.33%) Fortinet
13 2 (0.89%) Meraki
13 2 (0.89%) Palo Alto
13 2 (0.89%) Ruckus Wireless
13 2 (0.89%) WatchGuard