Structured Cabling Contract Job Trends in Kent

Structured Cabling
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Structured Cabling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Structured Cabling 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 3.05% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £346 - -
25th Percentile £402 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 - -
75th Percentile £452 - -
90th Percentile £454 - -
South East median daily rate £292 - £255
% change year-on-year - - +55.02%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 32 33 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 24.43% 19.08% 14.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 12 28
10th Percentile £153 £144 £235
25th Percentile £270 £155 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £395 £523
Median % change year-on-year -9.49% -24.40% +49.29%
75th Percentile £563 £623 £525
90th Percentile £623 £625 £535
South East median daily rate £485 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -3.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £18.58 £26.14
25th Percentile - £20.01 £34.99
Median hourly rate - £22.40 £49.85
Median % change year-on-year - -55.06% -
75th Percentile - £44.71 £64.58
90th Percentile - £58.10 £73.35
South East median hourly rate £70.16 £64.76 £61.25
% change year-on-year +8.34% +5.73% +36.11%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Structured Cabling job vacancy trend in Kent

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Structured Cabling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Structured Cabling

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Structured Cabling in Kent over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Structured Cabling in Kent

Structured Cabling
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 28 November 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
Maidstone - 1 £455 - 1
Sevenoaks - 1 £443 - 1
Structured Cabling
South East

Structured Cabling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) BGP
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) IPsec
1 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) OSPF
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCNP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) CCNA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Aruba
1 4 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (25.00%) Pegasus