Structured Cabling Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Structured Cabling
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Structured Cabling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 120 119
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 +54
Contract jobs citing Structured Cabling 3 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.15% 0.17% 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.33% 1.52% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile - £246 £92
25th Percentile £525 £297 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £413 £300
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +37.50% -39.24%
75th Percentile £575 £547 £338
90th Percentile - £609 £360
Central London median daily rate £550 £413 £235
% change year-on-year +33.33% +75.53% -52.41%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 129 198 244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 6.25% 10.95% 10.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 134 162
10th Percentile £381 £247 £226
25th Percentile £429 £463 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £455
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +20.88% -17.27%
75th Percentile £657 £650 £616
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
Central London median daily rate £513 £535 £450
% change year-on-year -4.21% +18.89% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £20.31 - -
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £22.27 £32.50 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.49% +140.74% -34.80%
75th Percentile £35.60 £33.75 £16.59
90th Percentile £42.74 - £17.99
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £16.22
% change year-on-year -21.63% +100.43% -21.69%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Structured Cabling relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Structured Cabling job vacancy trend in the City of London

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Structured Cabling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Structured Cabling

Structured Cabling
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Structured Cabling.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Structured Cabling

Structured Cabling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (100.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 3 (100.00%) IT Project Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (66.67%) Network Manager
2 2 (66.67%) Network Project Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (33.33%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Logistics
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Arista
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow