diff --git a/.changeset/dirty-rings-greet.md b/.changeset/dirty-rings-greet.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53e61ab2b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dirty-rings-greet.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@directus/api': minor
+---
+
+Enabled caching of field information as part of schema caching
diff --git a/api/src/services/fields.ts b/api/src/services/fields.ts
index b4fac53d08..bbbc5048c8 100644
--- a/api/src/services/fields.ts
+++ b/api/src/services/fields.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { addFieldFlag, toArray } from '@directus/utils';
 import type Keyv from 'keyv';
 import type { Knex } from 'knex';
 import { isEqual, isNil, merge } from 'lodash-es';
-import { clearSystemCache, getCache } from '../cache.js';
+import { clearSystemCache, getCache, getCacheValue, setCacheValue } from '../cache.js';
 import { ALIAS_TYPES } from '../constants.js';
 import { translateDatabaseError } from '../database/errors/translate.js';
 import type { Helpers } from '../database/helpers/index.js';
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ import { transaction } from '../utils/transaction.js';
 import { ItemsService } from './items.js';
 import { PayloadService } from './payload.js';
 import { RelationsService } from './relations.js';
+import { useEnv } from '@directus/env';
 
 const systemFieldRows = getSystemFieldRowsWithAuthProviders();
+const env = useEnv();
 
 export class FieldsService {
 	knex: Knex;
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ export class FieldsService {
 	schema: SchemaOverview;
 	cache: Keyv<any> | null;
 	systemCache: Keyv<any>;
+	schemaCache: Keyv<any>;
 
 	constructor(options: AbstractServiceOptions) {
 		this.knex = options.knex || getDatabase();
@@ -53,10 +56,11 @@ export class FieldsService {
 		this.payloadService = new PayloadService('directus_fields', options);
 		this.schema = options.schema;
 
-		const { cache, systemCache } = getCache();
+		const { cache, systemCache, localSchemaCache } = getCache();
 
 		this.cache = cache;
 		this.systemCache = systemCache;
+		this.schemaCache = localSchemaCache;
 	}
 
 	private get hasReadAccess() {
@@ -65,6 +69,36 @@ export class FieldsService {
 		});
 	}
 
+	async columnInfo(collection?: string): Promise<Column[]>;
+	async columnInfo(collection: string, field: string): Promise<Column>;
+	async columnInfo(collection?: string, field?: string): Promise<Column | Column[]> {
+		const schemaCacheIsEnabled = Boolean(env['CACHE_SCHEMA']);
+
+		let columnInfo: Column[] | null = null;
+
+		if (schemaCacheIsEnabled) {
+			columnInfo = await getCacheValue(this.schemaCache, 'columnInfo');
+		}
+
+		if (!columnInfo) {
+			columnInfo = await this.schemaInspector.columnInfo();
+
+			if (schemaCacheIsEnabled) {
+				setCacheValue(this.schemaCache, 'columnInfo', columnInfo);
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (collection) {
+			columnInfo = columnInfo.filter((column) => column.table === collection);
+		}
+
+		if (field) {
+			return columnInfo.find((column) => column.name === field) as Column;
+		}
+
+		return columnInfo;
+	}
+
 	async readAll(collection?: string): Promise<Field[]> {
 		let fields: FieldMeta[];
 
@@ -89,7 +123,7 @@ export class FieldsService {
 			fields.push(...systemFieldRows);
 		}
 
-		const columns = (await this.schemaInspector.columnInfo(collection)).map((column) => ({
+		const columns = (await this.columnInfo(collection)).map((column) => ({
 			...column,
 			default_value: getDefaultValue(
 				column,
@@ -227,7 +261,7 @@ export class FieldsService {
 			systemFieldRows.find((fieldMeta) => fieldMeta.collection === collection && fieldMeta.field === field);
 
 		try {
-			column = await this.schemaInspector.columnInfo(collection, field);
+			column = await this.columnInfo(collection, field);
 		} catch {
 			// Do nothing
 		}
@@ -430,7 +464,7 @@ export class FieldsService {
 			}
 
 			if (hookAdjustedField.schema) {
-				const existingColumn = await this.schemaInspector.columnInfo(collection, hookAdjustedField.field);
+				const existingColumn = await this.columnInfo(collection, hookAdjustedField.field);
 
 				if (hookAdjustedField.schema?.is_nullable === true && existingColumn.is_primary_key) {
 					throw new InvalidPayloadError({ reason: 'Primary key cannot be null' });