Cabling Engineer Contracts

Cabling Engineer
UK

The median Cabling Engineer daily rate in the UK is £175 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 499 691 819
Rank change year-on-year +192 +128 -119
Contract jobs requiring a Cabling Engineer 91 8 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.014% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.015% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 8 24
10th Percentile £163 £287 £131
25th Percentile £170 £293 £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £300 £150
Median % change year-on-year -41.67% +100.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £200 £500 £175
90th Percentile £247 - £203
UK excluding London median daily rate £170 - £150
% change year-on-year - - -14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,895 54,705 83,445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,959 38,196 58,620
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,532 2,041
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.73% +112.16% +5.26%

Cabling Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cabling Engineer in the UK

Cabling Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cabling Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Cabling Engineer in the UK

Cabling Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cabling Engineer over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cabling Engineer in the UK

Cabling Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cabling Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Cabling Engineer in the UK

Cabling Engineer
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cabling Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +168 70 £175 -41.67% 31
UK excluding London - 61 £170 - 33
London +120 27 £225 -55.00% 2
North of England - 19 £170 - 11
East of England - 10 £185 - 2
Yorkshire - 10 £165 - 4
South East - 10 £170 - 10
North West - 9 £170 - 6
Scotland - 7 £170 - 1
Northern Ireland - 6 £175 -
Wales - 5 £200 - 3
Midlands - 2 £204 - 4
South West - 2 £170 - 4
West Midlands - 2 £204 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Cabling Engineer contract 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 contract job ads featuring Cabling Engineer in the job title.

1 39 (42.86%) Structured Cabling
2 15 (16.48%) Fibre Optics
3 11 (12.09%) Collaborative Working
4 8 (8.79%) Social Skills
5 6 (6.59%) Driving Licence
6 5 (5.49%) Telecoms
7 4 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (4.40%) Decision-Making
7 4 (4.40%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (4.40%) Data Centre
7 4 (4.40%) CCTV
7 4 (4.40%) Time Management
7 4 (4.40%) Security Cleared
8 3 (3.30%) Wireless
8 3 (3.30%) WAN
8 3 (3.30%) Project Management
9 2 (2.20%) Service Delivery
9 2 (2.20%) Change Management
9 2 (2.20%) Risk Management
9 2 (2.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (2.20%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.20%) Project Planning
9 2 (2.20%) DBS Check
9 2 (2.20%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (2.20%) Runbook
9 2 (2.20%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.10%) Customer Requirements
10 1 (1.10%) Order Management
10 1 (1.10%) iPad

Cabling 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:

Communications & Networking
1 39 (42.86%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (3.30%) WAN
2 3 (3.30%) Wireless
3 1 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
General
1 8 (8.79%) Social Skills
2 5 (5.49%) Telecoms
3 4 (4.40%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (2.20%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.20%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.48%) Fibre Optics
2 6 (6.59%) Driving Licence
3 4 (4.40%) CCTV
3 4 (4.40%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.10%) iPad
4 1 (1.10%) iPhone
4 1 (1.10%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.10%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (12.09%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (4.40%) Decision-Making
2 4 (4.40%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (4.40%) Time Management
3 3 (3.30%) Project Management
4 2 (2.20%) Change Management
4 2 (2.20%) Project Planning
4 2 (2.20%) Risk Management
4 2 (2.20%) Runbook
4 2 (2.20%) Service Delivery
4 2 (2.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (1.10%) B2B
5 1 (1.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (1.10%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (1.10%) Line Management
5 1 (1.10%) Order Management
5 1 (1.10%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (1.10%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 4 (4.40%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.20%) DBS Check
2 2 (2.20%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.10%) Degree
3 1 (1.10%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.10%) PMP