Structured Cabling Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Structured Cabling
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Structured Cabling skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 107 121
Rank change year-on-year -6 +14 -
Contract jobs citing Structured Cabling 6 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.34% 0.053% 0.095%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.26% 0.40% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile - - £213
25th Percentile £163 - £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £170 £402
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -57.74% -
75th Percentile £200 - £521
90th Percentile £223 - £584
England median daily rate £263 £250 £363
% change year-on-year +5.00% -31.03% +28.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £44.35 - -
25th Percentile £44.88 - -
Median hourly rate £47.00 - -
75th Percentile £50.38 - -
90th Percentile £51.65 - -
England median hourly rate £47.00 £21.63 £62.00
% change year-on-year +117.29% -65.11% +287.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 266 253 429
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.14% 13.39% 20.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 155 237
10th Percentile £251 £200 £210
25th Percentile £343 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -3.13%
75th Percentile £567 £636 £594
90th Percentile £648 £750 £731
England median daily rate £490 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -2.97% +1.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 16
10th Percentile £16.81 - £18.00
25th Percentile £22.63 £21.25 £22.88
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -18.18% +61.76%
75th Percentile £35.63 £23.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £43.63 - £68.13
England median hourly rate £41.48 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -27.68% +1.52% +38.50%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Structured Cabling in the West Midlands

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Structured Cabling
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Structured Cabling
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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
Birmingham - 3 £225 - 2
Warwickshire - 3 £175 - 2
Structured Cabling
England

Structured Cabling
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (33.33%) AutoCAD
2 2 (33.33%) Navisworks
2 2 (33.33%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 3 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Communications Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Communications Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Cabling Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Android
1 3 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
1 3 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (33.33%) Building Information Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Information Management
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Control
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (33.33%) RIBA
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory