Structured Cabling Contracts in England

Structured Cabling
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Structured Cabling skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Structured Cabling over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 425 465 605
Rank change year-on-year +40 +140 +130
Contract jobs citing Structured Cabling 60 77 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.21% 0.095%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.89% 1.54% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 67 29
10th Percentile £153 £176 £194
25th Percentile £203 £206 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £250 £250
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -21.88%
75th Percentile £356 £300 £513
90th Percentile £458 £438 £743
UK median daily rate £225 £230 £430
% change year-on-year -2.17% -46.51% +26.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - - £33.75
25th Percentile - - £60.00
Median hourly rate £15.33 £12.86 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.21% -79.26% +24.00%
75th Percentile - £14.31 £63.00
90th Percentile - £15.18 -
UK median hourly rate £15.33 £12.86 £62.00
% change year-on-year +19.21% -79.26% +24.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Structured Cabling in England

Structured Cabling
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Structured Cabling in England.

Daily rate trend for Structured Cabling in England

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Structured Cabling in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Structured Cabling in England

Structured Cabling
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Structured Cabling in England.

Hourly rate trend for Structured Cabling in England

Structured Cabling
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +22 22 £258 +3.00% 29
South East +62 18 £280 +40.00% 25
North of England +31 17 £205 +2.76% 11
North West +26 13 £205 +2.76% 8
North East - 4 £155 - 3
Midlands +21 1 - - 11
East of England +14 1 - - 8
East Midlands - 1 - - 6
Structured Cabling
UK

Structured Cabling
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.33%) AutoCAD
1 2 (3.33%) Revit
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (6.67%) SAN
2 4 (6.67%) WAN
2 4 (6.67%) Wireless
3 3 (5.00%) Ethernet
4 2 (3.33%) 5G
4 2 (3.33%) LAN
4 2 (3.33%) WLAN
5 1 (1.67%) BGP
5 1 (1.67%) Firewall
5 1 (1.67%) IPsec
5 1 (1.67%) NAS
5 1 (1.67%) OSPF
5 1 (1.67%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.67%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.67%) Big Data
General
1 26 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.00%) Aviation
4 5 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.67%) Retail
5 4 (6.67%) Telecoms
6 3 (5.00%) Finance
6 3 (5.00%) Legal
6 3 (5.00%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.67%) Electronics
7 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (51.67%) Cabling Engineer
2 13 (21.67%) Data Engineer
2 13 (21.67%) Project Engineer
3 11 (18.33%) Support Engineer
4 8 (13.33%) Desktop Engineer
4 8 (13.33%) Desktop Support
4 8 (13.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 8 (13.33%) Project Manager
4 8 (13.33%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
5 3 (5.00%) Data Centre Engineer
5 3 (5.00%) Design Engineer
5 3 (5.00%) Infrastructure Manager
5 3 (5.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 3 (5.00%) Network Engineer
5 3 (5.00%) Project Support Engineer
6 1 (1.67%) Analyst
6 1 (1.67%) Consultant
6 1 (1.67%) Security Engineer
6 1 (1.67%) Support Analyst
6 1 (1.67%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 19 (31.67%) Fibre Optics
2 10 (16.67%) Data Centre
3 8 (13.33%) CCTV
4 7 (11.67%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.33%) Digital Signage
5 2 (3.33%) NHS
6 1 (1.67%) CMDB
6 1 (1.67%) IoT
6 1 (1.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.67%) VMS
1 1 (1.67%) Windows
1 1 (1.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (28.33%) Project Management
3 10 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (15.00%) Data Protection
5 8 (13.33%) Project Planning
5 8 (13.33%) Risk Management
6 7 (11.67%) Change Management
7 6 (10.00%) Line Management
8 5 (8.33%) Supplier Management
8 5 (8.33%) Time Management
9 3 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 3 (5.00%) Network Design
10 2 (3.33%) Bill of Materials
10 2 (3.33%) Budget Control
10 2 (3.33%) Computer Science
10 2 (3.33%) Contract Negotiation
10 2 (3.33%) PRINCE2
11 1 (1.67%) Network Management
11 1 (1.67%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 26 (43.33%) Security Cleared
2 23 (38.33%) SC Cleared
3 9 (15.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (6.67%) Degree
5 2 (3.33%) BICSI Certification
6 1 (1.67%) BICSI RCDD
6 1 (1.67%) CCNP
6 1 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.67%) ECDL
6 1 (1.67%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.67%) PMP
6 1 (1.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (1.67%) ISO 14001
2 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (6.67%) KVM
2 1 (1.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (5.00%) Cisco
2 1 (1.67%) Arista
2 1 (1.67%) Aruba
2 1 (1.67%) CheckPoint
2 1 (1.67%) Computacenter
2 1 (1.67%) Dell
2 1 (1.67%) Fujitsu
2 1 (1.67%) HP
2 1 (1.67%) NEC
2 1 (1.67%) Nokia
2 1 (1.67%) Palo Alto