Cabling Engineer Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Cabling Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Cabling Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 127 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cabling Engineer 4 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.16% 0.19% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.20% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £182 -
25th Percentile £213 £201 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £238 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £238 £266 -
90th Percentile - £279 -
England median daily rate £225 £185 £225
% change year-on-year +21.62% -17.78% +32.35%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,274 2,484 2,814
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.60% 92.58% 94.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,487 1,628 1,962
10th Percentile £225 £250 £220
25th Percentile £358 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £484
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +3.41% +1.79%
75th Percentile £556 £600 £600
90th Percentile £638 £688 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 125 104
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.63 £13.16
25th Percentile £16.17 £14.25 £16.50
Median hourly rate £24.66 £20.00 £20.99
Median % change year-on-year +23.30% -4.69% +16.58%
75th Percentile £32.44 £37.50 £31.91
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.91 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.86% +68.27%

Cabling Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Cabling Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Cabling Engineer in the Midlands

Cabling Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cabling Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cabling Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands

Cabling Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cabling Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cabling Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands

Cabling Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cabling Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 September 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
East Midlands -4 2 - - 5
West Midlands -13 2 £225 +10.43% 2
Cabling Engineer
England

Cabling Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 2 September 2025, Cabling Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Cabling Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (50.00%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) Ethernet

Cabling Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification