Structured Cabling Contracts in England

Structured Cabling
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Structured Cabling skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Structured Cabling over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 473 605 742
Rank change year-on-year +132 +137 -122
Contract jobs citing Structured Cabling 75 51 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.10% 0.067%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.52% 0.83% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 32 32
10th Percentile £175 - £189
25th Percentile £206 £200 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £260 £320
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -18.67% -14.67%
75th Percentile £300 £600 £487
90th Percentile £418 £743 £572
UK median daily rate £230 £441 £356
% change year-on-year -47.79% +23.91% +8.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 2
10th Percentile - £33.75 £23.68
25th Percentile - £60.00 £28.06
Median hourly rate £12.86 £62.00 £35.75
Median % change year-on-year -79.26% +73.43% +141.15%
75th Percentile £14.31 £63.00 £43.06
90th Percentile £15.18 - £47.23
UK median hourly rate £12.86 £62.00 £35.75
% change year-on-year -79.26% +73.43% +84.16%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Structured Cabling is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,938 6,112 7,945
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.32% 12.24% 11.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,985 4,015 5,213
10th Percentile £206 £237 £223
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 398 434 305
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.95 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £27.50
% change year-on-year +111.92% -31.36% +3.77%

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 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024. 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 +125 36 £250 -58.33% 15
East of England +19 17 £268 +94.55% 6
South West - 10 £260 - 7
North of England - 5 £200 - 11
North West - 4 £200 - 7
Midlands +29 2 £180 -12.73% 3
West Midlands +19 2 £180 -12.73% 3
South East +6 2 £200 -16.67% 14
Yorkshire - 1 £165 - 4
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.67%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.33%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.33%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 22 (29.33%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (13.33%) WAN
3 6 (8.00%) LAN
4 5 (6.67%) Wireless
5 2 (2.67%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (1.33%) MPLS
General
1 22 (29.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.67%) Aviation
2 8 (10.67%) Organisational Skills
2 8 (10.67%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.00%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.67%) Finance
6 1 (1.33%) Electronics
6 1 (1.33%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (34.67%) Project Manager
2 23 (30.67%) Cabling Engineer
3 12 (16.00%) Data Engineer
4 11 (14.67%) Project Engineer
5 7 (9.33%) IT Engineer
6 5 (6.67%) Data Centre Engineer
7 4 (5.33%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
8 3 (4.00%) Analyst
8 3 (4.00%) Installations Engineer
8 3 (4.00%) SC Cleared Project Manager
8 3 (4.00%) Service Analyst
8 3 (4.00%) Service Desk Analyst
9 2 (2.67%) Data Technician
9 2 (2.67%) Fibre Engineer
9 2 (2.67%) Hardware Engineer
9 2 (2.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (2.67%) Infrastructure Manager
9 2 (2.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 2 (2.67%) Support Engineer
9 2 (2.67%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.67%) CCTV
2 10 (13.33%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.33%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.67%) NHS
4 2 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.67%) Smartphone
4 2 (2.67%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.33%) CMDB
5 1 (1.33%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.67%) Windows
2 3 (4.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.33%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (36.00%) Project Management
2 24 (32.00%) Change Management
3 22 (29.33%) Risk Management
4 21 (28.00%) PRINCE2
5 20 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (25.33%) Project Planning
7 18 (24.00%) Line Management
8 15 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (10.67%) Decision-Making
9 8 (10.67%) Time Management
10 5 (6.67%) Project Delivery
11 4 (5.33%) Order Management
12 3 (4.00%) Capacity Management
12 3 (4.00%) Computer Science
12 3 (4.00%) Customer Service
12 3 (4.00%) ITIL
13 2 (2.67%) Capacity Planning
13 2 (2.67%) Coaching
14 1 (1.33%) Infrastructure Management
14 1 (1.33%) Performance Metrics
Qualifications
1 10 (13.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 10 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 8 (10.67%) SC Cleared
3 7 (9.33%) Degree
4 3 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.00%) ECDL
4 3 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.33%) BICSI Certification
5 1 (1.33%) BICSI RCDD
5 1 (1.33%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.33%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (9.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.67%) Apple
2 2 (2.67%) Cisco
2 2 (2.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.33%) Adobe
3 1 (1.33%) BT
3 1 (1.33%) SAP