Structured Cabling
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Structured Cabling skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Structured Cabling over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 757 935 1143
Rank change year-on-year +178 +208 -252
Permanent jobs citing Structured Cabling 139 53 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.051% 0.040%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.02% 0.33% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 108 37 56
10th Percentile £27,050 £26,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £31,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.61% -18.42% -13.14%
75th Percentile £43,875 £57,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £59,750 £79,500 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,000 £29,000 £30,500
% change year-on-year +6.90% -4.92% -37.44%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Structured Cabling is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,635 16,044 20,873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.84% 15.44% 13.39%
Number of salaries quoted 9,518 8,181 11,812
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,875 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.73% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,625 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.06% - -

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Structured Cabling as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Structured Cabling in the UK

Structured Cabling
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Structured Cabling in the UK

Structured Cabling
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Structured Cabling over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Structured Cabling in the UK

Structured Cabling
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Structured Cabling within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +205 117 £32,500 -25.20% 46
UK excluding London +20 82 £31,000 +6.90% 32
London +156 38 £37,500 -37.50% 17
South East +46 38 £30,000 +5.26% 10
Work from Home +88 21 £50,000 +61.29% 5
North of England +49 13 £31,000 -4.62% 8
South West -1 13 £30,385 -63.17% 5
North West +21 10 £31,000 +8.77% 3
East of England +21 9 £50,000 +75.44% 6
Midlands -4 6 £30,000 -3.23% 2
West Midlands +23 4 £29,000 -2.52% 2
Yorkshire +87 3 £43,000 +1.18% 5
Scotland -61 3 £38,000 +33.33% 1
East Midlands -22 2 £55,000 +69.23%

Structured Cabling
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.72%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (7.91%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.88%) AutoCAD
4 3 (2.16%) Revit
5 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.44%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 19 (13.67%) Azure
2 16 (11.51%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (10.79%) OCI
4 14 (10.07%) AWS
5 9 (6.47%) Entra ID
5 9 (6.47%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.44%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.44%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.44%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.72%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 26 (18.71%) LAN
2 24 (17.27%) WAN
3 23 (16.55%) Wireless
4 17 (12.23%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (10.07%) Firewall
6 13 (9.35%) DNS
6 13 (9.35%) VLAN
7 12 (8.63%) DHCP
8 8 (5.76%) Extranet
9 6 (4.32%) VPN
10 5 (3.60%) Internet
10 5 (3.60%) TCP/IP
10 5 (3.60%) WLAN
11 4 (2.88%) FTP
12 3 (2.16%) Unified Communications
13 2 (1.44%) IP Telephony
13 2 (1.44%) NAS
13 2 (1.44%) SAN
13 2 (1.44%) VoIP
14 1 (0.72%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (1.44%) DTS
1 2 (1.44%) Power BI
2 1 (0.72%) SQL Server
General
1 42 (30.22%) Telecoms
2 35 (25.18%) Social Skills
3 17 (12.23%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (8.63%) Finance
5 10 (7.19%) Banking
5 10 (7.19%) Retail
6 9 (6.47%) Legal
7 6 (4.32%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.60%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Advertising
9 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Electronics
9 1 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (33.09%) Data Engineer
2 45 (32.37%) Senior
3 34 (24.46%) Cabling Engineer
4 28 (20.14%) Senior Data Engineer
5 24 (17.27%) Data Centre Engineer
6 18 (12.95%) Designer
7 13 (9.35%) Analyst
8 11 (7.91%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
8 11 (7.91%) IT Support
9 10 (7.19%) Communications Engineer
9 10 (7.19%) DataOps Engineer
9 10 (7.19%) IT Analyst
9 10 (7.19%) Lead
9 10 (7.19%) Lead Data Engineer
9 10 (7.19%) Senior Communications Engineer
10 9 (6.47%) 2nd Line Support
10 9 (6.47%) Help Desk Analyst
10 9 (6.47%) Help Desk Support
10 9 (6.47%) Help Desk Support Analyst
10 9 (6.47%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.72%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 51 (36.69%) Data Centre
2 21 (15.11%) Driving Licence
3 16 (11.51%) Onboarding
4 12 (8.63%) Fibre Optics
5 7 (5.04%) CCTV
6 5 (3.60%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.60%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 3 (2.16%) Acoustics
8 3 (2.16%) EPoS
8 3 (2.16%) iPhone
8 3 (2.16%) IPTV
8 3 (2.16%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.44%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.72%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 27 (19.42%) Windows
2 12 (8.63%) Windows Server
3 11 (7.91%) Apple iOS
3 11 (7.91%) Windows Server 2019
4 6 (4.32%) Android
4 6 (4.32%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.44%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.44%) OS/2
5 2 (1.44%) VMS
5 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (17.27%) Customer Service
2 20 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (12.95%) Break/Fix
4 12 (8.63%) Project Delivery
4 12 (8.63%) Project Management
5 11 (7.91%) B2B
5 11 (7.91%) ITIL
5 11 (7.91%) Service Delivery
6 10 (7.19%) DataOps
7 9 (6.47%) Data Loss Prevention
7 9 (6.47%) Mobile Device Management
8 7 (5.04%) Presales
9 6 (4.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 5 (3.60%) Change Management
10 5 (3.60%) Customer Requirements
10 5 (3.60%) IT Strategy
10 5 (3.60%) Service Management
10 5 (3.60%) Technology Strategy
11 4 (2.88%) ITSM
11 4 (2.88%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.16%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.72%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (10.79%) Security Cleared
2 14 (10.07%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.19%) DBS Check
3 10 (7.19%) Degree
4 9 (6.47%) AWS Certification
5 6 (4.32%) CCNA
5 6 (4.32%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (3.60%) MCSA
6 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (3.60%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (3.60%) RIBA
7 4 (2.88%) A+ Certification
7 4 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.16%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.44%) MCSE
10 1 (0.72%) BICSI Certification
10 1 (0.72%) BICSI RCDD
10 1 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.79%) GDPR
2 7 (5.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.44%) SLA
6 1 (0.72%) NEBOSH
6 1 (0.72%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (12.23%) Active Directory
2 10 (7.19%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.72%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.72%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (0.72%) Nagios
2 1 (0.72%) Nessus
2 1 (0.72%) SCCM
2 1 (0.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (23.02%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.79%) Oracle
3 12 (8.63%) Cisco
4 9 (6.47%) Adobe
4 9 (6.47%) Avaya
4 9 (6.47%) Citrix
5 5 (3.60%) VMware
6 3 (2.16%) Meraki
6 3 (2.16%) Polycom
6 3 (2.16%) Sophos
7 2 (1.44%) Apple
7 2 (1.44%) Google
7 2 (1.44%) HP
7 2 (1.44%) Mitel
7 2 (1.44%) Nimble Storage
7 2 (1.44%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.44%) Veeam
7 2 (1.44%) Zerto
8 1 (0.72%) Commvault
8 1 (0.72%) NetApp