Hybrid/Remote Structured Cabling Contract Job Trends

Structured Cabling
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Structured Cabling skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 315 370
Rank change year-on-year +5 +55 +193
Contract jobs citing Structured Cabling 8 1 21
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.079% 0.008% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.75% 0.078% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 14
10th Percentile £205 - £290
25th Percentile £231 - £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £377 £350 £743
Median % change year-on-year +7.79% -52.89% +74.82%
75th Percentile £443 - -
90th Percentile £449 - -
UK median daily rate £275 £225 £388
% change year-on-year +22.22% -42.01% +49.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.38 - -
Median hourly rate £46.25 - £50.00
75th Percentile £48.13 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £16.00 £27.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.82% -45.00% +221.34%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,062 1,287 2,314
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.43% 10.61% 13.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 681 774 1,501
10th Percentile £308 £313 £300
25th Percentile £400 £407 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £524 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% +4.75% -4.76%
75th Percentile £591 £625 £614
90th Percentile £680 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 30 85
10th Percentile £22.03 £18.11 £19.99
25th Percentile £36.06 £38.63 £21.98
Median hourly rate £64.25 £46.78 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.34% -2.54% -23.81%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.52 £70.00
90th Percentile £69.79 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £33.39 £41.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.57% -25.45% +25.00%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Structured Cabling and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Structured Cabling job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Structured Cabling.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Structured Cabling

Structured Cabling
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Structured Cabling over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Structured Cabling daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Structured Cabling
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Structured Cabling.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Structured Cabling

Structured Cabling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) AutoCAD
1 1 (12.50%) Navisworks
1 1 (12.50%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
2 4 (50.00%) BGP
2 4 (50.00%) IPsec
2 4 (50.00%) LAN
2 4 (50.00%) OSPF
2 4 (50.00%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) DHCP
3 1 (12.50%) DNS
3 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (12.50%) NAS
3 1 (12.50%) SAN
3 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 4 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Communications Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Communications Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 2 (25.00%) Smart Home
3 1 (12.50%) ASIC
3 1 (12.50%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (12.50%) FPGA
3 1 (12.50%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) VMS
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Building Information Modelling
2 1 (12.50%) Change Control
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (12.50%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (12.50%) Electronic Design Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Information Management
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Patch Management
2 1 (12.50%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) Service Management
2 1 (12.50%) Software Licensing
2 1 (12.50%) Tech Ops
2 1 (12.50%) UVM
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) CCNP
3 4 (50.00%) Degree
4 3 (37.50%) CCNA
5 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (12.50%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) MCSA
5 1 (12.50%) MCSE
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (12.50%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
1 1 (12.50%) Terminal Services
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (12.50%) vSphere
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
2 4 (50.00%) Aruba
2 4 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 4 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Pegasus
3 1 (12.50%) Symantec
3 1 (12.50%) Veeam
3 1 (12.50%) VMware