Structured Cabling Contracts in the South East

Structured Cabling
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Structured Cabling skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Structured Cabling over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 203 205
Rank change year-on-year +62 +2 +53
Contract jobs citing Structured Cabling 18 2 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.60% 0.036% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.51% 0.16% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 2 13
10th Percentile £205 £175 -
25th Percentile £220 £181 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £280 £200 £240
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -16.67% +6.67%
75th Percentile £440 £226 £255
90th Percentile £446 £238 £417
England median daily rate £225 £250 £250
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -21.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £60.30
25th Percentile - - £60.75
Median hourly rate - - £62.00
75th Percentile - - £63.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £15.33 £12.86 £62.00
% change year-on-year +19.21% -79.26% +24.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 513 1,255 980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.04% 22.58% 16.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 617 590
10th Percentile £216 £205 £235
25th Percentile £325 £371 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £585 £588
90th Percentile £630 £638 £700
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 131 74
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.25 £18.33
25th Percentile £20.26 £27.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.38 £67.50
90th Percentile £66.88 £85.65 £80.25
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Structured Cabling in the South East

Structured Cabling
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Structured Cabling in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Structured Cabling in the South East

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Structured Cabling in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Structured Cabling in the South East

Structured Cabling
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Structured Cabling in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Structured Cabling in the South East

Structured Cabling
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Thames Valley +48 6 £259 +52.63% 9
Berkshire +36 6 £259 +52.63% 7
Kent - 5 £205 -
West Sussex - 3 £225 - 1
Hampshire - 3 £440 - 7
East Sussex - 1 - -
Structured Cabling
England

Structured Cabling
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (16.67%) Ethernet
2 3 (16.67%) SAN
3 1 (5.56%) BGP
3 1 (5.56%) Firewall
3 1 (5.56%) IPsec
3 1 (5.56%) LAN
3 1 (5.56%) OSPF
3 1 (5.56%) WAN
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Retail
3 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Legal
3 3 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 2 (11.11%) Aviation
4 2 (11.11%) Finance
4 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Cabling Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Project Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Data Centre Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Data Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Data Network Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Network Technician
4 1 (5.56%) Server Technician
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Data Centre
2 5 (27.78%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (11.11%) CCTV
3 2 (11.11%) Digital Signage
3 2 (11.11%) NHS
4 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Project Management
2 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (22.22%) Supplier Management
5 2 (11.11%) Budget Control
5 2 (11.11%) Change Management
5 2 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
5 2 (11.11%) Line Management
5 2 (11.11%) Project Planning
5 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 2 (11.11%) Time Management
6 1 (5.56%) Computer Science
6 1 (5.56%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 6 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) CCNP
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) KVM
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Aruba
1 1 (5.56%) CheckPoint
1 1 (5.56%) Cisco
1 1 (5.56%) Computacenter
1 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto