Structured Cabling Contracts in London

Structured Cabling
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 331 353 473
Rank change year-on-year +22 +120 +97
Contract jobs citing Structured Cabling 22 38 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.18% 0.21% 0.074%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.67% 2.21% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 33 12
10th Percentile £176 £189 £269
25th Percentile £220 £215 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £258 £250 £643
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -61.09% +42.78%
75th Percentile £456 £300 £743
90th Percentile £581 £396 -
England median daily rate £225 £250 £250
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -21.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,315 1,719 2,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.48% 9.64% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 1,144 1,885
10th Percentile £263 £213 £256
25th Percentile £400 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -10.71% +1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £675
90th Percentile £725 £741 £775
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 59 53
10th Percentile £24.66 £14.48 £20.22
25th Percentile £25.60 £18.36 £22.63
Median hourly rate £43.75 £22.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.86% -52.17% +31.43%
75th Percentile £51.50 £41.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £62.65 £60.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Structured Cabling in London

Structured Cabling
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Structured Cabling in London

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Structured Cabling in London

Structured Cabling
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Structured Cabling in London

Structured Cabling
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
West London +6 15 £240 +4.35% 4
Central London +1 4 £300 +33.33% 3
Structured Cabling
England

Structured Cabling
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (9.09%) AutoCAD
1 2 (9.09%) Revit
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (13.64%) Wireless
3 2 (9.09%) 5G
3 2 (9.09%) WAN
3 2 (9.09%) WLAN
4 1 (4.55%) NAS
4 1 (4.55%) SAN
4 1 (4.55%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Big Data
General
1 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Aviation
3 4 (18.18%) Telecoms
4 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Electronics
5 1 (4.55%) Finance
5 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) Cabling Engineer
2 9 (40.91%) Project Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Design Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Project Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Project Support Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Support Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Data Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Data Centre Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Data Centre Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Designer
5 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Network Design Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Security Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) CCTV
2 5 (22.73%) Driving Licence
3 4 (18.18%) Fibre Optics
4 3 (13.64%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.55%) IoT
5 1 (4.55%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Problem-Solving
1 9 (40.91%) Project Management
2 5 (22.73%) Project Planning
2 5 (22.73%) Risk Management
3 4 (18.18%) Change Management
4 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (13.64%) Line Management
4 3 (13.64%) Network Design
4 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (13.64%) Time Management
5 2 (9.09%) Bill of Materials
5 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (4.55%) Computer Science
6 1 (4.55%) Contract Management
6 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (4.55%) Project Delivery
6 1 (4.55%) Service Delivery
6 1 (4.55%) Strategic Thinking
6 1 (4.55%) Supplier Management
6 1 (4.55%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) BICSI Certification
2 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) BICSI RCDD
3 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) ISO 14001
2 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) KVM
Vendors
1 2 (9.09%) Cisco
2 1 (4.55%) Arista
2 1 (4.55%) Dell
2 1 (4.55%) Fujitsu
2 1 (4.55%) HP
2 1 (4.55%) NEC
2 1 (4.55%) Nokia