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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 688 602 686
Rank change year-on-year -86 +84 +1
Permanent jobs citing Structured Cabling 120 78 82
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.16% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.52% 1.09% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 88 37 43
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,950 -
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £44,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +29.41% -17.07%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £56,000
90th Percentile £55,750 - £94,000
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 7,896 7,168 8,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.70% 14.40% 12.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4,845 3,965 4,338
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £28,742 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £39,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% -25.71% +1.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,790 £83,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £34,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year +32.35% -31.31% +10.00%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -89 114 £32,500 -27.78% 175
UK excluding London -105 78 £32,500 -4.41% 104
London -53 37 £42,500 -5.56% 72
North of England -50 26 £32,000 -8.57% 27
North West -7 19 £29,000 -17.14% 20
East of England -24 18 £36,000 +41.18% 7
South East -44 15 £32,500 - 41
Midlands -44 14 £31,250 -10.71% 12
Work from Home -22 12 £40,000 -11.11% 32
West Midlands -34 11 £30,000 -14.29% 9
South West -83 10 £24,000 -29.41% 8
Yorkshire - 5 £55,000 - 4
East Midlands -40 3 £42,500 - 3
North East - 2 - - 3
Scotland +8 1 £35,500 - 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 5 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.83%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (6.67%) AutoCAD
2 8 (6.67%) Revit
3 5 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (3.33%) MS Visio
5 3 (2.50%) Navisworks
5 3 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 20 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (5.00%) Azure
3 1 (0.83%) AWS
3 1 (0.83%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 39 (32.50%) Wi-Fi
2 23 (19.17%) VLAN
3 22 (18.33%) Firewall
4 17 (14.17%) DHCP
4 17 (14.17%) DNS
5 16 (13.33%) TCP/IP
6 15 (12.50%) VoIP
7 14 (11.67%) LAN
8 13 (10.83%) Wireless
9 12 (10.00%) WAN
10 10 (8.33%) VPN
11 9 (7.50%) BGP
11 9 (7.50%) Cisco Nexus
11 9 (7.50%) Network Security
12 8 (6.67%) OSPF
13 6 (5.00%) Broadband
13 6 (5.00%) Ethernet VPN
13 6 (5.00%) VXLAN
14 5 (4.17%) EIGRP
14 5 (4.17%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.83%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (4.17%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (3.33%) Git
3 3 (2.50%) Hudson
General
1 38 (31.67%) Social Skills
2 32 (26.67%) Telecoms
3 18 (15.00%) Retail
4 13 (10.83%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (6.67%) Finance
5 8 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.83%) Banking
6 7 (5.83%) Marketing
7 4 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.50%) Aviation
8 3 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.50%) Legal
9 2 (1.67%) Dutch Language
9 2 (1.67%) French Language
9 2 (1.67%) German Language
9 2 (1.67%) Military
9 2 (1.67%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.83%) Games
10 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 22 (18.33%) Cabling Engineer
2 18 (15.00%) IT Support
3 16 (13.33%) Data Engineer
3 16 (13.33%) Installations Engineer
3 16 (13.33%) Senior
4 14 (11.67%) Field Engineer
5 13 (10.83%) Audio Visual Engineer
6 12 (10.00%) Network Engineer
7 8 (6.67%) IT Engineer
8 7 (5.83%) Consultant
8 7 (5.83%) IT Support Engineer
8 7 (5.83%) IT Technician
8 7 (5.83%) Support Engineer
9 6 (5.00%) 2nd Line Support
9 6 (5.00%) Analyst
9 6 (5.00%) Business Development Executive
9 6 (5.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 6 (5.00%) IT Support Analyst
9 6 (5.00%) Senior Network Engineer
9 6 (5.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.33%) Terraform
1 4 (3.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (41.67%) Driving Licence
2 30 (25.00%) CCTV
3 19 (15.83%) Data Centre
4 15 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (7.50%) Fibre Optics
6 7 (5.83%) Home Automation
6 7 (5.83%) Onboarding
6 7 (5.83%) Smart Home
7 4 (3.33%) Digital Signage
8 3 (2.50%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.50%) EPoS
8 3 (2.50%) NHS
9 2 (1.67%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.67%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.83%) IoT
10 1 (0.83%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (17.50%) Windows
2 16 (13.33%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.17%) Windows 10
4 4 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (19.17%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 14 (11.67%) Mentoring
4 12 (10.00%) Project Delivery
4 12 (10.00%) Project Management
4 12 (10.00%) Time Management
5 11 (9.17%) Change Management
5 11 (9.17%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 10 (8.33%) ITIL
7 9 (7.50%) Change Control
7 9 (7.50%) Migration
8 8 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (6.67%) Inventory Management
8 8 (6.67%) Performance Management
8 8 (6.67%) Validation
9 7 (5.83%) Asset Management
9 7 (5.83%) Business Development
9 7 (5.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (5.83%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (5.83%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (5.83%) Degree
2 6 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (4.17%) CCNA
3 5 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (4.17%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.33%) BICSI RCDD
4 4 (3.33%) DBS Check
4 4 (3.33%) NVQ Level 3
4 4 (3.33%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.50%) BICSI Certification
5 3 (2.50%) City & Guilds
5 3 (2.50%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.50%) PMP
6 2 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.67%) CCNP
6 2 (1.67%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.83%) JNCIA
7 1 (0.83%) JNCIS
7 1 (0.83%) RIBA
7 1 (0.83%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (4.17%) PMO
3 4 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.50%) QA
4 3 (2.50%) SLA
5 2 (1.67%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.67%) GDPR
5 2 (1.67%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (1.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.67%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.83%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (5.00%) FortiGate
2 5 (4.17%) Ansible
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.67%) Cisco
3 12 (10.00%) Draytek
4 11 (9.17%) SonicWALL
5 7 (5.83%) Fortinet
6 6 (5.00%) Sophos
6 6 (5.00%) VMware
7 4 (3.33%) Meraki
8 3 (2.50%) Ubiquiti
9 2 (1.67%) Aruba
9 2 (1.67%) Logitech
9 2 (1.67%) MikroTik
9 2 (1.67%) Samsung
10 1 (0.83%) Huawei
10 1 (0.83%) Juniper
10 1 (0.83%) Nokia
10 1 (0.83%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.83%) Ruckus Wireless
10 1 (0.83%) Starlink
10 1 (0.83%) Yealink