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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 86 97
Rank change year-on-year -12 +11 +28
Contract jobs citing Structured Cabling 15 1 13
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.80% 0.095% 0.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.58% 0.43% 4.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 9
10th Percentile £325 - £242
25th Percentile £350 - £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - +215.79%
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile £525 - -
England median daily rate £438 £225 £260
% change year-on-year +94.44% -13.29% -38.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 £15.33 £12.86
Median % change year-on-year +4.37% +19.21% -17.35%
75th Percentile £16.50 - £31.43
90th Percentile - - £42.57
England median hourly rate £16.00 £15.33 £12.86
% change year-on-year +4.37% +19.21% -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 228 235 319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 12.21% 22.40% 16.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 129 168
10th Percentile £180 £225 £235
25th Percentile £213 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £519 £575 £488
90th Percentile £597 £625 £598
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 39 89
10th Percentile £13.25 £15.44 £14.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £21.46 £20.00
Median hourly rate £23.50 £35.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.86% -44.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.40 £81.23 -
England median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -1.43% -12.50% +108.88%

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 5 March 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 5 March 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 - 8 £435 - 1
Norfolk -22 7 £268 - 1
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 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 7 (46.67%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (40.00%) LAN
2 6 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (40.00%) WAN
2 6 (40.00%) Wireless
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Project Manager
2 7 (46.67%) Data Centre Manager
2 7 (46.67%) Data Centre Project Manager
3 6 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (40.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) 2nd Line Technical Support
3 6 (40.00%) 2nd Line Technical Support Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Asset Management Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Support Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Technical Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Technical Support
3 6 (40.00%) Technical Support Analyst
4 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure Manager
4 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 3 (20.00%) Data Manager
6 1 (6.67%) Cabling Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Data Centre
2 6 (40.00%) CMDB
2 6 (40.00%) Driving Licence
2 6 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (40.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) Windows
1 6 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Change Management
1 8 (53.33%) PRINCE2
2 7 (46.67%) Project Management
2 7 (46.67%) Risk Management
3 6 (40.00%) Asset Management
3 6 (40.00%) Line Management
3 6 (40.00%) Network Management
3 6 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
3 6 (40.00%) Project Planning
3 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (6.67%) Change Control
5 1 (6.67%) Commercial Awareness
5 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) Order Management
5 1 (6.67%) Process Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
5 1 (6.67%) Project Governance
5 1 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 7 (46.67%) SC Cleared
2 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
3 6 (40.00%) ECDL
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Computacenter
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft