Structured Cabling Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Structured Cabling
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Structured Cabling skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 116 145
Rank change year-on-year +11 +29 +37
Contract jobs citing Structured Cabling 2 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.13% 0.054% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.40% 0.53% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £174 - -
25th Percentile £181 - £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £198 £170 £188
Median % change year-on-year +16.18% -9.33% +16.82%
75th Percentile £221 - £195
90th Percentile £231 - £401
UK median daily rate £225 £213 £273
% change year-on-year +5.88% -22.09% -0.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 143 188 334
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 8.99% 10.08% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 124 203
10th Percentile £204 £174 £163
25th Percentile £359 £240 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% -15.00% +14.48%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £574
90th Percentile £580 £619 £675
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 18
10th Percentile - £12.00 £17.72
25th Percentile - £14.63 £18.02
Median hourly rate £17.30 £18.27 £51.37
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% -64.43% +0.48%
75th Percentile - £18.89 £59.03
90th Percentile £33.38 £30.75 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £51.50 £55.91
% change year-on-year -16.50% -7.88% +38.77%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Structured Cabling in Scotland

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Structured Cabling
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Structured Cabling
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 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
Glasgow - 2 £198 - 5
Structured Cabling
UK

Structured Cabling
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cabling Engineer
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared