Structured Cabling Job Trends in London

Structured Cabling
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Structured Cabling skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 342 396 438
Rank change year-on-year +54 +42 +214
Permanent jobs citing Structured Cabling 32 32 5
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.23% 0.21% 0.027%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.84% 1.61% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 16 7 5
10th Percentile - £63,750 £26,600
25th Percentile £29,750 £71,250 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,750 £72,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -50.69% +93.33% -33.33%
75th Percentile £45,000 £94,375 £40,000
90th Percentile £49,375 £101,000 -
England median annual salary £34,500 £34,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +1.47% -9.33% -11.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,737 1,989 2,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 12.32% 12.82% 12.45%
Number of salaries quoted 917 1,109 1,772
10th Percentile £28,697 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Structured Cabling job vacancy trend in London

Structured Cabling
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Structured Cabling.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Structured Cabling

Structured Cabling
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Structured Cabling in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Structured Cabling in London

Structured Cabling
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Structured Cabling within the London region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South London - 7 £40,000 -
West London - 1 £28,500 - 1
Structured Cabling
England

Structured Cabling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (31.25%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (9.38%) Multicast
2 3 (9.38%) VLAN
3 1 (3.13%) Wireless
General
1 11 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Legal
2 7 (21.88%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.13%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (3.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Cabling Engineer
2 7 (21.88%) Support Specialist
3 5 (15.63%) Data Centre Engineer
3 5 (15.63%) Data Centre Technician
3 5 (15.63%) Data Technician
4 4 (12.50%) Data Centre Operations Technician
4 4 (12.50%) Operations Technician
5 3 (9.38%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Data Centre Manager
5 3 (9.38%) Data Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Data Manager
5 3 (9.38%) Senior
5 3 (9.38%) Senior Audio Visual Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Data Centre Operations Manager
6 1 (3.13%) ICT Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Operations Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Principal Consultant
6 1 (3.13%) Site Manager
Miscellaneous
1 15 (46.88%) Driving Licence
2 14 (43.75%) Data Centre
3 7 (21.88%) EPoS
4 6 (18.75%) Fibre Optics
5 3 (9.38%) Onboarding
5 3 (9.38%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 1 (3.13%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 14 (43.75%) Mentoring
3 13 (40.63%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (34.38%) Break/Fix
5 10 (31.25%) Data Centre Operations
6 7 (21.88%) Coaching
6 7 (21.88%) Decision-Making
7 6 (18.75%) High Availability
8 5 (15.63%) ITIL
9 4 (12.50%) Project Management
10 3 (9.38%) Change Control
10 3 (9.38%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (9.38%) Project Delivery
11 2 (6.25%) Budgeting
11 2 (6.25%) Commercial Awareness
12 1 (3.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 1 (3.13%) Feasibility Study
12 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Management
12 1 (3.13%) Systems Engineering
12 1 (3.13%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 11 (34.38%) Security Cleared
2 6 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (15.63%) CCNA
4 4 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (6.25%) Degree
6 1 (3.13%) BICSI Certification
6 1 (3.13%) BICSI RCDD
6 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.13%) MCSA
6 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
6 1 (3.13%) PMP
6 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (15.63%) SLA
2 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.63%) Cisco
3 1 (3.13%) NVIDIA