Structured Cabling Job Trends in Kent

Structured Cabling
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Structured Cabling skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 - 101
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Structured Cabling 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.13% - 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.93% - 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - £30,000
75th Percentile - - £32,500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £37,500 £34,750 £30,000
% change year-on-year +7.91% +15.83% +5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Kent

Structured Cabling falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 214 76 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 13.86% 11.57% 13.39%
Number of salaries quoted 51 73 161
10th Percentile £26,250 - £23,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £23,731 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £29,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.52% -31.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £48,750 £38,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £49,750 £62,500
South East median annual salary £47,000 £47,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year -1.05% +1.06% +4.44%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Structured Cabling relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Structured Cabling job vacancy trend in Kent

Structured Cabling
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Structured Cabling.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Structured Cabling

Structured Cabling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (50.00%) DMZ
2 1 (50.00%) HSRP
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) IPv4
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) VRRP
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Junior
2 1 (50.00%) Junior Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CCTV
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (50.00%) FMCG
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Facial Recognition
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Observability
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (50.00%) Splunk
2 1 (50.00%) Ubiquiti
2 1 (50.00%) WatchGuard