Field Engineer Jobs in the South East

Field Engineer
England > South East

The median Field Engineer salary in the South East is £32,500 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 345 347 429
Rank change year-on-year +2 +82 -46
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Engineer 59 30 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.32% 0.23% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.25% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 58 26 58
10th Percentile £25,000 £24,875 £26,775
25th Percentile £26,250 £30,313 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.17% +23.53%
75th Percentile £38,750 £33,938 £35,563
90th Percentile £53,750 £38,125 £40,750
England median annual salary £30,000 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.84% +11.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 17,582 11,899 20,479
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 89.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,383 7,812 12,372
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Field Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Field Engineer in the South East

Field Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Field Engineer in the South East

Field Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Field Engineer in the South East

Field Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Field Engineer within the South East 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
Thames Valley +2 29 £32,500 - 63
Berkshire +22 18 £30,000 -14.29% 28
Buckinghamshire -16 11 £35,000 +7.69% 21
Kent -14 9 £52,500 +50.00% 24
Hampshire -30 8 £26,500 -17.19% 41
East Sussex - 6 £32,500 - 8
Surrey - 5 £30,000 - 10
West Sussex - 1 £32,500 - 16
Field Engineer
England

Field Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Field Engineer in the job title.

1 25 (42.37%) Windows
2 18 (30.51%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (27.12%) Driving Licence
3 16 (27.12%) Microsoft
4 15 (25.42%) Customer Service
5 13 (22.03%) Active Directory
6 12 (20.34%) SharePoint
6 12 (20.34%) Social Skills
6 12 (20.34%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (18.64%) Android
7 11 (18.64%) Azure
7 11 (18.64%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (18.64%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (18.64%) Smartphone
8 9 (15.25%) CCTV
8 9 (15.25%) Wireless
8 9 (15.25%) Telecoms
9 8 (13.56%) Legal
9 8 (13.56%) Manufacturing
9 8 (13.56%) Retail
9 8 (13.56%) Logistics
9 8 (13.56%) Citrix
9 8 (13.56%) EPoS
9 8 (13.56%) DSL
9 8 (13.56%) LTE
9 8 (13.56%) Apple iOS
9 8 (13.56%) 4G
9 8 (13.56%) Hyper-V
9 8 (13.56%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (13.56%) Windows 10

Field Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 12 (20.34%) SharePoint
2 11 (18.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (10.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (20.34%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (18.64%) Azure
3 8 (13.56%) Entra ID
3 8 (13.56%) OneDrive
4 3 (5.08%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.69%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (18.64%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (15.25%) Wireless
3 8 (13.56%) 4G
3 8 (13.56%) DSL
3 8 (13.56%) LTE
4 5 (8.47%) Network Security
5 3 (5.08%) SAN
6 2 (3.39%) VPN
7 1 (1.69%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (1.69%) Firewall
7 1 (1.69%) LAN
7 1 (1.69%) MPLS
7 1 (1.69%) OSPF
7 1 (1.69%) WAN
7 1 (1.69%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.56%) Amazon RDS
General
1 12 (20.34%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.25%) Telecoms
3 8 (13.56%) Legal
3 8 (13.56%) Manufacturing
3 8 (13.56%) Retail
4 7 (11.86%) Military
5 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.08%) Electronics
7 2 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.69%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 16 (27.12%) Driving Licence
2 11 (18.64%) Smartphone
3 9 (15.25%) CCTV
4 8 (13.56%) EPoS
5 7 (11.86%) Analogue Electronics
6 5 (8.47%) IoT
7 4 (6.78%) Data Centre
8 3 (5.08%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (5.08%) Onboarding
9 2 (3.39%) Management Information System
10 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 25 (42.37%) Windows
2 11 (18.64%) Android
3 8 (13.56%) Apple iOS
3 8 (13.56%) Windows 10
4 3 (5.08%) Mac OS
4 3 (5.08%) Windows Server
5 2 (3.39%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (30.51%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (25.42%) Customer Service
3 8 (13.56%) Logistics
4 4 (6.78%) Change Control
4 4 (6.78%) Computer Science
5 3 (5.08%) Customer Requirements
6 2 (3.39%) Coaching
6 2 (3.39%) Time Management
7 1 (1.69%) Asset Management
7 1 (1.69%) Break/Fix
7 1 (1.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (1.69%) Critical Thinking
7 1 (1.69%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (1.69%) Data Privacy
7 1 (1.69%) Fault Analysis
7 1 (1.69%) Mathematics
7 1 (1.69%) Mentoring
7 1 (1.69%) Network Architecture
7 1 (1.69%) Network Monitoring
7 1 (1.69%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 6 (10.17%) A+ Certification
1 6 (10.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (8.47%) CCNA
2 5 (8.47%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (8.47%) Degree
3 4 (6.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (5.08%) DBS Check
4 3 (5.08%) MCP
4 3 (5.08%) MCSE
4 3 (5.08%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.39%) CCNP
6 1 (1.69%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.69%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.69%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.69%) COSHH
1 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.69%) GDPR
1 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (22.03%) Active Directory
2 8 (13.56%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.69%) Autotask
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (27.12%) Microsoft
2 8 (13.56%) Citrix
3 4 (6.78%) Dell
3 4 (6.78%) Google
4 3 (5.08%) Apple
5 2 (3.39%) Cisco
5 2 (3.39%) Fortinet
5 2 (3.39%) HP
5 2 (3.39%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.69%) 3PAR
6 1 (1.69%) Adobe
6 1 (1.69%) ProCurve
6 1 (1.69%) Sun
6 1 (1.69%) VMware