Structured Cabling Contracts in the UK excluding London

Structured Cabling
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 299 353 420
Rank change year-on-year +54 +67 +73
Contract jobs citing Structured Cabling 37 46 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.22% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.88% 1.33% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 40 28
10th Percentile £153 £170 £178
25th Percentile £183 £199 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £213 £241
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% -11.64% -0.82%
75th Percentile £258 £291 £441
90th Percentile £440 £300 £463
UK median daily rate £225 £230 £430
% change year-on-year -2.17% -46.51% +26.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - - £33.75
25th Percentile - - £60.00
Median hourly rate £15.33 £12.86 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.21% -79.26% -
75th Percentile - £14.31 £63.00
90th Percentile - £15.18 -
UK 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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,965 3,454 3,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.39% 16.63% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,982 2,287
10th Percentile £200 £204 £207
25th Percentile £301 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 358 328
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.48 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.38 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.20 £70.66 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Structured Cabling as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Structured Cabling in the UK excluding London

Structured Cabling
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Structured Cabling in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Structured Cabling in the UK excluding London

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Structured Cabling in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Structured Cabling in the UK excluding London

Structured Cabling
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Structured Cabling in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Structured Cabling in the UK excluding London

Structured Cabling
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South East +62 18 £280 +40.00% 25
North of England +31 17 £205 +2.76% 11
North West +26 13 £205 +2.76% 8
North East - 4 £155 - 3
Midlands +21 1 - - 11
East of England +14 1 - - 8
East Midlands - 1 - - 6
Structured Cabling
UK

Structured Cabling
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (10.81%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (8.11%) Ethernet
2 3 (8.11%) SAN
3 2 (5.41%) LAN
3 2 (5.41%) WAN
4 1 (2.70%) BGP
4 1 (2.70%) Firewall
4 1 (2.70%) IPsec
4 1 (2.70%) OSPF
4 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.70%) Wireless
General
1 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Retail
3 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.11%) Legal
3 3 (8.11%) Manufacturing
3 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.41%) Aviation
4 2 (5.41%) Finance
5 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (54.05%) Cabling Engineer
2 11 (29.73%) Data Engineer
3 8 (21.62%) Desktop Engineer
3 8 (21.62%) Desktop Support
3 8 (21.62%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 8 (21.62%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 8 (21.62%) Support Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Project Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Data Centre Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Network Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Data Network Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Network Technician
6 1 (2.70%) Server Technician
6 1 (2.70%) Support Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Technical Support
6 1 (2.70%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (40.54%) Fibre Optics
2 7 (18.92%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.41%) CCTV
3 2 (5.41%) Digital Signage
3 2 (5.41%) Driving Licence
3 2 (5.41%) NHS
4 1 (2.70%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Windows
1 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (24.32%) Data Protection
3 7 (18.92%) Project Management
4 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (10.81%) Supplier Management
6 2 (5.41%) Budget Control
6 2 (5.41%) Change Management
6 2 (5.41%) Contract Negotiation
6 2 (5.41%) Line Management
6 2 (5.41%) Project Planning
6 2 (5.41%) Risk Management
6 2 (5.41%) Time Management
7 1 (2.70%) Asset Management
7 1 (2.70%) Computer Science
7 1 (2.70%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (2.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (2.70%) Network Management
7 1 (2.70%) Network Monitoring
Qualifications
1 24 (64.86%) Security Cleared
2 23 (62.16%) SC Cleared
3 9 (24.32%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) CCNP
4 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.70%) Degree
4 1 (2.70%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) QA
System Software
1 3 (8.11%) KVM
2 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (2.70%) Aruba
1 1 (2.70%) CheckPoint
1 1 (2.70%) Cisco
1 1 (2.70%) Computacenter
1 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto