Cabling Engineer Contracts

Cabling Engineer
UK

The median Cabling Engineer daily rate in the UK is £205, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 472 499 710
Rank change year-on-year +27 +211 +121
Contract jobs requiring a Cabling Engineer 48 83 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.19% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.21% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 67 8
10th Percentile £175 £163 £287
25th Percentile £197 £170 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £175 £300
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% -41.67% +100.00%
75th Percentile £240 £210 £500
90th Percentile £300 £250 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £205 £175 -
% change year-on-year +17.14% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Cabling Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Cabling Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cabling Engineer in the UK

Cabling Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cabling Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Cabling Engineer in the UK

Cabling Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cabling Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cabling Engineer in the UK

Cabling Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cabling Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Cabling Engineer in the UK

Cabling Engineer
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cabling Engineer within the UK 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
England +38 47 £205 +12.33% 58
UK excluding London +40 31 £205 +17.14% 56
London +26 16 £225 - 13
South East +51 13 £213 +23.19% 19
North West +21 11 £205 +2.76% 2
North of England +13 11 £205 +20.59% 7
East of England +24 4 £183 -1.35% 4
Midlands +22 2 £225 -2.70% 7
South West +46 1 £190 - 8
West Midlands +13 1 £225 -2.70% 1
East Midlands - 1 - - 6
Work from Home - 1 £450 -

Cabling Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Cabling Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Cabling Engineer in the job title.

1 31 (64.58%) Structured Cabling
2 23 (47.92%) Security Cleared
3 20 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (37.50%) SC Cleared
5 15 (31.25%) Fibre Optics
6 13 (27.08%) Social Skills
7 10 (20.83%) Data Centre
7 10 (20.83%) Project Management
8 9 (18.75%) Data Protection
8 9 (18.75%) DV Cleared
9 7 (14.58%) Driving Licence
10 6 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (10.42%) Project Planning
11 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (10.42%) Public Sector
12 4 (8.33%) Time Management
12 4 (8.33%) QA
12 4 (8.33%) Retail
12 4 (8.33%) Change Management
12 4 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (8.33%) Wireless
12 4 (8.33%) Risk Management
13 3 (6.25%) Line Management
13 3 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 2 (4.17%) Arista
14 2 (4.17%) Confluence
14 2 (4.17%) Aruba
14 2 (4.17%) JIRA
14 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
14 2 (4.17%) MS Visio

Cabling Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.17%) AutoCAD
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.17%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.08%) Revit
Communications & Networking
1 31 (64.58%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (8.33%) Wireless
3 2 (4.17%) WAN
4 1 (2.08%) 5G
4 1 (2.08%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 13 (27.08%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (10.42%) Public Sector
3 4 (8.33%) Retail
4 2 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.08%) Electronics
5 1 (2.08%) Finance
5 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 15 (31.25%) Fibre Optics
2 10 (20.83%) Data Centre
3 7 (14.58%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.08%) CCTV
4 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (20.83%) Project Management
3 9 (18.75%) Data Protection
4 6 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (10.42%) Project Planning
6 4 (8.33%) Change Management
6 4 (8.33%) Risk Management
6 4 (8.33%) Time Management
7 3 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (6.25%) Line Management
8 2 (4.17%) Network Design
9 1 (2.08%) Break/Fix
9 1 (2.08%) Computer Science
9 1 (2.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (2.08%) Data Centre Operations
9 1 (2.08%) Electronic Trading
9 1 (2.08%) Migration
9 1 (2.08%) Risk Assessment
9 1 (2.08%) Test Strategy
9 1 (2.08%) Validation
Qualifications
1 23 (47.92%) Security Cleared
2 18 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 9 (18.75%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.08%) BICSI Certification
4 1 (2.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (2.08%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (4.17%) Arista
1 2 (4.17%) Aruba
1 2 (4.17%) Cisco
1 2 (4.17%) Dell
1 2 (4.17%) HP
2 1 (2.08%) Computacenter
2 1 (2.08%) Fujitsu
2 1 (2.08%) Sun