Structured Cabling Contract Job Trends in the North West

Structured Cabling
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Structured Cabling skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 119 141
Rank change year-on-year -7 +22 +49
Contract jobs citing Structured Cabling 2 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.091% 0.17% 0.036%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.68% 1.34% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £159 - -
25th Percentile £168 £170 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £185 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.84% -58.94% -
75th Percentile £218 £200 -
90th Percentile £230 - -
England median daily rate £300 £250 £363
% change year-on-year +20.00% -31.03% +31.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 296 298 402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 13.53% 12.33% 14.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 191 268
10th Percentile £147 £263 £300
25th Percentile £325 £397 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £515 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.78% +8.42% -
75th Percentile £537 £681 £575
90th Percentile £666 £850 £634
England median daily rate £490 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -2.97% +1.00% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 10
10th Percentile £19.25 £25.43 £15.72
25th Percentile £21.50 £37.55 £15.75
Median hourly rate £46.75 £48.56 £16.68
Median % change year-on-year -3.73% +191.13% -27.65%
75th Percentile £67.25 £51.91 £46.88
90th Percentile £68.71 £57.65 £49.35
England median hourly rate £42.50 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -25.89% +1.52% +41.85%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Structured Cabling as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Structured Cabling in the North West

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Structured Cabling
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Structured Cabling
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Manchester +3 1 £225 +32.35% 3
Lancashire - 1 £155 -
Structured Cabling
England

Structured Cabling
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Cabling Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared