Structured Cabling Contract Job Trends in London

Structured Cabling
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Structured Cabling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 343 363
Rank change year-on-year -31 +20 +194
Contract jobs citing Structured Cabling 15 26 42
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.11% 0.17% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.17% 1.71% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 18 30
10th Percentile £238 £172 £211
25th Percentile £283 £214 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £240 £390
Median % change year-on-year +108.33% -38.46% -13.33%
75th Percentile £575 £287 £558
90th Percentile £729 £380 £743
England median daily rate £350 £220 £388
% change year-on-year +59.20% -43.30% -8.71%

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 1,286 1,517 2,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.02% 10.01% 10.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 816 933 1,359
10th Percentile £311 £256 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £626 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
England median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.40% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 13 56
10th Percentile £20.76 £23.87 £18.93
25th Percentile - £28.41 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +35.92% +3.00%
75th Percentile £33.19 £43.75 £60.44
90th Percentile £62.35 £76.91 £76.88
England median hourly rate £34.50 £41.00 £56.45
% change year-on-year -15.85% -27.36% +26.28%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Structured Cabling job vacancy trend in London

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Structured Cabling in London over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Structured Cabling in London

Structured Cabling
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Structured Cabling.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Structured Cabling

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 15 December 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 -22 7 £363 +55.91% 1
Central London 0 3 £550 +144.44% 2
Structured Cabling
England

Structured Cabling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (20.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) LAN
1 4 (26.67%) WAN
2 2 (13.33%) Wireless
3 1 (6.67%) 5G
3 1 (6.67%) DHCP
3 1 (6.67%) DNS
3 1 (6.67%) Firewall
3 1 (6.67%) MPLS
3 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (6.67%) VLAN
3 1 (6.67%) VoIP
3 1 (6.67%) VPN
3 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (6.67%) WLAN
General
1 7 (46.67%) Telecoms
2 3 (20.00%) Aviation
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) IT Manager
1 4 (26.67%) IT Project Manager
1 4 (26.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Data Centre Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Design Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (13.33%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Network Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Network Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Network Project Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Principal Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Project Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Project Support Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Cabling Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Network Design Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Network Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (26.67%) Fibre Optics
3 3 (20.00%) CCTV
4 1 (6.67%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
4 1 (6.67%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
1 1 (6.67%) VMS
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Project Delivery
1 4 (26.67%) Project Management
2 3 (20.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (20.00%) Change Management
2 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (20.00%) Logistics
2 3 (20.00%) Migration
2 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (20.00%) Scrum
2 3 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 3 (20.00%) Time Management
2 3 (20.00%) Use Case
2 3 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Architectural Design
3 2 (13.33%) Containerisation
3 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (13.33%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) CCNA
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.67%) City & Guilds
2 1 (6.67%) MCP
2 1 (6.67%) MCSA
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.67%) PMP
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) PMO
2 2 (13.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) Cisco
3 3 (20.00%) Arista
3 3 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (6.67%) NEC