Structured Cabling Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Structured Cabling
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Structured Cabling skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 579 530 596
Rank change year-on-year -49 +66 -51
Permanent jobs citing Structured Cabling 78 24 56
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.093% 0.070% 0.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.41% 0.43% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 57 9 30
10th Percentile £24,600 £25,400 -
25th Percentile £27,500 £32,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £34,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -21.95%
75th Percentile £36,750 £37,500 £35,500
90th Percentile £40,400 - £52,625
UK median annual salary £32,500 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -27.78% +20.00% -8.54%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,524 5,603 6,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.61% 16.37% 11.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3,623 2,959 3,473
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,087 £27,598
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,750 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -26.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,075 £67,500 £71,250
UK median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -1.93%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Structured Cabling job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Structured Cabling
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Structured Cabling.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Structured Cabling

Structured Cabling
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Structured Cabling in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Structured Cabling in the UK excluding London

Structured Cabling
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
North of England -31 27 £29,000 -17.14% 19
North West -1 21 £29,000 -17.14% 13
South East -25 20 £32,500 - 24
East of England -15 15 £32,500 +27.45% 12
West Midlands -29 11 £30,000 -14.29% 5
Midlands -42 11 £30,000 -14.29% 12
South West -78 10 £24,000 -29.41% 6
Yorkshire - 5 £55,000 - 3
Scotland +1 1 £35,500 - 9
North East - 1 - - 3
Structured Cabling
UK

Structured Cabling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.85%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.28%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.28%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 20 (25.64%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.41%) Azure
3 1 (1.28%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 33 (42.31%) Wi-Fi
2 23 (29.49%) VLAN
3 21 (26.92%) Firewall
4 20 (25.64%) DHCP
4 20 (25.64%) DNS
5 19 (24.36%) TCP/IP
6 18 (23.08%) VoIP
7 11 (14.10%) LAN
8 10 (12.82%) Network Security
8 10 (12.82%) VPN
8 10 (12.82%) Wireless
9 9 (11.54%) WAN
10 6 (7.69%) BGP
10 6 (7.69%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (7.69%) OSPF
11 4 (5.13%) EIGRP
11 4 (5.13%) Ethernet VPN
11 4 (5.13%) HSRP
11 4 (5.13%) VRRP
11 4 (5.13%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Git
1 4 (5.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (26.92%) Social Skills
1 21 (26.92%) Telecoms
2 11 (14.10%) Retail
3 9 (11.54%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (7.69%) Banking
4 6 (7.69%) Marketing
4 6 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.13%) Finance
5 4 (5.13%) Military
6 3 (3.85%) Legal
7 1 (1.28%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 24 (30.77%) Cabling Engineer
2 20 (25.64%) IT Support
3 18 (23.08%) Data Engineer
4 10 (12.82%) Network Engineer
5 9 (11.54%) Field Engineer
6 7 (8.97%) IT Engineer
6 7 (8.97%) IT Support Engineer
6 7 (8.97%) IT Support Technician
6 7 (8.97%) IT Technician
6 7 (8.97%) Support Engineer
6 7 (8.97%) Support Technician
7 6 (7.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 6 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 6 (7.69%) Analyst
7 6 (7.69%) Business Development Executive
7 6 (7.69%) Field Support Engineer
7 6 (7.69%) IT Analyst
7 6 (7.69%) IT Support Analyst
7 6 (7.69%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.13%) Terraform
1 4 (5.13%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 36 (46.15%) Driving Licence
2 25 (32.05%) CCTV
3 14 (17.95%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (14.10%) Data Centre
5 8 (10.26%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (3.85%) Digital Signage
6 3 (3.85%) NHS
6 3 (3.85%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.28%) IoT
7 1 (1.28%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.28%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (23.08%) Windows
2 17 (21.79%) Windows Server
3 7 (8.97%) Windows 10
4 4 (5.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (17.95%) Customer Service
1 14 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (16.67%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 12 (15.38%) Time Management
4 8 (10.26%) Change Management
4 8 (10.26%) ITIL
5 7 (8.97%) Business Development
5 7 (8.97%) Change Control
5 7 (8.97%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (8.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (8.97%) Inventory Management
5 7 (8.97%) Performance Management
5 7 (8.97%) Project Delivery
5 7 (8.97%) Project Planning
6 6 (7.69%) Asset Management
6 6 (7.69%) B2B
6 6 (7.69%) B2B Sales
6 6 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (7.69%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.41%) CCNA
3 5 (6.41%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.85%) DBS Check
4 3 (3.85%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.56%) BICSI Certification
5 2 (2.56%) City & Guilds
5 2 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.28%) CCNP
6 1 (1.28%) Degree
6 1 (1.28%) NVQ Level 3
6 1 (1.28%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (5.13%) SLA
3 3 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.85%) PMO
3 3 (3.85%) QA
4 2 (2.56%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.56%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.28%) GDPR
5 1 (1.28%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 18 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.28%) Firmware
3 1 (1.28%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (8.97%) FortiGate
2 4 (5.13%) Ansible
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 13 (16.67%) SonicWALL
3 8 (10.26%) Cisco
3 8 (10.26%) Draytek
4 7 (8.97%) Sophos
4 7 (8.97%) VMware
5 6 (7.69%) Fortinet
6 3 (3.85%) Ubiquiti
7 2 (2.56%) Meraki
7 2 (2.56%) MikroTik
8 1 (1.28%) Aruba
8 1 (1.28%) HP
8 1 (1.28%) Huawei
8 1 (1.28%) Nokia
8 1 (1.28%) Ruckus Wireless
8 1 (1.28%) WatchGuard