Structured Cabling Job Trends

Structured Cabling
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Structured Cabling skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 555 586 712
Rank change year-on-year +31 +126 +248
Permanent jobs citing Structured Cabling 143 55 129
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.13% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.41% 0.97% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 59 30 102
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,475 £26,150
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,561 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £41,750 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.55% +32.54% +3.28%
75th Percentile £40,000 £56,563 £48,000
90th Percentile £45,500 £73,750 £51,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -16.00% +15.38% +8.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,147 5,664 11,345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.56% 13.24% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4,016 3,659 9,227
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £53,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.75% +9.28% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £79,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £48,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -27.08% +10.34% -3.33%

Structured Cabling
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Structured Cabling job vacancy trend in the UK

Structured Cabling
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Structured Cabling

Structured Cabling
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Structured Cabling over the 6 months to 18 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Structured Cabling in the UK

Structured Cabling
Top 12 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 March 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 +64 142 £31,500 -25.88% 81
UK excluding London +39 99 £31,500 -16.00% 73
London +13 42 £31,500 -56.55% 22
South West +10 39 £40,000 +5.96% 3
South East +17 26 £45,000 +29.50% 21
North West -8 17 £30,000 -42.86% 5
North of England -35 17 £30,000 -42.86% 11
Work from Home +25 15 £85,000 +61.90% 13
Midlands -12 10 - - 13
East of England -13 7 £26,250 -17.93% 15
East Midlands - 5 - - 6
West Midlands - 5 - - 7

Structured Cabling
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 25 (17.48%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.80%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (0.70%) AWS
2 1 (0.70%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 60 (41.96%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (6.99%) VLAN
3 6 (4.20%) DHCP
3 6 (4.20%) DNS
4 5 (3.50%) Firewall
4 5 (3.50%) Network Security
4 5 (3.50%) TCP/IP
4 5 (3.50%) Wireless
5 4 (2.80%) Internet
6 3 (2.10%) Multicast
6 3 (2.10%) VoIP
6 3 (2.10%) WAN
7 2 (1.40%) BGP
7 2 (1.40%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (1.40%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (1.40%) MPLS
7 2 (1.40%) OSPF
7 2 (1.40%) VRRP
8 1 (0.70%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.70%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 31 (21.68%) Organisational Skills
2 26 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 22 (15.38%) Legal
4 19 (13.29%) Manufacturing
5 18 (12.59%) Telecoms
6 10 (6.99%) Military
7 4 (2.80%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.10%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.70%) Banking
10 1 (0.70%) Electronics
10 1 (0.70%) Finance
10 1 (0.70%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.70%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.70%) Law
10 1 (0.70%) Marketing
10 1 (0.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 64 (44.76%) Cabling Engineer
2 37 (25.87%) Data Engineer
3 25 (17.48%) Support Specialist
4 17 (11.89%) Installations Engineer
5 7 (4.90%) Data Centre Engineer
6 6 (4.20%) Senior
7 5 (3.50%) IT Support
7 5 (3.50%) IT Support Technician
7 5 (3.50%) IT Technician
7 5 (3.50%) Support Technician
8 4 (2.80%) Consultant
8 4 (2.80%) Hardware Engineer
9 3 (2.10%) Business Development Manager
9 3 (2.10%) Business Manager
9 3 (2.10%) Data Manager
9 3 (2.10%) Development Manager
9 3 (2.10%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 3 (2.10%) Network Engineer
9 3 (2.10%) Senior Development Manager
9 3 (2.10%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.70%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 63 (44.06%) Driving Licence
2 45 (31.47%) Data Centre
3 25 (17.48%) EPoS
4 23 (16.08%) Fibre Optics
5 17 (11.89%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.50%) CCTV
7 4 (2.80%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.70%) FMCG
9 1 (0.70%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.70%) NHS
9 1 (0.70%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.50%) Windows
2 3 (2.10%) Windows 10
2 3 (2.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (31.47%) Customer Service
2 38 (26.57%) Break/Fix
2 38 (26.57%) Mentoring
3 32 (22.38%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (17.48%) Coaching
4 25 (17.48%) Decision-Making
5 19 (13.29%) Project Management
6 10 (6.99%) Data Centre Operations
7 9 (6.29%) ITIL
8 7 (4.90%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (4.20%) Change Control
9 6 (4.20%) Project Delivery
10 4 (2.80%) Disaster Recovery
11 3 (2.10%) Agile
11 3 (2.10%) Asset Management
11 3 (2.10%) CAD
11 3 (2.10%) Change Management
11 3 (2.10%) CRM
11 3 (2.10%) Inventory Management
11 3 (2.10%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.40%) Python
Qualifications
1 66 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 32 (22.38%) SC Cleared
3 14 (9.79%) DV Cleared
4 8 (5.59%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (4.20%) CCNA
5 6 (4.20%) Degree
5 6 (4.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 6 (4.20%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (2.80%) BICSI Certification
6 4 (2.80%) City & Guilds
7 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.70%) BICSI RCDD
8 1 (0.70%) CCNP
8 1 (0.70%) JNCIA
8 1 (0.70%) JNCIP
8 1 (0.70%) JNCIS
8 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.70%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.19%) SLA
2 2 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.70%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.70%) SOC 1
System Software
1 5 (3.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.70%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (2.10%) FortiGate
2 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.40%) SCCM
3 1 (0.70%) Ansible
Vendors
1 30 (20.98%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.99%) Cisco
3 3 (2.10%) Computacenter
3 3 (2.10%) SonicWALL
3 3 (2.10%) Sophos
3 3 (2.10%) VMware
4 1 (0.70%) F5
4 1 (0.70%) Juniper
4 1 (0.70%) Meraki
4 1 (0.70%) NetApp
4 1 (0.70%) NVIDIA
4 1 (0.70%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.70%) SolarWinds
4 1 (0.70%) Splunk