Structured Cabling Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Structured Cabling
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Structured Cabling skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 - 73
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Structured Cabling 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.51% - 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.68% - 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - £609
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - £617
75th Percentile £238 - £626
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £175 £170 £402
% change year-on-year +2.94% -57.74% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £44.35 - -
25th Percentile £44.88 - -
Median hourly rate £47.00 - -
75th Percentile £50.38 - -
90th Percentile £51.65 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £47.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

Structured Cabling falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 112 68 201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 18.95% 9.54% 23.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 39 94
10th Percentile £250 £165 £225
25th Percentile £334 £222 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £350 £385
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -9.09% -4.94%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £650
90th Percentile £575 £682 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 8
10th Percentile £44.35 - £16.53
25th Percentile £44.88 £21.25 £51.44
Median hourly rate £47.00 £22.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.89% -65.38% +225.00%
75th Percentile £50.38 £23.75 £67.81
90th Percentile £51.65 - £69.13
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +33.33% -18.18% +61.76%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Structured Cabling in Birmingham

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Structured Cabling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Structured Cabling

Structured Cabling
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Structured Cabling.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Structured Cabling

Structured Cabling
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) AutoCAD
1 2 (66.67%) Navisworks
1 2 (66.67%) Revit
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Intrusion Detection
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Communications Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Communications Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cabling Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Building Information Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Information Management
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Control
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (66.67%) RIBA
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Degree