Structured Cabling Contract Job Trends in the North East

Structured Cabling
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Structured Cabling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 39 -
Rank change year-on-year -13 - -
Contract jobs citing Structured Cabling 2 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.40% 1.17% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.00% 7.84% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £155 -
Median % change year-on-year +383.87% - -
England median daily rate £438 £225 £260
% change year-on-year +94.44% -13.46% -38.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 50 51 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 9.96% 14.87% 14.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 41 31
10th Percentile £163 £150 £131
25th Percentile £170 £200 £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £350 £390
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% -10.26% -2.50%
75th Percentile £550 £590 £441
90th Percentile £625 £638 £588
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £22.25 - £18.50
25th Percentile £23.75 - £23.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £47.50
75th Percentile £51.51 - £48.75
90th Percentile £65.16 - -
England median hourly rate £36.75 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +5.00% -12.50% +110.53%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Structured Cabling job vacancy trend in the North East

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Structured Cabling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Structured Cabling

Structured Cabling
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Structured Cabling.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Structured Cabling

Structured Cabling
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 7 March 2026. 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
Durham 0 2 £750 +383.87% 1
Structured Cabling
England

Structured Cabling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LTE
1 2 (100.00%) TETRA
1 2 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Commissioning Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (100.00%) SCADA
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check