Cabling Engineer
UK

The median Cabling Engineer salary in the UK is £30,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 839 987 1199
Rank change year-on-year +148 +212 -300
Permanent jobs requiring a Cabling Engineer 72 12 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.073% 0.012% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.013% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 66 9 10
10th Percentile £27,500 - £18,950
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £35,000 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% +22.81% -5.00%
75th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £35,500
90th Percentile £35,000 £39,500 £43,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,385 - £26,000
% change year-on-year - - +0.97%

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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
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 £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cabling Engineer in the UK

Cabling Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cabling Engineer over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cabling Engineer in the UK

Cabling Engineer
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cabling Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +150 72 £30,500 -12.86% 38
UK excluding London +49 61 £30,385 - 41
South East - 30 £30,000 - 10
South West -2 21 £30,385 - 6
London +125 10 £30,500 -18.67% 5
North of England - 9 £31,000 - 12
North West - 6 £31,000 - 8
Yorkshire - 3 £35,000 - 3
East of England - 1 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Cabling 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 Cabling Engineer in the job title.

1 34 (47.22%) Structured Cabling
2 27 (37.50%) Telecoms
3 26 (36.11%) Driving Licence
4 23 (31.94%) Social Skills
5 16 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (18.06%) Fibre Optics
6 13 (18.06%) Customer Service
7 12 (16.67%) Security Cleared
8 11 (15.28%) SC Cleared
9 10 (13.89%) Wireless
9 10 (13.89%) DBS Check
10 8 (11.11%) Finance
10 8 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (9.72%) IoT
12 6 (8.33%) Project Delivery
13 4 (5.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 4 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (5.56%) CCNA
13 4 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (5.56%) CCTV
13 4 (5.56%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (5.56%) Line Management
14 3 (4.17%) DV Cleared
14 3 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
14 3 (4.17%) Public Sector
15 2 (2.78%) Project Management
15 2 (2.78%) Retail
15 2 (2.78%) Mathematics
16 1 (1.39%) Facilities Management
16 1 (1.39%) Legal

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 34 (47.22%) Structured Cabling
2 10 (13.89%) Wireless
3 3 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.39%) LAN
General
1 27 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 23 (31.94%) Social Skills
3 8 (11.11%) Finance
3 8 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.78%) Retail
6 1 (1.39%) Advertising
6 1 (1.39%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 26 (36.11%) Driving Licence
2 13 (18.06%) Fibre Optics
3 7 (9.72%) IoT
4 4 (5.56%) CCTV
4 4 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (18.06%) Customer Service
3 6 (8.33%) Project Delivery
4 4 (5.56%) Line Management
5 2 (2.78%) Mathematics
5 2 (2.78%) Project Management
6 1 (1.39%) B2B
6 1 (1.39%) Customer Experience
6 1 (1.39%) Facilities Management
6 1 (1.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 12 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 11 (15.28%) SC Cleared
3 10 (13.89%) DBS Check
4 4 (5.56%) CCNA
4 4 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (5.56%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (4.17%) DV Cleared