Structured Cabling Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Structured Cabling
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Structured Cabling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 75 92
Rank change year-on-year -21 +17 +20
Contract jobs citing Structured Cabling 16 1 17
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.72% 0.11% 0.89%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.97% 0.45% 5.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 14
10th Percentile £350 - £181
25th Percentile £363 - £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 - £268
Median % change year-on-year - - +94.55%
75th Percentile £450 - £300
90th Percentile £525 - -
England median daily rate £440 £223 £250
% change year-on-year +97.75% -11.00% -3.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.01 - -
Median hourly rate £18.23 £15.33 £12.86
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% +19.21% -
75th Percentile £19.34 - £14.31
90th Percentile - - £15.18
England median hourly rate £18.50 £15.33 £12.86
% change year-on-year +20.68% +19.21% -79.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 268 222 287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 12.06% 23.59% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 124 139
10th Percentile £196 £225 £197
25th Percentile £313 £353 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +18.75% -15.79%
75th Percentile £538 £556 £494
90th Percentile £575 £625 £578
England median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 53 102
10th Percentile £17.12 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £16.30 £16.30
Median hourly rate £61.76 £39.32 £21.46
Median % change year-on-year +57.06% +83.22% -59.12%
75th Percentile £69.38 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £87.50 -
England median hourly rate £41.94 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +29.05% -18.75% +116.22%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Structured Cabling job vacancy trend in the East of England

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Structured Cabling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Structured Cabling

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Structured Cabling in the East of England over the 6 months to 4 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Structured Cabling in the East of England

Structured Cabling
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Structured Cabling.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Structured Cabling

Structured Cabling
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Structured Cabling within the East of England region over the 6 months to 4 May 2026. 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
Hertfordshire - 11 £448 -
Cambridgeshire - 4 - - 2
Norfolk -24 1 £268 -
Structured Cabling
England

Structured Cabling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 9 (56.25%) Wi-Fi
General
1 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Project Manager
2 9 (56.25%) Data Centre Manager
2 9 (56.25%) Data Centre Project Manager
3 5 (31.25%) Data Manager
4 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
4 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Cabling Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Data Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Fibre Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Installations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (87.50%) Data Centre
2 4 (25.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Change Management
1 10 (62.50%) PRINCE2
2 9 (56.25%) Project Management
2 9 (56.25%) Risk Management
3 8 (50.00%) Line Management
3 8 (50.00%) Project Planning
3 8 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.25%) Change Control
5 1 (6.25%) Commercial Awareness
5 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.25%) Order Management
5 1 (6.25%) Process Improvement
5 1 (6.25%) Project Delivery
5 1 (6.25%) Project Governance
5 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 10 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 9 (56.25%) SC Cleared
3 4 (25.00%) BICSI Certification
3 4 (25.00%) City & Guilds
4 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Computacenter
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft