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 3 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 83 105
Rank change year-on-year -7 +22 +25
Contract jobs citing Structured Cabling 11 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.64% 0.092% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.34% 0.42% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile £274 - -
25th Percentile - - £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £180 £165
Median % change year-on-year +94.44% +9.09% +73.68%
75th Percentile £438 - £173
90th Percentile £444 - -
England median daily rate £363 £232 £267
% change year-on-year +56.27% -13.12% -37.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £12.86
75th Percentile £16.50 - £31.43
90th Percentile - - £42.57
England median hourly rate £16.00 - £12.86
% change year-on-year - - -22.20%

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 206 236 307
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 11.98% 21.77% 16.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 115 166
10th Percentile £167 £213 £250
25th Percentile £211 £276 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £430
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +10.47% +1.18%
75th Percentile £503 £588 £488
90th Percentile £581 £625 £594
England median daily rate £490 £500 £486
% change year-on-year -2.00% +2.88% -7.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 39 75
10th Percentile £13.25 £19.09 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.11 £38.75
Median hourly rate £33.00 £35.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% -46.15% +18.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £70.10 £70.75 -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -14.29% -30.00% +141.49%

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 3 February 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 3 February 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
Norfolk - 7 £268 - 1
Hertfordshire - 4 £388 - 2
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 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) LAN
1 6 (54.55%) TCP/IP
1 6 (54.55%) WAN
1 6 (54.55%) Wireless
2 4 (36.36%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) 2nd Line Support
1 6 (54.55%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) 2nd Line Technical Support
1 6 (54.55%) 2nd Line Technical Support Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) Asset Management Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) Support Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) Technical Analyst
1 6 (54.55%) Technical Support
1 6 (54.55%) Technical Support Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Project Manager
3 3 (27.27%) Data Centre Manager
3 3 (27.27%) Data Centre Project Manager
3 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Manager
3 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Cabling Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) CMDB
1 6 (54.55%) Driving Licence
1 6 (54.55%) Management Information System
1 6 (54.55%) NHS
2 4 (36.36%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
1 6 (54.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Asset Management
1 6 (54.55%) Network Management
1 6 (54.55%) Network Monitoring
2 4 (36.36%) Change Management
2 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2
2 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
3 3 (27.27%) Line Management
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Project Planning
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (9.09%) Change Control
5 1 (9.09%) Order Management
5 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
5 1 (9.09%) Project Governance
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) ECDL
2 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Computacenter