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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 696 609 690
Rank change year-on-year -87 +81 +14
Permanent jobs citing Structured Cabling 117 72 87
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.100% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.49% 1.00% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 83 38 50
10th Percentile £25,000 £30,875 £28,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £28,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £45,000 £35,750
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% +25.87% -12.80%
75th Percentile £42,125 £47,500 £57,125
90th Percentile £57,000 - £73,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £34,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year -4.41% +6.25% -21.95%

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 7,850 7,185 9,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.70% 14.54% 12.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4,893 3,978 4,712
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £29,615
25th Percentile £34,000 £29,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £68,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +28.57% -26.32% +5.56%

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 25 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Structured Cabling in the UK

Structured Cabling
Top 15 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 25 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
England -83 111 £32,500 -27.78% 164
UK excluding London -93 78 £32,500 -4.41% 103
London -45 34 £42,500 -5.56% 60
North of England -43 26 £32,000 -8.57% 22
North West -11 19 £29,000 -17.14% 18
South East -41 18 £32,500 - 42
East of England -6 17 £34,250 +34.31% 9
Midlands -40 13 £30,000 -14.29% 17
Work from Home -35 12 £40,000 -11.11% 36
West Midlands -37 11 £30,000 -14.29% 9
South West -81 9 £24,000 -29.41% 7
Yorkshire - 5 £55,000 - 1
East Midlands -37 2 £42,500 - 8
North East - 2 - - 3
Scotland +6 1 £35,500 - 8

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 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (8.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (8.55%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (6.84%) AutoCAD
2 8 (6.84%) Revit
3 4 (3.42%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.56%) Navisworks
4 3 (2.56%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 19 (16.24%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (5.13%) Azure
3 1 (0.85%) AWS
3 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 39 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 24 (20.51%) VLAN
3 22 (18.80%) Firewall
4 18 (15.38%) DHCP
4 18 (15.38%) DNS
5 17 (14.53%) TCP/IP
6 16 (13.68%) VoIP
7 13 (11.11%) LAN
7 13 (11.11%) Wireless
8 11 (9.40%) VPN
8 11 (9.40%) WAN
9 9 (7.69%) BGP
9 9 (7.69%) Cisco Nexus
9 9 (7.69%) Network Security
10 8 (6.84%) OSPF
11 6 (5.13%) Broadband
11 6 (5.13%) Ethernet VPN
11 6 (5.13%) VXLAN
12 5 (4.27%) EIGRP
12 5 (4.27%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.85%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (4.27%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (3.42%) Git
3 2 (1.71%) Hudson
General
1 36 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 32 (27.35%) Telecoms
3 18 (15.38%) Retail
4 13 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (6.84%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.98%) Banking
6 7 (5.98%) Marketing
7 6 (5.13%) Finance
8 4 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.56%) Aviation
9 3 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.56%) Legal
9 3 (2.56%) Military
10 2 (1.71%) Dutch Language
10 2 (1.71%) French Language
10 2 (1.71%) German Language
10 2 (1.71%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.85%) Games
11 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 25 (21.37%) Cabling Engineer
2 18 (15.38%) IT Support
3 17 (14.53%) Data Engineer
4 15 (12.82%) Installations Engineer
5 14 (11.97%) Field Engineer
6 13 (11.11%) Network Engineer
7 12 (10.26%) Senior
8 10 (8.55%) Audio Visual Engineer
9 8 (6.84%) IT Engineer
10 7 (5.98%) Consultant
10 7 (5.98%) IT Support Engineer
10 7 (5.98%) IT Technician
10 7 (5.98%) Support Engineer
11 6 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support
11 6 (5.13%) Business Development Executive
11 6 (5.13%) Field Support Engineer
11 6 (5.13%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 6 (5.13%) IT Support Analyst
11 6 (5.13%) Senior Network Engineer
11 6 (5.13%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.42%) Terraform
1 4 (3.42%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (41.03%) Driving Licence
2 29 (24.79%) CCTV
3 19 (16.24%) Data Centre
4 15 (12.82%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (8.55%) Fibre Optics
6 7 (5.98%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.42%) Home Automation
7 4 (3.42%) Smart Home
8 3 (2.56%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.56%) Digital Signage
8 3 (2.56%) EPoS
8 3 (2.56%) NHS
9 2 (1.71%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.71%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.71%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.85%) IoT
10 1 (0.85%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (17.95%) Windows
2 16 (13.68%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.27%) Windows 10
4 4 (3.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (17.09%) Customer Service
3 12 (10.26%) Time Management
4 11 (9.40%) Change Management
4 11 (9.40%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 10 (8.55%) ITIL
5 10 (8.55%) Mentoring
5 10 (8.55%) Project Delivery
6 9 (7.69%) Change Control
6 9 (7.69%) Project Management
7 8 (6.84%) Inventory Management
7 8 (6.84%) Migration
7 8 (6.84%) Performance Management
7 8 (6.84%) Validation
8 7 (5.98%) Asset Management
8 7 (5.98%) Business Development
8 7 (5.98%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (5.98%) Data Management
8 7 (5.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (5.98%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.84%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (5.98%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (5.13%) CCNA
2 6 (5.13%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.27%) Degree
3 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (3.42%) BICSI RCDD
4 4 (3.42%) DBS Check
4 4 (3.42%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.56%) BICSI Certification
5 3 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (2.56%) NVQ Level 3
5 3 (2.56%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.56%) PMP
6 2 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.71%) CCNP
6 2 (1.71%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.85%) JNCIA
7 1 (0.85%) JNCIS
7 1 (0.85%) RIBA
7 1 (0.85%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.42%) SLA
3 3 (2.56%) PMO
3 3 (2.56%) QA
4 2 (1.71%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.71%) GDPR
4 2 (1.71%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (1.71%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (13.68%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.71%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.85%) Firmware
4 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (5.13%) FortiGate
2 5 (4.27%) Ansible
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (26.50%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.97%) Cisco
3 12 (10.26%) Draytek
4 11 (9.40%) SonicWALL
5 7 (5.98%) Fortinet
6 6 (5.13%) Sophos
6 6 (5.13%) VMware
7 4 (3.42%) Meraki
7 4 (3.42%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (1.71%) Aruba
8 2 (1.71%) Logitech
8 2 (1.71%) MikroTik
8 2 (1.71%) Samsung
9 1 (0.85%) HP
9 1 (0.85%) Huawei
9 1 (0.85%) Juniper
9 1 (0.85%) Nokia
9 1 (0.85%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.85%) Ruckus Wireless
9 1 (0.85%) WatchGuard