Cabling Engineer Job Trends

Cabling Engineer
UK

The median Cabling Engineer salary in the UK is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 569 678 712
Rank change year-on-year +109 +34 +296
Permanent jobs requiring a Cabling Engineer 84 21 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.039% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.042% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 15 9 8
10th Percentile £36,250 - £26,000
25th Percentile £37,875 £28,000 £28,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £31,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% +3.33% -11.76%
75th Percentile - £35,500 £32,563
90th Percentile - - £34,610
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £31,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +29.03% +3.33% +15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 54,426 49,714 53,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.90% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,710 25,743 40,880
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%

Cabling Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cabling Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cabling Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Cabling Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Cabling Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Cabling Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Cabling Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cabling Engineer within the UK 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
England +125 84 £40,000 +29.03% 22
UK excluding London +114 75 £40,000 +29.03% 20
South West +47 46 £40,000 +29.03% 3
South East +48 14 £37,500 - 9
Midlands - 14 - - 1
London +60 9 - - 2
East Midlands - 9 - -
West Midlands - 5 - - 1
Work from Home - 2 - - 1
North West +19 1 £31,000 - 4
North of England +8 1 £31,000 - 4

Cabling Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Cabling Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Cabling Engineer in the job title.

1 64 (76.19%) Structured Cabling
2 51 (60.71%) Security Cleared
3 38 (45.24%) Wi-Fi
4 21 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 18 (21.43%) Customer Service
6 13 (15.48%) Break/Fix
7 10 (11.90%) Project Management
7 10 (11.90%) SC Cleared
8 7 (8.33%) SLA
9 5 (5.95%) Cisco
10 3 (3.57%) Draytek
10 3 (3.57%) Firewall
10 3 (3.57%) Forcepoint
10 3 (3.57%) Sophos
11 2 (2.38%) CCNA
11 2 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (2.38%) Cybersecurity
11 2 (2.38%) Data Centre Operations
11 2 (2.38%) Intelligent Automation
11 2 (2.38%) ITIL
11 2 (2.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (2.38%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (1.19%) City & Guilds
12 1 (1.19%) Customer-Centricity
12 1 (1.19%) Internet
12 1 (1.19%) Roadmaps

Cabling Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 64 (76.19%) Structured Cabling
2 38 (45.24%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (3.57%) Firewall
4 1 (1.19%) Internet
General
1 36 (42.86%) Legal
2 11 (13.10%) Manufacturing
3 10 (11.90%) Telecoms
4 5 (5.95%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 45 (53.57%) Driving Licence
2 28 (33.33%) Onboarding
3 13 (15.48%) Data Centre
4 11 (13.10%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 18 (21.43%) Customer Service
3 13 (15.48%) Break/Fix
4 10 (11.90%) Project Management
5 2 (2.38%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (2.38%) Data Centre Operations
5 2 (2.38%) Intelligent Automation
5 2 (2.38%) ITIL
6 1 (1.19%) Customer-Centricity
6 1 (1.19%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 51 (60.71%) Security Cleared
2 10 (11.90%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.38%) CCNA
3 2 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (2.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (2.38%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.19%) City & Guilds
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (5.95%) Cisco
2 3 (3.57%) Draytek
2 3 (3.57%) Forcepoint
2 3 (3.57%) Sophos